Rafale Buff/Br reduction (13.7)

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Currently the Rafale feels like a sidegrade or even downgrade to the Mirage 2000-5F. It currently gets 2 less missiles, slower max top speed on the deck, much higher speed bleed, a significantly lower amount of flares, and a radar that feels terrible to use that also should be asea (I expect this to change soon because this update was obviously rushed out way to early).

The only 2 advantages are acceleration (which isn’t extremely useful because the rip speed is so low) and AOA. The Mirage 2000 has a more desirable airframe for top tier and more missiles and flares so why is it .3 br higher?

Edit: They added 8 micas so it’s good now. It still definitely needs its radar tweaked still feels garbage.

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When it gets its radar implemented properly it will be one of the better aircraft for that alone. Im willing to wait a bit with the new aircraft to see how they pan out with some changes since they rushed thisnupdate but as someone playing 13.0 with a 3rd gen air frame i hope they dont start dropping things back to 13.7 its bad enough as is.

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gaijin try not to add vehicles too soon challenge level impossible one million times fail
F-15E, Typoon, and Rafale shouldn’t be ingame atm

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They better not cause i don’t wanna see 4.5 generation plane in my F14

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To be honest, this version is way away from finish. Typhoon even dont have a collision model - it could directly fly into the mountain/water.

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The top tier BR should go to 15.0, then buff f-14b through aim-9m and nerf aim-54A, so f-14A could go to lower br

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lol why Aim54 nerf. other planes in same br has much more advance missiles

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I agree

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It’s been so fun evading missiles by literally burrowing under the ground only to emerge when I feel like it. All I have to do is avoid hitting ground obstacles like trees.

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Found out Japan rank 7 air still only needs 1 aircraft researched to proceed to the next despite more aircraft having been introduced, this update was rushed too hard, idc if it had to come 2025 Q1 if it meant it actually worked

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Not that kind of Rafale,… That F.3R basis should have been a M.F.1 or at best C/M/B F.2.2

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17.0 → let’s be honest, many areas of the game are compressed.

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No need for those,… just having the game decompressed would be fine.

And in all honesty, if people were to play the game as they should, AIM-54A and C hitrates would dropped by 70%

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Fr, I still haven’t had a chance to play most of the new vehicles from the last update, including the taiwanese mirage 2k ( 😍 ) which is now one of my favourite planes in the game

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They will change that in an economy patch I imagine

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God i hope they dont implement the leaked -50% global reduction to SL gain. having a 50% SL booster (with premium) on is what it feels like the SL gain should be

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I’d simply drop the game tbh, I’m already unmotivated to even grind my favourite aircraft OAT due to the bugs and convoluted economy, god forbid they make it worse

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Same, maybe its about time to move on from this addiction, it seems gaijin never truly learned their lesson

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My passion for military aviation and research led to war thunder, best believe it can lead me to the light that is DCS at the end of the tunnel

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Just hoping that the EFT module comes out soon so I can seemlessly transition over to flying Kola in a Typhoon as opposed to golan heights airspawn for the 37th time in a playsession

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