I’ve been advocating for the J-16 ever since the Rafale was added. It’s by no means “to modern” anymore as most would say.
Only issue i see with it is there’s little to no information about it’s radar and even the cockpit is mostly still unknown with bits and pieces available
So a J-11BS with WS-10B engine’s would be an easy place to start i guess
It’s not the first time Gaijin has made up stuff, they’ll find a way to do it. But unfortunately this would also mean it would be harder to stop their potential injustices if Gaijin screws up the radar or subsystems hard to an unrealistically low standard.
…And also the fact that it can carry more the twice the amount of Fox 3 missiles that perform better than the PL-12 in long range and also short range.
Id still take the J-11 any day of the week just for the better engines and flight performance.
And yeah while the R-77-1 is wayy better up close it still looses speed like a mf when maneuvering.
The absurd missile load is the only save and grace of the SU-30
The PL-12 atm is pretty much a jack of all trades but a master of none
Typically you can only achieve maximum range in LPRF or HPRF modes, PD and regular TWS are MPRF which while very good in all aspect isn’t as long range as the other options.
so you should use SRC, PD HDN or PDV for achieving maximum range.