You could point towards the Eurofighters 20kn more thrust as a counterpoint.
Available numerical values do seem to point to the Eurofighter though, but perhaps the French discord have some higher numbers waiting for a bug report.
I’d say Rafale but at the cost of drastic speed loss due to weaker engines. EFT should be better in prolonged dogfights and BVR while Rafale would be better for WVR and quick dogfights.
The weapons loadouts will support that too with MICA and Magic 2 being better close in for the Rafale and AMRAAM and AIM-9 having the better range on the Eurofighter
J-10B will be able to hold its own just fine and with PL-8B may end up with a weapons advantage over the Eurofighter and have a range advantage over the Rafale
I think it may also be the lightest of the three so thrust to weight is better than Rafale I believe
It looks like they wanted to add it with Dance of Dragons as the J-10 upgrade path doesn’t really make sense with PL-5EII being before the PL-8 unless it was meant to be PL-8B with IRCCM
I wonder who will have better on-board electronics. All three of them should have maws. Rafale and j-10b Pesa , EF-2000 have mechanics, but very good mechanics. It will be interesting. It’s a pity, though, Rafale will only have mica and magic 2 missiles.
The odds of the BMD-4M being a tech tree vehicle and Gaijin changing their minds is becoming increasingly low… if Gaijin doesn’t stop adding good, unique vehicles as premium I may consider quitting this game. I also feel bad for German players who may be getting one of the most unique so far unadded vehicles (PzH 2000) as a premium.
I’m expecting Typhoon will be the meta, purely because of its spamraam potential, plus also being faster and more maneuverable than the current meta, being the F-15