"Storm Warning" Update Trailer!

Have watched the trailer, both dev streams, and then both dev streams again with TEC commentary. As always, a wonderful job with the trailer. But a common trend for me these days, is that the things that I most appreciate in a patch is often featured minimally in the trailer or not at all. These top-tier jets make good trailer bait, and I’m happy for those who have been waiting for these and actually enjoy playing top-tier air, but I just can’t get into it. Granted, over 70% of my games are in ground and I think ground battles are the heart and soul of this game since they were added in 2014, but I do enjoy some air battles. Spent the recent event having a blast in the Ayit/Shahak/Nesher and unlocked Barrak II courtesy of that (I’ve also got the J-11A but have hardly used it at all - maybe one game). Now my K/D quickly blew out as you don’t have any chaff when stock and I had to get used to using the Derby. But I’m starting to unlock modules and am getting some kills on the board and if I keep using it I’ll quickly fix my K/D in it - however, I’m just not getting any satisfaction out of top-tier air. Getting kills with FOX-3 is meh, spending your battles avoiding FOX-3 is meh, and all it is making me want to do is go enjoy more Ayit/Shahak/Nesher. These jets look absolutely fantastic in the trailers but then you actually have to find some enjoyment using them.

So with the above said - apart from the sexy M44/Rodney/PZ2000 - bring on GB getting a Strela for its 10.3 ground line-up. Holy stacked line-up, batman. Vickers Mk.7, Chall Mk.3, with Strela? Lovin’ it. I guess that is one of the things I love about War Thunder, it’s not about getting to top-tier and just staying there. It caters for all people with interests in any era from pre-war to modern, and I’m all here for it.

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If the Rafale is so good agaisnt the F-22 why not adding the Raptor this patch or the one after then?

HA no. The F4 is to the Eurofighter what the Mig 9 is to the Mig29. The eurofighter is a very capapble aircraft that gives germany finaly something that can compete. and now US mains must realise that they actually need skill to compete and cant just be carried by overpowered aircraft all the time

Meh…they already said that they would nerf the EF2000’s flight performance below its real life values…

where?

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damn. thanks for the heads up

I think all EF players are ready for it. Where where your complaints as A10 with AIM-9Ls wrecked havoc vs early jets which don’t even had flares. Sometimes I guess most of the player base is just concerned when its about non US or maybe RUS tech.

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Or where were those people when they just threw in the F14 when Top gun was released? many such cases

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Still remember the healldeath Phoenix spam which obliterated the whole enemy team shortly after takeoff. Thank god this was nerfed. But yeah…US mains enjoyed it. No concerns. But they always agitate against any other nation which might get advanced tech before they do.

Now we get a nerfed EF without is main weapons and without it RL flight capabilities. Imagine Gajin would have said that they introduce F-16 with nerfed flight model… This would have been inacceptable.

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If the Eurofighter was an US aircraft it would arrive with its full supercruise ability and if it was Russian it would even get the IRIS-T…

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Likely. Its unworthy of a game which is supposed to use on real stats as far as they’re known. Supercruise with ordnance is supercruise with ordnance.

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Or maybe some people actively care about balance over all aside this childish idea of “it’s MY nations turn to make everything else miserable to use for 3 months”
The a10a with 9L’s was an absolute disaster for the health of 10.7-7.3 now with the mig15’s and sabres going down and should never have been added like it was

A 100+G literally unflarable missile with what in wt’s current state would be a hefty range is not currently balanced in any way, shape, or form, and the only arguments for it is “historical accuracy” (Gaijin does not care on this front as they will continue to make up loadouts for whatever balance suits them), and “mom said it’s my turn to roflstomp everything” (Terrible mindset for the health of the game"

The EF is certainly not the only plane missing highly advanced IRL loadouts either, yet I have never seen anyone here arguing for the IRIS-T campaigning for those because it wasn’t “Their nation”
It’s on the same vein as people begging for the aim9X on their F15 and I will ignore it as such

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Tell the puffin guy that, not me
I already know it’s far superior to the ice in literally every regard even as it is currently on the dev server

There is no IF , you literally have a video to remind you it is that good in BFM XD . As for the rest of the question you know the answer , BFM is only part of the equation .

This is not a nation v nation things. Adding these new weapons would make everything below top tier unplayable, including the German planes that are already suffering.

Why are you promoting the childish idea of “my nation suffered, so now it is my right to be brokenly op?”

Why do you want to make the game worse?

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Well then let’s add the F-22 in War Thunder right now!

Ah, so that’s why Russians have over the top IR/ARH missiles coming their way each patch. Just lol.

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And that same Russian bias also denied Soviet top tier jets the R-77-1.

Don’t forget about the awful flight models too.

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Russia bias when asked to make the Russian radar tws scan faster