The reasoning is the same for the first two. These two tanks(T-44&IS-2 1944) were at 6.3 before being moved up to 6.7.
Not because they were OP -because both have glaring weak spots easily penetrated by 6.0 and even 5.3 tanks-, but because stats accumulating over time on vehicles that were simply at their proper battle rating and in good hands were effective.
The br increase made both of these tanks irrelevant as the T-44 lacks penetration in the new matchmaker while maintaining its gigantic mantlet weak spot and gaining new ones thanks to all the monsters at 7.0+ upwards.
The IS-2 1944, while having very easy-to-hit frontal weak spots, namely LFP, mantlet, and cupola, having AT best 20 sec reload with full crew has gone from great in experienced hands to pure suffering, losing any strong point it had ever. A single aphe shot from any 6.0,5.3 tank, to an easily penetrable mantlet, will destroy it.
Stat accumulation over time should not be a reason to make skill-dependant, effective tanks into obscure, dust-collecting irrelevant vehicles.
These tanks are simply unfit to be 6.7, to face 7.7 monsters, when 5.3,6.0 had no problem against them. You cant even compare other 6.7 tanks to the IS-2 1944 when the American and German counterparts are vastly better.
Moving both these tanks up also destroyed the Russian 6.3 lineup(IS-2 with its vastly inferior hull can’t fill the hole left behind by the IS-2 1944, and should not be at 6.3 either.)
Basically reverse the battlerating changes in which, not too long ago, Russian 6.3 was neutered, not because of vehicle capabilities, but purely due to accumulated stats.
So what you’re saying is you’d rather the Aim-120 be spammed against those planes? Because you can’t decoy Aim-120s by turning. I’d rather just being able to turn away from fakours instead of having to precisely notch, spam chaff, and dodge like an Aim-9M to get rid of one. But sure, somehow the fakour that can’t track in and past the notch is more of a problem.
Unless the enemy is constantly feeding the missile with new targeting information via datalink (which let’s be honest, do you really think most players are smart enough to know how datalink works?), it is very possible to dodge an AIM-120 without chaff.
I do, but having the only ARH at that BR meant it felt incredibly unfair to fight in 11.7/12.0 aircraft. It wasn’t fair to be fighting something with 2-3 times the range, and superior flight performance.
I don’t have an issue with the standard F-14A, but the IRAF deserves to be at a higher BR than it.
Comparable planes have already been moved down to 8.7 like the MiG-17, Cl-13 Mk.5 and F-86F-2 and some even stronger planes like the Lim-5P and the Cl-13B are at the same or lower BR.
The Hunter F.1 has been heavily power crept in the past years and hasn’t aged well as it’s main strength, it’s high speed acceleration and handling combined with good guns, is fully negated by it facing much faster planes. And unlike other legacy jets it doesn’t have much to fall back to. At 8.7 it will be playing alongside similarly powerful aircraft.
You’d be surprised at how many people just yeet a missile and stop tracking. You see it a lot at the start of a match when all the F-15s are spamming AIM-120s.
Again, how is it any different from any other uptier? Realistically, unless you’re climbing up with the F-14s, The max range you’re going to be launching from at ground skimming targets is like 35-40km. That’s plenty of time to react, even with the speed of the fakour.
Uptiers aren’t fair. That’s not the F-14’s fault. If anything the F-14’s missiles are a great introduction to ARH in a way that’s not unfair like the Aim-120 would be.
might be already suggested but i want to do it again
A6M5 Ko (Type 0 Carrier-based Fighter Model 52A)
Air/Ground RB
5.3 → 5.0
Its an Zero with 2 x7.7mm and 2 x20mm which is the same as the A6M5 (Type 0 Carrier-based Fighter Model 52) at BR 5.0, functions the same only difference that it can climb better by around 1.3km/h and that is has an premium bonus A6M5
The radar will constantly update the missile with targeting information if you leave the lock on the target, even if it’s just a TWS softlock. Otherwise the missiles will track based on INS until they get within maddog range.
Yes fakour itself is easy to avoid, problem is most of its opponents in down tier have bad alert system which just make everything bellow 12.3 play defense for first few mins because they event dont know that rocket is out. And yes you can clearly see white strapes in sky when this thing fly, but its very unfair for mig23/phantom. And yes moving iriaf now gonna ruin it against very agile fast platforms like f15e/rafale/ef2000 which gonna be above already and ready to shoot while f14 still gonna be in middle of its climb