are these not just different versions of the already existing premium aircraft?
That’s kind of the gaijin special every update
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I want it…
Only one premium tank so far this update. Weird. The Q-5D will be great for my 9.3 Chinese lineup. I would have much rather had an F-16 premium for USA than a missile capped F-18D. 🤷🏻♂️
Bruh 4/5 devblogged vehicles are preorders. This the greedmaxxing at a crazy level.
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Didn’t they always reveal Preorder Premiums first? Just so people actually have a few days to buy them and receive their preorder bonuses.
Just makes the most sense logically.
Also 2 in one Devblog? Might be a stretch but could that imply they are rushing a little - let’s see if this increased the chance to see the teaser this evening and a dev-stream tomorrow (I know I’m likely delusional but hopium).
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People have short memory, very much evidently. Its the same story every dev season over and over.
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this premium will be 13.7 at the lowest, realistically 14.0 without 9X.
You wanna know what will happen if they add 9X to this premium?
it will go straight to the 15.0.
Do you want to play legacy hornet at 15.0?
So, if the new F/A-18D gets limited at 6 AIM-120s, can the F-18C (Finland) also gets its armament limited at 6 AIM-120s at a lower BR?
Actually, no the A5C is not more technologically advanced or modern than the Q5D, it’s the other way around. The A5C is based on the Q5A, with Western-style modifications (it’s actually missing the SNEB rockets), while the Q5D is a minor evolution that preceded the more significant upgrade represented by the L version.
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While I acknowledge that the PL-5B might be a bit too powerful for the Battle Rating (BR) of the Q-5A and its more advanced variants, China also has its own equivalents to the AIM-9E namely the PL-2A and PL-2B. We could provide these missiles to the Q-5A, Q-5D, and Q-5L. After all, the Americans have the F-105, which can reach Mach 2 and carries AIM-9Es, whereas the Q-5 sitting at the same BR falls well short of that performance. This issue could easily be resolved simply by adding the improved PL-2 variants.
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that’s the full version tho right
Full what? the F-18C with no CAS options?
full missile kit of 10 right?
Why do you gotta keep doing this to us?
Could y’all please add ‘Late’ to the end of it, or tie the premium to whatever squadron you want to. And then add an ‘Early’ at 12.3 without the AMRAAM’s that’s balanced as a strike aircraft instead of a fighter, in the strike line between the A-10C and the AV-8B+, and if you go the route the premium is tied to a particular squadron camo give us a D (Late) at whichever BR this thing will be at, again as a strike aircraft, and then the top of the strike aircraft line becomes the F/A-18F for now till you guys add the F-35 or something.
As is - it creates a gap for us Arcade players where between 11.7 and 13.3 we don’t have a strike aircraft in that line, it’s slightly worse in the bomber line that ends in the F-15E with the gap being 11.7-14.0. And considering the 2 seater Hornets are typically deployed in the strike aircraft role - makes them great to fill the gap in at least the strike line which a larger percentage of is Navy aircraft as well. And I specifically say to balance them as strikes cause while I know there are the people who go ‘just use the F/A-18A’ the problem is that in Arcade, dumb ordnance can be way more effective for knocking out bases and then going after other ground targets, more so than some of the smart stuff that you might not really have the time to setup to guide. And being labeled strikes means a 40-ish second reload on dumb ordnance with a well trained crew rather than around 4 minutes. It also helps in the fact that as you start playing those upper BR’s - the maps are just too damn big for things like the A-10, and F-111’s just become target practice. Gives us an option that’s solid at hitting bases, hitting ground targets, fighting back, and not taking 6 weeks to get to the fight, if it ever even makes it.
Cause hey - some of us actually understand the objectives in Arcade matches and that it’s not just Team Deathmatch.
yeah the F-18C has 10 AIM-120s and 2 AIM-9s
but you may be able to get it at 13.0 if Gaijin goes out with the new
I hope so! 13.0 with 6 ARHs it’s kinda low…
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This is simply a two seat version of an aircraft thats been in the US tree and avaliable for research for over a year now.
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We wanted this as a premium over the F-14D btw. Nobody liked the F-14D premium
This D variant seems to be better than the C in the TT because it may be at a lower, more suitable, BR for a F/A-18, with the limited AIM-120 loadout