Flight model wise, it will be by all metrics obese F-16. So the only redeeming feature for 14.0+ BR will be - hopefully - missiles… which the moment Gaijin hands them out to better airframes, Sufa will go way of the dodo remarkably quickly.
I can’t see anything about twin missile racks for Sufa, so making it missile bus akin to Su-27/30 is likely out of the question, so next best thing being Kfir C10 of 14.0 - great kit and advanced missiles for its BR, but heavily limited in numbers as well underwhelming flight model when you run out of those.
Sufa merely suffers the same fate as Hornets - being good multirole jet IRL matters little in context of War Thunder and its own specific needs.
Gaijin fix whatever they like to fix, they use double standards with any nation they like and we know which nations i’m talking about, Israel is a nation full of bugs and mismanagement and poor modeling of several vehicles, it’s pretty absurd how several topics are talking about these issues they get ignored it just proves that Gaijin simply “Doesn’t care”.
Double standards apply to everyone equally. Fulcrum and Flanker flight models, russian tanks past T-55A lacking anti radiation liner doubling as rudimentary spall liner, Leopards still using old composite package, Ariete WAR kit being having the same protection as Merkavas composite, pick and choosing who uses what ammunition only to fit designated BR.
The sooner you consider War Thunder as “World of Tanks/Warplanes/Warships with extra steps”, the better for your psyche.
To be completely fair. I know they won’t give us P5 or I-Derby-ER for air so I’m not bothered about Sufà’s ARB performance I want it for GRB where the Popeyes and SPICE bombs shine. Also to whoever said gaijin will probably make the Popeye a maverick clone for once I’m optimistic they can’t. At least not in one crucial aspect. Popeye doesn’t use a chemical penetrator like maverick it’s essentially a bomb with a motor and a seeker. More akin to a KH38MT except it actually exists. Plus it uses the same seeker as a SPICE so insane gimbals and good target discrimination too.