So now we not only have to deal with f3h’s completely deciding which team wins or loses by having the f3h’s team be the one to be able to climb, we also have to cope with a4b’s outperforming literal fighter jets outclimbing and outpulling them. I just came from a match in CAC 27 sabre, saw an A4E above me, i climb above it, then start running away from it, then start spiraling up. It not only caught up, it also outrated me and gunned me down with just two clicks. SO now USA gotta be amongst the most oppressive nations BR to BR once again with only the very last of the rank 9 where they’re somewhere outclassed. The A4 was already balanced enough after getting it’s wings fixed now it has to outperform the top tier sabres. Asking why does that make sense? Can’t other nations just have some balance? Facing USA is already a teller that your team is going to lose. The F3H was already a problem even before the sparrow buff, now we even have to cope with attackers that could larp as fighters now OUTPERFORM said fighters.
You can check my stats on A4PTM, stock and most of my kills were in dogfights.
My man…
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what was the a4 buff exactly
thrust increased, energy retention increased, turn rate increased, clmax increased, wing loading reduced. Overall it’s a very good dogfighter now. If I could get many gun kills STOCK at 9.7 with a heavy a4 variant now i want you to imagine an 8.3 a4 that is already spaded.
USA is EXTREMELY oppressive at 9.0.
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Isn’t the yak130/ alpha type A and other jets like those also at 9.0 witch have kinda better performance?
Also major decompression is needed
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is the same buff on all variant including A4E?
Can you reference a bug report showing this? Does this go for the Israeli A-4Es as well?
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No I think just the B variant got the buff
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Interesting… I had noticed A-4 pilots getting braver in recent days.
This is probably more accurate to real life, since the A-4 was pretty nimble aircraft used to simulate MiG-15/17 at Top Gun, and it was used as a multirole fighter-bomber in some cases (Aussie A-4G).
If true, they will need a BR adjustment… A-4E was already borderline undertiered given its speed, missiles, and countermeasures at only 8.7.
Also it carried three not only two Walleyes bombs :)
The guy said the energy retention and CL got changed. This would be a family wide change if true.
Honestly I can’t find a post from gajin that they buffed it
It can carry 3 now?
Edit: just checked it can only carry two unless your are talking about irl
In real life not in game look
The middle pylon is occupied by Guided bomb which is either Walleye or GPU8 or smth
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Yeah it looks like all a4 got bit of a buff if you look at video I linked at 2:50
Ahh man I just noticed I can’t lock targets with agm62 at long distance anymore:( practically like jdams till you get close enough
Although it cool to know that if the bomb directly hits a vehicle it can do some dmg without exploding
WHERE HAS THIS KNOWLEDGE BEEN? Seriously can you give me a link in the patch notes ?
I think it needed it especially because they are slow in ARB and slow everywhere else too
The A4PTM is 9.7 for a reason, it’s also not in USA.
A-4B does not & has never over-performed.
Same thing, & there has been no notable change:
It’s a sub-par aircraft that can do one-circles decently, but there’s a reason people prefer stuff like Sabres over them.
All 9.0 Sabres are better than the A-4E.
In-game radarless A-4E later variant.
this plane has to CAS against early F-4s btw Ayit at 10.0
