fair enough i realize it, would make sense to be 50 or 60% or so
this is where you factor the enviroment stuff, rafale flies better than su30/34 but given that there are always atleast 2-3 30/34 base on the current top tier situation and given that pantsir has a general impact on CAS on RU side it would make rafale has much less impact
and popularity also factor in since not alot have rafales and there are more su-xx than rafale
The range at which it can realistically acquire a target is probably less than a third of the current ingame limit for IIR seekers. It’s going to do more than just scan a fixed, very small point in the center of its FoV realistically, otherwise it would be completely useless in real life. But that’s how IIR AGMs currently behave in game.
A SALH Brimstone II would already be a big upgrade, there’s not really any need to make up an IIR seeker on top of that. Just add the IIR SPEAR 3 for that, if it exists already. Which I think it does.
It always sounds like “we need this im game now” though, which just doesn’t match with how this game has progressed for the last decade. I doubt you’ll find many people that have anything against these future upgrade paths.
Personally it also rubs me the wrong way because people are often asking for upgrades/fixes for extremely capable platforms while pretending that these don’t work well in their current state. Not that you’re really doing that right now, but take the Typhoon as example. Sure, the radar isn’t great currently, but overall it is still an amazingly performant plane and battles with the Rafale and the F-15E for the best top tier plane.
Which is all im asking for, SAL Brimstone 2 as an equal to the KH-38MT.
Spear-3 IIR seeker is an unknown. Primary sources dont state it, but secondary sources suggest it. But its unclear if they are confusing the listed “multi-mode seeker” as having one because similar US weapons listed with the same have all 3, like the JAGM-ER.
In any case, even just GPS-Only Spear-3 would be more workable than nothing at all. Especially in gamemodes other than GRB (Shocker I know, there are other gamemodes than just GRB)
If KH-38MT is too remain, then equivalent AGMs need to be added to the other 8 nations.
Im straight up not playing it at all at the moment because the state of the radar is infuriating in ASB.
I spend more time babysitting the radar than I do actaully flying the damn thing
I wasn’t aware of that. Either way, if we’re keeping the KH-38MT and the AASM SBU64 in their current states an IIR SPEAR 3 would be less of a reach than giving a Brimstone a seeker in never had, so I’d prefer that route.
Hm, yeah, maybe it is more of a problem in SIM, I can’t play that. We were mostly talking about GRB here, and in that mode it is extremely opressive, even with the current state of the radar.
Perhaps, though given the niche playstyle required of SAL Brismtone, should be a priority to get its missing GMTI/T radar mode. Its annoying that the Su-34, Su-30 and F-15E have it, but the Typhoon (and in fairness the Rafale) had it on dev server but never made it too live. Would make the weapon system far more usable.
GMTI/T is pretty useless for GRB, it’s a lot quicker and less cumbersome to find and lock targets with a thermal targeting pod. I wouldn’t mind having it, but I can’t see it making any difference at all.
Didn’t typhoon have the GMTI briefly in live before it was removed right after?
Was on the dev server, I dont recall it ever being in the live game. Fairly certain I checked first thing in a test flight and I had it day 1 or 2 and I dont recall it being there ever
good lord still no proof
It’s a whazy. It’s a woozie. It’s fairy dust.
the f16aj is nothing meta breaking, the kh38mt is a meta defining weapon with no equals in its brackets.
Thats why we have plane BR???
Well , to be or not to be that is the question? Leave it in game but limit it to one aircraft for balance issues.
It isn’t the only IR + IOG weapon so it definitely has it’s equals. That is if you don’t think all of them should perform absolutely the same in order to achieve the balance.
AJ is a fictional plane that’s still in the game, while other vehicles get rejected because they lack evidence or are fictional themselves. It’s an obvious double standard and community should’ve been mad long time ago.
@bertgame
Yes, plane BR is a mix of variables, not just AGM strength.
its the only one that goes mach 2, lets not kid ourselves.
what was the alternative? im fine with a historically dubious aircraft if its not something meta defining if the alternative is nothing replacing it.
f16aj is just a clown that was added to fill the gap in Japan’s top aviation. Japan even has 5th generation aircraft, they could have introduced them, but the Gaijin decided to make a compromise. In addition, Japan has the F-15J, which is better than the 16th.
Besides, the F-16AJ is a very mediocre aircraft with useless sparrows and ridiculous AIM-9. I don’t understand why it is needed at all?
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such a disengenuos response, its 2.5x the speed of equals, does more or equal demage depending wether you compare it to aasm or agm65, and it outranges both.
then you got the f16aj which is just an f16 like any other 12.7 f16.
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