Super Étendard

[Sakyuz]

also wasnt there something about air-air modes for the etendard radar

[JAF_R98]

yes SEM std 4/5 can carried GBU 49 too

[Morvran]

Continuing the discussion from Super etendard is insanely unbalanced:

@KrakenPleaseLOLP

Super Etendard is a rank 7 subsonic strike aircraft at 10.3 that gets no stock missiles , rockets or bombs and is forced to grind out against supersonic aircraft who carry multiple all aspect missiles so for air battles it should get stock air to air missiles or bombs or both (like the f111a which at 10.3 gets stock aim9bs and bombs and its also supersonic and fast)
Now for the even worse part its the ground battles and its insane br of 11.0! At 11.0 you get 2 rear aspect non irccm missiles, a non thermal targeting pod and 2 laser guided as30l missiles. At this br you have literaly no ground lineup, you are forced to uptier the 10.7 lineup or bring the etendard to 12.0 where it is outclassed by every other strike fighter which get all aspect irccm missiles, multiple better laser guided or fnf agms and which also have ground lineups at their br.
So gaijin should give stock missiles/rockets/bombs like every other rank 7 aircraft gets for air rb and for ground rb they should decrease the br to 10.3 like on the jaguar or if they must keep it at 11.0 with no lineup it should get magic 2s and a thermal targeting pod so it could be somewhat viable at 11.0-12.0 br matchmaking

Jaguars are the same. Its really crazy that ground attackers have to make do with guns only stock. Even some 500lb bombs would be more than enough

[KrakenPleaseLOLP]

please can some moderator or gaijin dev play the etendard and show us a lineup around it and how to use the etendard against 12.0 aa systems

[Morvran]

Thats just compression issues in GRB. Pantsir and most of the new SAMs should be like 12.3/12.7 with the IRIS-T SLM more like 13.0. But they wont increase the max BR of GRB. So instead you have 11.0 CAS fighting 13.0 aircraft and SPAA and it just doesnt stand a chance. Id not want to face an IRIS-T SLM in anything lower than a 12.0/12.3 CAS.

Why the Super Etendard is 11.0 though is somewhat beyond me. Doesnt seem any more dangerous than an AMX or Jaguar GR1A or Buc S2B at 10.3/10.7

[KrakenPleaseLOLP]

it isnt a decompression issue its non russia germany issue , they over tier everything french and destroy lineups

[Mathll]

I would like an ovation for Gaijin for showing us a Super Étendard with an Exocet on their last video. If they just want to anger SE player (more than they already are) they have just done the right thing

[Morvran]

Just need to add a Type 21 frigate armed with EXOCETs to the British TT next major 😜