Dude, there are three F14’s in the game and you are talking about the one with the broken fantasy missiles while arguing that all the F14s should face the top tier jets… Yes… You need to say a lot more…
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I have it and I love stomping F1Cs with it, people in the F1C go so happy because they think it’s invincible ;)
I have it too but I havent used it that much, because I have the premium kfir and usually when I want to fly one I fly that one for obvious reasons. I should try the c7 again. It has a very good rwr so you dont even miss not having a radar too much
They nerfed the RWR, now the Mirage F1 show as AI instead of MF1 … but still good
The Japanese F-5 is also a good counter for F1C-200 ;)
I dont have that one yet…does it have IFF?
Yes, the same or almost the same IFF that Kfir C7 and normal F-5E
That was well said.
At 12.0 - 12.7 Red side is farmed by Tomcats. Vietnam era planes have to fight planes from the 1980s - 1990s. Most of the Vietnam Era aircraft at 12.0 do not have radar warning receivers that give range or missile warnings. Fighting in the 12.0 - 12.7 Br bracket is demoralizing for anyone at the bottom of the tier. Especially when IRCCM missiles are in this bracket. This Br rotation is completely useless at the current time.
The best answer to correct this problem is to create a permanent Br bracket from 12.7 - 13.0. This would force period appropriate fighters to face each other. Players on the red side would access to semi active missiles and would face vehicles with semi active missiles most of the time. The best way to balance the F15A, F16ADF, JAS39A, and F14 B is to bring the first generation SU27/J11 and SU 33 down to 13.0. This would also provide an intermediate tier for players to get used to IRCCM missiles and evading semi active missiles. Also the F14 A, Iranian F14, and the Mirage 2000 s4/s5 should be 12.7 fighters. The f14 is perfectly suited for this Br with plenty of competition. This would make a very dynamic Br bracket.
The 13.3 -14.0 should be a permanent Br Bracket to allow planes with fully active missiles to face each other. The planes with semi active missiles are severely disadvantaged by losing lock while having to notch. The Su 27/J11 and Su33 with only R27ER are losing to look and shoot MICA-EM and the endless spam of Aim 120A/B.
They should stay with in 12.7 - 13.0 the thermals and rwr of the F14 A would make it laughable above 13.0. It would get farmed. The F14 is really just an F15 A Without Irccm and the Aim54. Since all planes from 12.7 - 13.0 have rwr that can detect a phoenix launch, it becomes an easy missile to evade and navigate. I’m saying this as a person that uses the tomcat and fights against the tomcat. The Phoenix is only effective against new players and Vietnam era planes.
I dont agree about it. Playing against a phoenix is incrredibly boring not because the missile itself is unavoidable, but because what it does to the gameplay. When you face an f14 and you do not have fox3 you can never play the aggressor. You have to constantly stay on the notch, and if you exit it for any reason you’re dead.
On the contrary, the f14 doesnt even need to risk anything, he can just spam missiles then go home, no matter if they hit or not. It’s a low risk high reward environment for f14 while it’s the opposite for everyone else. That’s why I’d love it in a different environment, where maybe it can face other fox3 planes that are not on par with top tier aircraft, like for example harrier +.
I understand that an f14 cannot face top tier planes every match, it would get destroyed, but if we put every gen4 fox1 only plane between 12.7 and 13.0 we could then have a 13.3 br with “bad” fox3 slingers like the f14, and ofcourse we would need a rotation where 13.3 is top tier to allow those planes to be used at least once a week.
12.7 - 13.0 would be a great sand box for semi actives and the 3 outliers that have fox 3. That would be the F14, F4 ICE, Kifir (derby).
Those 3 are really too good for that br. playing against them is annoying. For example, when playing Italy if I was sensible I would only play the harrier at 13.0 instead of the f16A, because the harrier is objectively better.
Imho we should keep fox1 and fox 3 separate, but allow them to meet at least once a week, so that we cna have both what you say and what I say. Everyone happy!