Coastal Fleet - Chidori
Mode AB & RB
BR 3.7 → 3.3
Maybe switch places with Asagao?
The Bluewater BR 3.3 IJN Momi isn’t great already and the Chidori has only two instead of three turrets, only two instead of four torpedos and is a lot slower. The Chidori should /not/ be at a higher BR than the Momi.
Would be great if this would be changed especially because it’s the “top ship” of coastal Japan, maybe then more people would play it, because as of right now there is zero reason to do.
The fact that there is like a 10 year old bug report over RP just being wiped out if you play one too many battles too quickly, is all you need to know in regards to where the state of mind for these devs is.
But to come back around, yeah sorry. I just don’t support any of the proposed BR increases for the F-14s and A-10Cs, given the fact that they seem entirely based on what feels like a skill issue more than anything. The Aim-54 is incredibly easily to avoid now and the A-10C is only a threat if you get close. As it should be. Sling a 27ER at it or just about any other SARH, and it’ll most likely die. Avoid getting within range, and you’re fine.
I cannot say I fully agree, I do like the higher intensity of SARHs screaming at me and avoiding them, to have to hit them while their incoming or turn fight. But I cannot say I enjoy smokeless missiles that, without a MAW I am near certain to die to.
A-10C SB/RB 11.3 → 12.0 - This plane performs a similar function to the Harrier GR.7, and while the GR.7 is faster, the A-10 has the MAWS system and more ordnance, keeping them similar to the same level.
The optimal solution would be seperate BR’s depending on the modifications you have equipped, IE. No 9M’s and the plane is 9.0, and when you equip the 9M’s it jumps to 12.0 or whatever, but that isnt a functionality currently unfortunately
With no Aim-9M modification installed, I’d be okay I guess with it being 11.3, if it had a reduced amount of counter measures. 480 is a bit much, especially since some planes have as little as 24 at 11.3
RB, all Challenger tanks. New BR is good, but with upgrading reloading speed on Merkavas and Ariete, and the previous upgrade of reloading speed on Abramses, reloading speed in 5 seconds only for the first 5 shells is no longer an advantage. Challenger need reloading speed in 5 seconds on all shells.
Air Realistic, Sea Harrier FRS.1. 11.3 > 11.0. Reasoning: On the BR of 11.3 he meets mig 23s and phantoms, which have powerfull radar rockets, which makes this BR preety uncoumfortable for planes with only melee rockets like AIM-9s.
Haha good luck, nothing gets a foward spawn, and you wouldn’t want that in Sim, because if you aren’t near the fighters you’re already having a bad time. Have you seen USA teams swarm one target?
It doesn’t help every sim match is 1 Soviet to 3 NATO planes at least.
Which proves my point more, than NATO aircraft play better thus more people use them.
Yep, never used the F-14, might play the event one eventually, but yeah, never had any issues to defending against them myself.
Only exceptions
Those with no RWR
Those with very low CM counts
Those with poor handling AND weak CMs
Those with no RWR should go down out of sight. Those with very low CM counts should either go down out of sight but ideally get CM pods added if possible and those with poor handling and weak CMs was basically just the Tornado ADV, FM has been fixed and just need Phimat to augment the BOL (or for them to fix the BOL)
Everything shouldnt have too many issues. Though a core and often overlooked problem is the map design. F-14s would be a fraction of the strength they are now if ARB wasnt a “single lane” design. Add a second AF to both teams and make matches wider and the F-14 looses most of its strength. I rarely see F-14s even use Aim-54s let alone get kills with them in Sim.
Rear-aspect only IR missiles at 12.7, same BR as F-16s with All-aspect IRs seems really rough.
As for A-10C, should just match the BR of the Su-25T and Su-39. Simple. Maybe they need to get R-27Ts for a buff and the Su-25SM3 should probably join them at the same BR. But the A-10C isnt this god-tier aircraft that deserves to be so over BRed its impossible to play. Aim-9Ms are good in Niche situations but not OP. Heck the Harrier Gr7 in Sim which is better in almost every respect to the A-10, struggles like hell at 12.7(12.3 but no 12.3 bracket) and I want that down to 12.0 and it wouldnt be OP at that BR, far from it in Sim. The fact people want the A-10C higher than that, is just insane.