IOG does something similar, but you will probably need to lase the target a little bit
I guess Im gonna buy the german f18 cause I really need a top tier jet with an agm instead of laser guided bombs unless it has gnss
Honestly hed be better off with the AGM’s over the paveway since they are fast, paveway is gonna be hit by any spaa with at least some attention vs the much fast AGM which again the F18 is slow, he needs to peak fire and hide again imo. Ive used standard Paveway 3’s in the Gripen A at 12.0 and they definitely work if SPAA dont know you’re there and thats only gonna work if they cant see you. Id much rather use AGM’s
Yeah, I agree.
GNSS bombs can eb handy to have, but without them, then yeah, F-18s best loadout will pretty much always be 4x AGM-65G
Tbf you can use it to just grind the Late hornet which has GBU’s and such if you’re really dedicated to using GBU’s, you’ve also got the EFT but that one is oretty meh.
so I can use it to grind through low tier planes as well to reach other top tier jets?
Oh yeah, premium aircraft can research any tier below them effectively alongside 1 tier above them so you’d cover the entire TT
does it have to be in ground rb to do it or air rb just out of curiosity
You can grind in both but you’d be better grinding air for researching new aircraft
If you’re new to air i recommend watching some videos about what you’re getting into
Cause I just know air gonna be interesting if im gonna have to fight vehicles like the su30
Its 12.7 so you wont be fighting 14.0’s until you get the Late hornet
So what will I be fighting in its BR anyway?
12.7 so 11.7-13.7 vehicles
Ok thanks cause now I think yall convinced me on buying cause only thing that was holding me was the price tag 😭
Its certainly better than what you have, but in the grand scheme of things not worth the .3 BR uptier you put yourself in. The 12.3 heli is a much better choice for CAS and for CAP germany has one of the best 12.0 options via the f4f ICE. IMO if you are uptiering yourself above 12.0 you want to make sure the planes/helis you are bringing is going to be worth the worse MM.
I would still highly reccomend the plane for ARB its leagues better than the other premium options and at least now sits at a comfortable BR, and obviously will help you get planes to fill out the CAS/CAP roles for your other lineups.
I have a feeling we will see some ground decompression soon with the new SPAA and it might get put a more favorable BR then, having played russian CAS and the tiger heli we have it feels pretty weak being 12.3, mavs are incredibly slow and the glide bombs it gets are probably why its at 12.3 not the agm65. You also are gonna be up against CAP that wipes the floor with you on the current MM even if you dont have to worry about irist.
I just need it for grinding the german air tech tree
Ya then its a no brainer the tornados and su22 are pretty miserable planes. If you are great at dogfights the mig21 lazur is another choice, also a much better base bomber than any other premium if you want to just watch youtube and passively grind.
The other thing about the f18 as a german player is its your only real decent modern fox 1 slinger aside from the mig23 which is hampered by missile count and mti radar, so it provides some unique gameplay if you dont have other trees ground. Don’t think germany will ever get anything else in that regard thats why I personally bought it even though I had the tree completed.
Eh, they could if they get Austria as they would essentially get the entirety of sweden air tree with the best A2A draken which iirc has all aspects and access to Sarh in the form of the falcon but i could be wrong. Been a while since i looked at the J35ÖE