13.3 maximum because it only gets four of them.
4 MICA is absolutely not 13.3 maximum lmao. I went off the assumption of max 2 MICA for 13.3, but 4 of them is easily 13.7.
If you think 4x MICA is balanced at 13.3 you have clearly never used them lmao.
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Yes. I can easily see a Mirage F1EM carrying two Magic missiles and two MICAs being balanced at 13.0. If the aircraft were allowed to carry four missiles in total, it would certainly be strong, but not broken at 13.3. You have to consider that it would still be carrying fewer missiles than many of the jets it faces.
They would be very powerful missiles, but you wouldn’t have many of them quality over quantity. It reminds me of the A-6E TRAM because it has excellent missiles mounted on an okay platform. The aircraft would be carried by the strength of its missile loadout, and that’s about it.
13.3 with 2 magic IIs and 2 MICAs is okay, 13.0 is delusional as MICAs are just free kills at that BR.
4 MICAs is just an instant 13.7.
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As much as I love the Mirage F1, the problem is that the F1EM is essentially a pig with makeup. Once those missiles are gone you’re just flying a Mirage F1 with a few upgrades while fighting vastly superior airframes.
I can’t lie, it would be incredibly abusable, and I’d probably find myself doing exactly that to Su-30s because I hate fighting them so much. It would be a great aircraft simply because you’d have four incredibly potent missiles that could realistically translate into four guaranteed kills in the right hands.
I still stand by 13.3
Fair point. That said the F-14D may have just set a precedent for premiums creeping into areas gaijin previously didn’t touch. At this point I wouldn’t be surprised if they went straight to releasing some premium 5th gens upon 5th gen’s release
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