Because year of introduction isn’t an important thing in this game, which is why you see pretty modern designs all the way down at or close to WW2 tiers.
Welcome to WT.
People wanting 11.3 CAS to match or blatantly outrange 12.0 AAs is what’s wrong in this game.
Taking such an aggressive stance is not healthy for the game. Certain things had to be added at certain times for nations to remain competitive. Once something better comes along they’re sometimes removed (Such as the Tiger II 105, Coelian, etc). Adding a weapon that is outright better than what you had not for competition but just because you could isn’t acceptable. I don’t have a problem with the F-16AJ being removed for being fake, as it served its purpose. Something being done for balance and something being done for the hell of it are two completely different things.
Something being balanced and/or competitive is a pretty subjective thing, which is why you see all the different threads where people discuss and argue about BR placements and such.
To some, one vehicle at a given BR might be busted and to others it might be crap, it all depends on things they value more as an individual, hence the subjective nature of that.
Something being fictional isn’t subjective, thus is a nice way to sort this out.
AJ is because Gaijin lazy lazy not model Mit F-2 yet
38MT is broken, unrealistic(putting a 25x and gen 3 thermal on a disposable IR+IOG rocket) when the RU army cant even give their plane a thermal targeting pod is questionable dont you think?
This is the last time I am going to say this we have no more access to devs than you guys do.
A topic having a lot of messages doesnt entitle you to @ CM’s or any other staff members demanding answers end of.
The forum is to have a discussion about topics such as this one about the kh38, so I kindly ask you to stay on topic.
It’s the best AGM in the game but those things don’t exist in a vacuum, so it’s a game of tradeoffs for the full package, aka the plane.
This is how some tanks are able to get full stabilization, better weaponry, mobility, etc. much sooner than their contemporaries. Vehicles and their efficiency are a mix of like a dozen variables that all need to be accounted for.
The plane hardly matters. They spawn their Suchoi, press the hotkey for the target pod and spacebar KH-38’s down into the the ground map. Sometimes you can see them bailing out after they shot all 6 to just spawn the next KH-38 jet. So much for the importance of the Kh-38 carrier plane.
Theoretically you could mount 6x KH-38 + pod on a Tu-4 and it would work (you already spawn in Strike range, so how does the plane even matter).