currently spading it and my god is this thing a complete lemon, missiles that refuse to lock on, teams that melt in 30 seconds, lack of any range versus a horde of fox 1’s and fox 3’s…
sure the flight performance is great but thats completetly irrelevant at 13.0 where kit matters more.
why the hell is this thing 13.0 seriously?
or maybe im just absolutely trash at the game, idk.
I am also currently spading it… it’s completely fine. Wasn’t that bad really.
The teams suck but its no different to any other jet.
Missiles work fine and so does the F16
All I can dmsay is skip high tier and play only lowntier ground that meanthal health boost was worth it
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It definitely suffers at 13.0, you have little to no impact on the early phase of the match.
If any plane with radar guided missiles decides to attack you, you’re forced to stay in the notch until the merge and then dogfight him, unless there’s two of them in which case it’s game over since you can’t notch two radars coming from different angles at the same time.
What are you supposed to do against a good Eurofighter who decided that they want you dead?
But it carries AIM-9M so moving it down is out of the question.
Ultimately it’s another victim of bad game design, battle rating compression and 16v16 lobbies
The best solution would be to take away it’s AIM-9Ms and move it to 12.7
there are f16’s at 12.3, idg why this one cant go down like them while losing its mediocre all aspect missiles…?
id like to see your stats on that.
countermeasures
American Block 10 is the only F-16 at 12.3 and one of the things that keep it in check is it’s low amount of countermeasures (60)
where as Belgian F-16 can have up to 180 of them
yeah idk how you guys play that thing since most games are uptiers to 14.0 where your battle presence is miserable. Sure the FM is great and it flies very well but who gives a crap when the kit is what matters? It is really fun to dogfight in when the occasion arises but dogfights at 13.0 are so rare and you usually get swarmed by radar missiles before you can get into one…
Honestly the plane itself is alright. IMO it’s just a worse Gripen A, but still good on its own. The problem is the matchmaker, and like you said, the teams. 13.0 is literally a black hole matchmaker, I can’t remember the last time I got a downtier playing it. You WILL be facing fox-3s 9 out of 10 times. Thats a problem of all planes at 13.0, not just the Belgian F-16A.
not at all the case, you have to sacrifice sidewinders to get extra CMs. The reason is simply and purely the fact it mounts AIM-9M…
Only when it carries 4 and not 6 sidewinders
you just notch the missiles then shoot sidewinders
this is true but it doesn’t stop you from avoiding ppls missiles then killing them when they immediately ignore you
120 countermeasures > 2 extra sticks anyday
also the question was “why shouldn’t belgian F-16A go to 12.3 if it got AIM-9Ms removed”
I disagree, I think its basically a sidegrade
It’s stuck between a rock and a hard place.
F-16 with 6x Aim-9M is a very potent combo when used right, and would be a total menace in a downtier at 12.7, heck, it could be argued that the F-16A (13.0) and Gripen A (along with more than a few others at 13.0) are actually under BRed and many at 12.0 should never ever face them.
But then this is a compression issue for they also do not belong at 13.3 currently and in an uptier they are at a disadvantage with the current meta. Let alone against the 14.0s which match them in both WVR but also destroy them in BVR
damn, i must really reasses how i fly it because mine are absolutely dogwater lol.
yeah, its a hard reality check for me, i was hesitant to crew it and now really regret doing so, and wish i wouldve crewed the MLU instead…
Im still determined to fly it more and do well in it, stubborn to make it work. Usually i just insta j out when i see 14.0’s in my match and leave, especially when the game keeps serving me fucking mysterious valley over and over again. Its very good when you get 13.0-13.7 matches though.
