Im getting blue balled waiting for the devblog, kinda interested in it since Germany doesn’t have any real fox 1 slingers besides the mig23 which is pretty mid after the nerfs to the radar and fm, and they decided to not put sparrows on their phantoms.
Is it a 1:1 copy paste of the american one or is it different? I think I saw something about better engines.
Dont know about engines but AFAIK it gets better A2G options than the american one. you played the 18C early?
Naw havent touched US yet probably will after finishing the swiss line for germany. Looking at the current brs id probably rather play the 12.3 one in us and use a diff premium there to grind.
the premium swiss hornet has the upgraded engines of the late f-18c variants
the premium hornet for the US has the weaker engines of the F-18A
The fuselage and the engine are of the later type
Well, IMO, its worth it as a vehicle.
7Ps are great, arguably the best sparrows in the game since they rarely explode midair (unlike other models).
Dunno if the swiss hornet gets the 18A/18C early/KWS radar or 18C late one, but even the earlier model works fine for the BR.
Airframe itself is mixed bag.
In one circle it beats pretty much everything bar M2K and with AoA button engaged, hornet can even outpull mirage (provided you dont stall). In rate fight I was able to outrate F-16AJ during testing against friend, but i believe if slightly better pilot was flying it, result would be different. Your acceleration is good, but top speed not so much.
All of the above screams “just dogfight people to death” but then you get access to 6x 7Ps which would be waste not to use, especially in downtier, so suddenly you find yourself playing rather slow missile bus.
My only issue with it is low ammount of CMs (60 total, launched in pairs), which keeps it at least somehow balanced in downtiers, and makes for some brutal uptiers.