Giving Gen 3 fighters AIM-120s will cause major balance issues and lead to a frustrating gameplay experience. These planes weren’t designed for advanced BVR missiles like the AIM-120, and adding them would inflate their combat capabilities, pushing them into higher BR ranges where they don’t belong. This would disrupt the tactical balance and take away from the dogfights that Gen 3 fighters excel at, replacing them with long-range missile engagements.
Additionally, lower-tier aircraft would have to face Gen 3 fighters equipped with AIM-120s, creating unfair advantages and ruining matchmaking. Gen 3 fighters simply don’t belong above 12.3, and giving them these missiles would harm the overall experience for everyone.
You think these are the only planes out there? there are already many planes in the game with Fox 3 capabilities AND planes that are coming soon The KfirC10 Leak You forgot what you think the Kfir C10 brings I remind you that there are already third generation planes with active missiles among them the ICE and the F14 and the Av8B.
Dont get me started on the ICE it was a horrendous stock grind xD
But I understand that there are already some Gen 3 planes in the game with Fox 3 capabilities, like the F-14 and ICE, but that doesn’t mean every Gen 3 fighter should get active missiles like the AIM-120. Those specific planes were designed to operate with more modern weapons systems, whereas many Gen 3 fighters simply weren’t. Adding AIM-120s to all Gen 3s would push them into higher BRs where they wouldn’t perform well overall, causing balance issues.
The Kfir C10 is a unique case, and while it’s capable of carrying active missiles, not every Gen 3 fighter should be treated the same. The key point is that it’s important to maintain a balance between generations to keep gameplay enjoyable and fair for everyone.
It was intended for the plane to have that capability but the program was cancelled before the 120’s were finished with R&D. This is a promo video of an experimental plane that never has the chance to fire the 120’s. So the system was never implemented into the experimental planes to be able to fire the 120’s.
There is still no evidence that they ever had the capability to fire them.
Third parties are supposed to hit third parties with radar missiles so there is not as big a technological leap as there is in the game today, don’t you think? if it is frustrating it is because ICE is up against purely fourth generation aircraft if there were more aircraft and there was a new range it wouldn’t be so frustrating because active missiles were just introduced obviously ICE is the perfect example that more aircraft are needed to compete and that the change is not so drastic.
If they put the ATLAS CHEETA and other third generation aircraft against third generation they are clearly doing it seems that I am the only one who realizes these things the problem of the game is that there are third generation aircraft having a hard time against fourth generation aircraft it should be a third against third generation aircraft next to go m
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Literally you guys are killing my desire for new things to be added to the game is what keeps gaijin from ever wanting to move on to new horizons.
You have a source to prove that they are literal models you are basing it on an old manual to say that they are models in what head is it that they are going to put models of Aim120 Why if that makes sense? Prove to me that they are models the image is old that’s why the missile doesn’t look like that The models were painted I don’t know if you knew that
If for you it is “balanced” the game seeing how third parties without active radar missiles are hit against aircraft with active missiles and above fourth generation is balance then it is very funny that you say that also I never said that existing aircraft should be modified except those I said are double standards you think it’s good that a f14 event has radar missiles but you think it’s bad that a premium aircraft has radar missiles the truth that community more stubborn.
Paul Metz had significant interaction with the F-20 Tigershark. Metz is a renowned test pilot who worked for Northrop and later for other companies. He was one of the lead pilots in the F-20 test program, helping to demonstrate the aircraft’s capabilities to potential customers and during flight demonstrations.
The F-20 was designed to be a light, economical and highly maneuverable fighter, but despite its qualities, it failed to win major contracts due to the U.S. Air Force’s preference for the F-16 and the political and commercial complexities of the time. PAGE 96 97
The f-16 wasnt up against the f-20. The f-20 was set up as an export model. None the f-16 at that time could fire the 120. The only exception was the test aircraft f-16 and wasnt fully put into the f-16 line up until 1992
