i disagree, the F4-F-Early has it worst, its the same as the F4-C but without the Radar missiles, no flares and its the same br as the F4-C
f-4c has radar missiles but aim-9e which is 10g
f4f early has aim-9j at 20g but is 10.7 instead of f4c 10.3
imagine facing 11.7 with your flareless heat seeker only phantom lmao.
wrong
but the radar missiles suck quite a bit no? and f4f early gets better heatseekers
Carry some outboard FFAR pods, they can act as a secondary heat source for missiles to lock onto.
but the F4F Early looses 4 radar missiles
it boils down to player preference but imo the f4f early shouldn’t be at 10.7 if the f4c is at 10.3
They are AIM-7D though, they suck
No the F-4C is a good aircraft. The problem comes when you get up tiers to 11.3 in 3 out 5 matches. 9.3 to 10.7 aircraft it can amd does face are easily dealt with if you fly it right and somewhat mor cautiously with the 10.7 aircraft. However at 11.0 to 11.3 (the full up tiers), it is completely redundant as it doesnt have the speed, weapons nor turning ability to go either offensive or defensive. If the max br in air was increased to 15.0, everything from 10.0 amd up can be appropriately balanced
looses the missiles and radar but gains 4 stronger IR missiles and better flight performance
The F4F Early is an event vehicle (so I’m not even sure why it’s the topic of discussion), however it has better missiles than the F-4C
Or inboard FFARs and bring extra BRRRT
The problem with F-4C is that the vehicle in game has the armament pictured in early Vietnam war stage.
And that was (i guess) ok when the vehicle appeared in the game.
However, with later additions it received more or less upgrades like the other Phantoms. They retired from ANG service by 1990… which means they could at least carry up to AIM-9P4/5 and AIM-7E2/3 and F.
It never received flares/chaff ,but it could mount IRCM and ECM pods.
Now that’s the kicker, you can have this crappy Early Vietnam version for 10.0… or you can go in a very bad intermediate solution (like F-4E armament) and maybe the pods… stick it 10,7 and call it a day.
Don’t tell me but the 9,7s will have a problem, if you pick the second, because F-4C aready can see up to 11.0s which have all aspect IR and it has nothing for counter. If you go there i’ll tell you decompression. And ofc you can go all out, All-Aspect IRs and AIM-7F…but there you’ll have to update all other Phantoms as well to keep some balance.