where some airframes received various levels of upgrades ranging from additional MFD’s, MAWS, RWR, radar upgrades, etc → J-11B Chinese overhaul
My main issue is the fact that the J-11A is a straight up C&P of the J-11, with the installation of the MAWS on the aircraft there should be a display for it. This usually comes as a function on a MFD or on the HUD but both aren’t present in-game.
This picture shows a J-11 of a unknown variant with a MFD in the position were the HDD usually would be on the SU-27SK. It also appears to have the presence of the SPO-15 at the bottom right as well.
IDK, there are so many radars. The original J11B from 2007 and batches as late as 2012 have been confirmed of using PD 1493 radar, variants post 2019 are confirmed of using AESA radar. The rest are unsure.
I’ll be honest, there isn’t much to do since most if not all of the bug reports have been denied with the info Gaijin has. It is the same situation as Germany, China could only have the J-10A to cope with the fact that the J11B is too powerful to be added right now, the problem is that they probably couldn’t add a new airframe in such a massive update such as this one. It makes sense and we should wait for the next update and see.
I have to disagree, the J-11B in-game would be equipped with PL-12s and PL-8s so nothing special, the avionics besides radar will be on par with the SU-27SM and it would gain the ability to destroy ground units with precision (thanks to air to ground ordinances).
It would have a PD radar instead of a AESA or PESA radar as most people believe and the PL-12s aren’t that competitive so I doubt it would be game breaking.
Something comparable to the Eurofighter would be a later variant of the J-11B like the J-11BGH.
The PL-12’s are underperforming so we must consider this in any evaluations of future additions. The PL-12 should be superior to the AIM-120A/B in performance.
You have made a rookie mistake, anything Chinese will most likely not be fixed. The ZTZ99A is a great example, the entire tank is mismodelled and currently lacks spall liners and this issue has been acknowledged for a while but we are yet to get a fix (and don’t get me started with its non-functional APS).
We can also talk about the ZTZ99-III and how it had a gap between its upper and lower plate and by the looks of it this is also yet to be fixed.
There is a funny trend between Chinese vehicles not getting fixed whilst the issue is acknowledged, them outright denying a report due to the link being “dubious” because it’s obviously Chinese and them giving us mediocre vehicles for a major patch.
I can state similar issues for every country in the game. Ground devs and missile devs are totally unrelated anyway. Flight models and missiles tend to get fixed quite often.
I can state similar issues for every country in the game
The difference is that the ZTZ99A is sort of the main vehicle Chinese mains have for the higher battle ratings, this can define a nations performance and neglection just makes it worse. Comparing any report (and especially minor ones) to the ZTZ99A unless its for a 11.7 vehicle won’t be a good comparison.
Major reports like this one should be taken in with priority, fixing minor things whilst ignoring a major one doesn’t look quite good.
Flight models and missiles tend to get fixed quite often
Pretty sure the SRAAM and Red Top reports have been in limbo for a while, it really just depends if its for a relevant tech tree like the USSR, USA or Germany in some instances.
If properly implemented, the J-11B PD radar SHOULD be much better then N001VEP. If Gaijin just implement as N001VEP C&P, it is going to be a massive disappointment.
For the missile department, it should have SD-10A or PL-12A (whatever Gaijin likes to call it as in their mind current PL-12 = SD-10) and PL-8B, which puts it much better than Su-27SM and more closer to F-15C
What you consider a major issue is likely not even a considerable one to the devs, and as I said… there are different devs.
FM issues are usually resolved within two weeks, but not always. Every major nation has issues with their top aircraft flight model. The AIM-120 & R-77 are both underperforming, and so is the R-27ER.
These are things one must consider when making wild assumptions.
For the missile department, it should have SD-10A or PL-12A
The J-11B in Chinese service wouldn’t carry a export missile, you’d see that on the JF-17 and the PL-12A only has a improved seeker over the PL-12.
and PL-8B, which puts it much better than Su-27SM and more closer to F-15C
Depending on how Gaijin decides to implement the PL-8B, it could be the best IR missile in-game or be similar to the AAM-3 found in Japan. You also must realise that the PL-8A would still be compatible with the J-11B, nothing is forcing Gaijin to implement the PL-8B instead on it.
the J-11B PD radar SHOULD be much better then N001VEP
The Type 1493 would indeed be superior but that’s one thing I purposely didn’t talk about as it’s kind of obvious, vehicles have their disadvantages and advantages and this would be the advantage found on the J-11B but nothing mind blowing.
Every major nation has issues with their top aircraft flight model. The AIM-120 & R-77 are both underperforming, and so is the R-27ER.
Couldn’t find any report of the R-77 underperforming but it probably is, the main issue is the fact you are comparing a recent issue with one which has been effecting China since the introduction of the vehicle.
The entire height of the vehicle, the lack of spall liners, the positioning of the crew, the ahistorical autoloader layout and the EXTREMELY underperforming shell is more significant and especially as a older report than the R-77 or AIM-120 issue.
The biggest issue for me as well is the fact Gaijin straight up no balls copies vehicle assets to another for Chinese vehicles, the recent PLZ83-130 event had a humorously similar layout to the regular PLZ83 and it magically turned out that Gaijin DID in fact just C&P the vehicle without going over what they did (as it seems).
