Instead of spending the time and resources on something that would help top tier US winrates, they spent them on something that will actively make them even worse. Which will also hurt top tier British and Israeli winrates by proxy due to matchmaker.
Even if they added it to the tech tree, it wouldn’t have done anything to help top tier US winrates.
It’s a light tank that is less mobile than most MBTs at it’s BR without the firepower to help it.
You think so? I do think it will nerf air power a bit but even then, it’s just a matter of who keeps spawning. I notice it’s not that for example, it’s not that the US teams have inferior tanks, but that they don’t have a lineup
The 2A7/122 are absolutely miles above every other tank in game, including the Abrams lol.
Currently the US, UK, Israel, France, China and Russia mostly use their more oppressive CAS to fight back because their MBTs are seriously outclassed. Now with the new SAM buffs CAS would be mostly kept in check/equalized, while the massive gap between the 2A7/122 and every other MBT remains.
Firstly, the evidence of F16D in IAF service using Derby is pretty solid, secondly, there is a crucial difference between the combat efficiency of a Fox 3 based BVR system and visual range combat systems like the python 5, and it makes no sense depriving the F16D of a crucial BVR weapon. besides, since MICA-ER is not yet ready to come to the game, neither are python 5s and I doubt if it would be reasonable for gaijin to consider removing Derby and adding Python 5s
Let’s replace it with python 10. Let’s take aim 120 from eurofighter , let’s give iris T, let’s take aim 120 from f15, let’s give aim 9x, let’s take everything from everyone, let’s give everyone the best thermal air-to-air missiles
He can carry them and he needs them. No python 4 will replace medium-range air-to-air missiles. And it’s still too early for her. When the time comes, they will add python 4 without removing derby, maybe even add derby ER. I don’t see any point in spoiling it now.