basicaly you are the same br as the f16 that can carry more missiles than you and has better flight performance
your best missile is the aim7F wich you can only carry 2 of, and if you carry said missiles you can only equip 2 9Ls
at your br you have both the TT and event f14 that have better weapons than you and more quantity of said weapons, and a bit higher than you you have the f15s that can carry 9Ms and also at the same br of the f15 you have the av8s with amraams and 9Ms and also the new premium Ja37
again, you only get a grand total of 45 CMs that is not enough to flare most missiles at your br and you dont have enough flight performance to dogfight the planes of your tier, for that i say the f-20 needs to be lowered in br to at least 12.3
12.3 would be great for this plane, better flight performance then the Bison, but worse missiles by a large amount. No HMD or IRCCM but flight model just slightly worse then the F16A (and other 12.7 variant’s)
The only reduction that may apply to the F-20 is to 12.3, and even then i think it’s the perfect vehicle to portrait as a counterargument to the classic hoax that the US has many underBR’d vehicles, so better leave it like stands now tbh.
Thats incorrect: R27R are way better than Aim-7F. And I dont understand why you call a phoenix missile a joke. its easy to defeat. In terms of Fakours yup, they aren´t right as in real life…
The most basic function of a missile, being to extend combat range, is worse on the R-27R than it is on the AIM-7F. Its propulsion is laughably bad when compared to the AIM-7F, with a similar dV to the AIM-9C.
It features a guidance delay, unlike the 7F, as well as taking twice as long to cue to the missile. Its only upside is in maneuverability, in which it still has a VERY high derivative term for a missile with 2/3 the energy of its competitor.
Literally the only good thing about the R-27R is its IOG and datalink functions… In which they are more than useless when pit directly against an AIM-7F, and only serve to make up for radar faults.
F-20 and F-16A (no sparrows) should go to 12.3. The Mirage 2k sits there while being far better.
Or maybe put F-20 to 12.3
F-16 ADF/MLU/AJ at 12.3
Netz (no sparrows but slightly better aim9L equivalent) to 12.3
USA F-16A (only aim9L) at 12.0
French F-16A (simple block15 with only aim9M) at 12.7.
Some more BR changes for other vehicles would also be needed, but I’m just talking about F-16 and F-20
Aim7F/M is equivalent in performance to R-27R in my opinion.
Having said that, I would choose the R-27R every time if I had the choice, worse range, better everything else. Inertial guidance is a very good feature.
Also, most R-27R platforms have HMD which makes it even better.
Well yes, but not that you should use it for HOBS because it will spend too much of its needed energy turning that tight, but R-27ER works great for that, also some players don’t even evade because they think the missile is heading to another target and realize too late what’s up.
Could be 12.3, but I don’t think it deserves to be in the same BR as the other sparrow capable F-16’s, and I don’t think those deserve 12.7 to begin with. I mean they are ok, but Mig29’s and specially the yak141 completely outclass them early game which is the most important stage to perform well to win, snowball meta.