Because this is a game? Maybe?
the russian mains make it a way bigger deal than it is
short range radar paired with short range missiles
basically the total opposite of the f14 and in return they get a very good fast reacting high bore sight missile
Doesn’t excuse the absence of the C+ Phoenix when Gaijin goes out of their way to model multiple variants for certain other missiles (cough, R27, Sidewinder, or even Sparrow)
Look, the plane will always be a relatively low br aircraft because the AIM-54s will always be inferior to modern Fox-3s, the AIM-54C+ will be a copy of the other Phoenix missiles, just like the ones already in the game. This is a game. I’m not defending the plane’s current state, but it will always look out of place in the game because it doesn’t have enough space in its current compressed state
“The most realistic land air and naval combat simulator” really lost its meaning huh
It is because of doomer attitudes like this that nothing gets done sometimes :/
They show they are real bias now.
?? Arguing won’t change anything they’ll do whatever they want.
Which is why the JA-37 with ARH missiles is still exclusively a premium, right?
Do you guys know if they’ve said the F-14D is final and staying like this? Or is it just unfinished?

no ? you have 1 in tt
rare gajin win
Which wasn’t originally the case, until player outcry.
F-14B(U) doesn’t have APG-71 or IRST either
It gonna stay premium. But we can suggest other variant of the F-14 to TT.
They can fix this by making the pre-order camo come base with the prem F-14D, then putting former base skin copy-paste of it in TT and giving them both 9M, 7P, 54C+.
Like F-4EJ and F-4EJ ADTW.
This is actually one of the single stupidest vehicle additions in WT. How could you possibly mess up this badly?
It’s a marginally better F-14B which is already bad at 13.0, and the fact it’s a premium is just insulting. The least they could do is give it 9Ms at 13.3, and add a TT one with 120s at 13.7.
everything is unfinished if you think about it(has in they are adding brand new shells for the British 75mm guns )
So,
Gaijin can add several Su-30 TT/premium vehicles and not spare anything loadout wise but let it be another nation’s (mostly USA, funny how that works…) vehicle? “Oh no sorry, we can’t do this”
Malaysian Su-30 that’s never operated Kh-38? We can give. X vehicle that’s never operated with Y munition? We can give it to you. This aircraft’s that’s clearly been cleared to use x,y and z munitions? We can’t give because… reasons.
I understand it’s WIP and there’s a chance for a TACO, but still. This isn’t a good look at all
Unfinished but it wouldn’t surprise me if this is how its added on update release.