I mean if you go by that logic…
USA
this update: F-18
last update: F-15E
before that: F-111F, A-10C
before that: F-15C
before that: F-20
before that: F-15A
before that: F-111A
before that: F-16C
before that: F-14B
before that: F-4S
before that: F-16A
and with that we’re back at Fire and Ice in october 2022 when the US didn’t get a top jet
For me it’s a hunch, mostly because the Su-34 gave us canards for Flankers, and the AL-31F-M1’s, both of which the Su-33 will have. I think gaijin is rushed for time or lazy on this one. Su-33 is more ready to go than the Su-30SM right now, or God forbid, fixing the FM’s on the Flankers, Fulcrums, and drag coefficient calculation problems on the R-77 in the game engine.
The Su-33 that was trialed was accepted for service. If it came as it trialed in 2010, it would have the AL-31F-M1’s, and the N001, probably base radar.
So the real question is do you think Gaijin would give the USSR/Ru a shiny Su-27 that has marginally better WVR, and no ARH’s? I don’t think they will. I think they’ll just default to adding the Bars radar. Everything else but the radar is coming regardless, that is what is in service as the Su-33. The only contention is does it get the radar it was marketed with?
In short because it was accepted for service after the 2010 trials.
Its honestly baffling how quickly Russian Jets went from being the best and super unbalanced to good but nerfed pretty bad, like the Su-24 for example missin a TON of thrust
Half the forum doesn’t care either. We’re in the age of SPAMRAAM, and the rest of the nations without a good one are about to have one. Russia will literally be the only nation in the game without SPAMRAAM’s, and we’re told R-77-1 and R-74 are too good (I agree on R-74, not R-73M), and they won’t fix the flight models either. Oh well I guess, I’ll just keep fighting like I’m in the God’s toughest soldier/hardest battles meme.
and that would off been my next point, so why can the Russians, the US and Chinese get an aircraft every single update with no issue while other nations get told to pack it in for a few updates ?
Any chances to see the A-37 Dragonfly in this patch or in the near future in the US TT, Japan TT (via Thailand/South Vietnam) and/or Israeli TT (via Chile)?
It’s really hard to find photos of Thai A-7Es with their weapon loadouts. These jets were former US Navy aircraft that served on the Nimitz-class aircraft carriers before being transferred to Thailand.
I just got here, does anyone have any idea what line the Thai subtree jets might be placed after? Or is the plan to maybe spread them out amongst multiple lines?