It is absolutely an issue and you have nailed exactly why I pointed out the removed German vehicles in relation to the KH-38MT. The game takes liberties for fun. This puritanism when it comes to removed vehicles which are still available to players who unlocked them needs to go away. It’s not about realism- it’s about fairness and fun.
The KH-38MT absolutely does serve a purpose that no other ordinance does in the Russian tree. The Russian’s don’t really have any direct analogues to the AGM-65D’s or other effective FnF ordinance beyond the KH-38MT. If we are going to remove the KH-38MT and the removed vehicles because they are fake, there are plenty of other things that would necessarily need to be removed using the same rationale, including the Ho-Ri.
Yes, another standard just as arbitrary as the one you have suggested.
After picking up the USSR tree again after a near year hiatus I don’t wanna hear anyone say there isn’t at least some favouritism. Its just so easy to dominate.
Im not even close to KH38MT BR and I already feel the bias
I do. They’d finally hit targets moving in straight lines, AND be moved to higher BRs away from korean war aircraft. More importantly they wouldn’t be straight downgrades to the HE-VT SPAAs they ultimately replaced.
Strela-10M2 is lower than 10.7 with probably better or comparable performance to the buffed Stingers.
I suspect at least the Production will be removed shortly after the Thai ground subtree. Call it an educated guess.
It has a combination of R-73 and AIM-9M IRCCM, it’s possible to flare it if one knows how to do so. Place flares between the missile and your aircraft, continue flaring while turning until you exit the FoV of the missile. You defeat a Stinger seeker the same way as you defeat a TY-90 seeker.
The reason I was being “captain obvious” is because you seemed to be stating some strawman of “It’s either all realistic or Ace Combat with tanks”. These things are not mutually exclusive. You can still have realism within a game and still adhere to common game design and player quality-of-life.
If trees are missing lineups due to not having many vehicles, instead of making them unplayable by not adding any tanks/planes/ships, you can make some allowances. If anything, Gaijin made those ‘allowences’ a long time ago when their standards were different. The reason the Ho-Ris and such aren’t removed is because there isn’t anything to replace them with. Japan doesn’t have any WW2 tank destroyers. But, for the players’ sake, they can be allowed to exist. They aren’t broken, they aren’t dividing the community.
The KH38MTs, are complete fiction. When I said that they weren’t unique in purpose, I simply meant that Russia is not lacking in A2G munitions like Japan is lacking in WW2 TDs. There does not need to be any allowance made for the 38MTs, because the USSR has plenty of A2G missiles. (EDIT - I forgot to talk about the AGM65D thing - edit is in bold) The Maverick ‘problem’ is not a problem because Pantsirs can (and do) easily shoot them down. No other nations ingame have an SPAA even remotely comparable to the Pantsir. This isn’t a ‘cope’, it’s a straight fact. From a “realism” standpoint, the Pantsir’s addition makes sense. From a balance one… not so much. Russia isn’t even lacking in AA. Sure, if Gaijin added the F-22 it might be “realistic”, but does that mean it has a place in game?? No, because those things are not mutually exclusive.
The ships are differen’t because it’s a lot harder to make a ship. You’ve been told this and yet adamantly stand on your “all or nothing” hill.