@Smin1080p_WT Then why not lower the F-16I’s BR? It has no NCTR, and the F-16I has no advantages over the 13.7 in terms of payload capacity or speed. In fact, it could be said to be inferior to the 13.7 airframe. The F-16I (and, slightly off-topic, the F-5TH) is inferior to aircraft with the same BR, and without something like the Python 4, there’s no point in implementing it.It’s safe to say it’s already dead at the development server stage.
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It’s not like adding the meteor in a world of sparrows like people make it out to be, it’s a marginal improvement to 9M riccm (with proposed nerfed seeker) and a medium-large improvement to P3/PL8B in kinematics, and that missile is dated anyway so realistically it’ll just be a middleground between the R-24/7T and Aim-9M, really not the end of the world
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It also gets the 120C which is worse than the A/B and Derby for Air RB
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I’d like the F-16I to have the Python 4, but I don’t want the F-16D to lose the Derby. That’s why I play it.
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The Barak I with the Derby could be added instead
Better FM and actually historical
It’d be annoying to regrind another vehicle, though. I already don’t play much air to begin with.
If it happens, it happens, but it’d suck for me.
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This is the worst. They have photos showing it can carry 120B, so why don’t they just load it up with 120B.
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I don’t see why a compromise should have to be made here though, the Python 4 will stay an exclusively top tier missile for a while, I doubt it’s addition would affect the F-16C/D Blk 40
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I was showing which parts I liked and disliked about the post.
They just could add gimped version of it, Aim9x Block 1 which got aim9m seeker if im not wrong could be added as well, iris-T is another topic it doesnt have earlier models, but aircraft which can carry iris-T can take aim9x as well mostly, i dont see balance issues right here, and when the time comes Python 5, IRIS-T mica-IR/ MICA IR NG can come
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No it had iir from the beginning
Also its not just the usa that would get aim 9x
Sweden UK Germany Japan and so on
Most nation would get it regardless
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9x always had iir seekerhead, you might be talking about aim 9r which had iir seekerhead on a 9m body
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Its not rly a concern, gaijin could add aim9x with dualband seejer and add it a fov or seeker shut off IRCCM
is it like a C variant block 30?
Unless the radar gets a massive improvement, there will be little to no point in using the sufa over the 13.3 F-16D, even if the sufa gets lowered to 13.3
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the spyder i GE’d the sufa i wont
9x is already modeled in game like that
ok… soo… if we take into consideration what you said, then the AAM-3 shouldn´t be added in a artifically nerfed state this missile its way better in real life than what it is in the game and yet was added in the state it is right now for the sake of balance (dual IRCCM was reported and accepted), similar case with the PL-8B this missile should be stronger than what it is right now even its IRCCM its not the correct one but yet the devs decided to not introduce it like it should be, same case with the PL-5E-II and many more missiles should be better and they are not because once again the devs decided to not give its full performance and technology for the sake of balance, a lot of people is asking for the Python-4 smin it passed a really long time since it appeared for the first time, we are asking for it at the same time we are proposing that if the problem is its IRCCM then just give it one of the 2 present like the devs did with many missiles before and a lot of people agree with this soo… how much time could take for the devs to just remove 1 of the 2 IRCCM and put it in a jet tomorrow? literally just a few hours, we want the devs to hear us for just 1 time what we are proposing its not that crazy, what we are asking we wouldn´t be doing it if we know that its not possible, people knows that is %100 possible, RVV-MD its not even an equivalent to the Python-4 how a missile with 15km of maximum range like python-4 can be comparable with the R-74M and its 35km the R-74M its even superior in many regards close and medium range its almost considered a BVR missile like the Python-5 with a much newer seeker than the Python-4 despite of not being IIR too… soo… i think that the devs are really overstimating the Python-4 a lot just ask @Surbaissemaxxing if you need something related to the Python-4 he would help a lot with that.
There’s no way max range of python 4 is that low. I would predict minimum 30km max range
and what is the factor related to its performance? the HOBS capability it have? the MICA-EM its completly dominating in this regard and yet there is no counters to it despite being artificially nerfed too, besides that the range that the Python-4 have its already present in many IR missiles in game soo… whats the matter?, russia and the exported jets from russia have the R-27ET a missile that many other nations dont have a missile that could snipe you from 13km or more depending the altitude and you never gonna see it coming or be alerted that its coming when it was added it was even stronger than what it is right now and the devs nerfed the R-27ET that first appeared in the dev server because it would be absoluty strong but it came to the game anyways this are some examples that if the devs wants to add a missile they can do it no matter what.