Cuz the Typhoon, regardless of how much of a broken mess it is, is still superior to the other current 14.0 jets in flight performance, while being somewhat manageable in the other aspects. It doesn’t hold a candle to the Rafale, but its still performing better than the rest of the 14.0, so may not need the AIM-120C-5 yet.
There are however a few 13.7’s which outperform it stat-wise, like the J-10A, J-11B, and Mirage 2K5F/Ei, and technically, if you average out all the Typhoons air KDR, which is what statshark shows in the pics I posted earlier, you end up with a KDR of 1.03, which would put it well behind the Su-30SM’s 1.18, and around where the most of the other 13.7’s are performing, though I’d rather go with the “best” performing EFT for the sake of throwing y’all a bone.
Any reason why you’re not on the Eurofighter/AIM-120C discussion thread and chastising them for asking for AIM-120C-5? I skimmed through it and did not see you commenting on there at all.
Presumably if the Rafale doesn’t need corrected MICA EM, then it also stands that the Eurofighter also doesn’t need AIM-120C-5?
Idk about the eurofighter’s fm necessarily, but the gripens fm on launch was a ufo. It simply doesn’t have the engine power to sustain turn the way it was. It was literally accelerating in full 14g turns because the drag was too low.
Yes actually. Cuz the EFT doesn’t have a 1.67 KDR, 1.22 KPS, and 66.3% WR. Being generally much closer to the other 14.0’s in performance, I think the call for it to get the AIM-120C-5 is much more reasonable one, particularly since it still needs to catch up to the Rafale along with all the other 14.0 jets.
That being said, as the end of that statement of mine you quoted states, it may not need the AIM-120C-5 yet. It may remain competitive with the other jets that are currently receiving the AIM-120C-5. I’m on the fence as to if I support the idea or think it should wait and see.
I’ve also already stated this before, but all the other top tier jets in-game are relatively well balanced, the Rafale on the other hand, is a MASSIVE problem. Between the worst performing 14.0 (F-15I) and the best performing EFT, the difference in KDR is 0.23, and the difference in KPS is 0.22. Between the Rafale and the second best performing 14.0 (british EFT), the difference in KDR is 0.48, and the difference in KPS is 0.3.
The difference between the Rafale and the second best 14.0 is double that of the difference between the second best 14.0 and the worst 14.0. You’d have to be blind or an idiot not to be able to figure out which plane is an outlier and a significant balance issue to the game. Theres a good chance the R-27EA isnt actually being discussed because of the AIM-120C-5, but because the Russians have nothing else to add beyond much longer ranged missiles like the R-37M Axehead or more advanced fox 2’s if they want to compete with the Rafale as is.
Its not just america getting it, its F/A-18C’s across all trees that have them and F-15E/I to my understanding, which hits the US/GER/SWE/ISR TTs. This makes sense when you consider the F/A-18C and F-15E/I are the worst performing 14.0’s in-game atm in KDR/KPS and iirc WR as well.
ie: its not american mains that are the problem, the F/A-18C and F-15E just dont seem to be performing to standard at the BR they currently sit in, and are getting buffs to compensate.
The Finnish Hornet was absolutely gutted, Israel is only played because shorter American tree, and American mains are just terrible players. There is a reason why they have the best stuff in the game but have terrible win rates.
Abrams are top three best tanks in the game
F-15s are amazing BVR jets
F-16s are one of the best dogfighters
Literally best CAS in every BR (minus 13.0, which is Su-30)
America is a great country plagued by bad players.
the finish f18 is actually better in some regards to the american one and the lack of hmd is really not nearly as big of an issue as people say it is, also grinding isreal is really not that much shorter than grinding the us tree+you miss out on a bunch aircraft so i find that very hard to believe
no, the best tanks in game are 2a7v, 2a7hu, and 122b+
if you want to combine the 7v and 7hu id still argue that BVM is better than abrams
they are not the best in the game, EFT and Su30 are better for both bvr and close range while ravioli is much better for close range
they are behind EFT and ravioli along with lots of russian stuff not needing to dogfight because r73 is useable at close range
no they dont
off the top of my head 9.3 or 9.7 isreal has an a4 with better ordnance than anything US gets until 10.3
and isnt yak 9k still 4.7 for some reason?
and US has a severe lack of laser guided CAS until top tier for some reason meaning no night capability and reliance on mavs working
no its not, its a mid nation with mid to bad players
The MICA-EM is a very maneuverable missile, it has an overload of 50G versus 35G on the AIM-120C-5. The one that shoots me down most often in combat is the MICA. It is a very good missile.