Currently in top tier brackets. 12.0/12.3 is being heavily limited by current brackets.
12.0 is on top/even once in four, 12.3 never and somehow, MAINLY russian 11.7 where MLD is perfectly fine 12.0 material. Sits at 11.7 which sits on top or even matchup THREE TIMES OF FOUR. While F4J, Tornado or god, british trash phantoms on 12.0 are being absolutely trashed 3 times out of 4 and that 1 rotation they are on “top”, its not even on top, hell its being on level playing field mostly lacking all aspect IRs exept heavy tornado in sims, where all aspect IR no matter how easily flared or visible, is significant advantage due to limited angles and visibility unlike in RB.
HOW in the hell anyone gave 11.7 this ammount of playing field where rest suffers most of the rotation?
You think MLD having top 11.7 only once would hurt it, having to face 12.0s more and 12.3 once a rotation? Well give it 12.0, 2x R-73. Atleast it will be somewhat different from Premium ML with good IR missiles for BFM where you are actually rewarded for getting up close, unlike with R60M.
This is how BR brackets should have looked like where every BR gets atleast one rotation of being top dog.
Or start moving BRs around. Starting with F-4J/S minimum, Kurnass 2000 to 11.7 (or give US F4s 9Ls). Hell even the god damn dump truck tornado is trashy given what its forced to face 3 times out of 4. And theres plenty more. Like EJ-Kai, 2000C-S4 with barely any CMs whatsoever. Draken XS being supposedly only SLIGHTLY WORSE than MLA/MLD being .4 below them??? WAKE UP GAIJIN.
Su-25s being at 11.7 is questionable too. Exept having 2 decent IR missiles, they are slow, will lose BFM almost against everything and AG capabilities are mediocre due to how sim air works.
Mirage III E on 11.0?? What exactly is 11.0 on that thing. Only CMs gives it .7 increase while being a tad bit worse in BFM than IIIC? While F-8E with arguably BETTER fox1, more of them, decent radar, good fox2s and CMs with far superior performance is same BR as mirage IIIC WITHOUT ANY CMS???
Or god forbid, J7E? With modern RWR, best rear aspect even on 12.0 compared to 9G/H and best BFM performance only 11.0? Hello?
How is F-16A with 9Ms 13.0 when US ADF with 9Ls, worse FM and only 2x7M is same BR? 9M absolutely trashes down ADF loadout. Lets not even talk about Netz without any BVR options and far inferior IR missiles sitting on same BR.
You have to either rework top tier brackets to accomodate more BRs to actually have enjoyable time more often than once or none. OR you have to rework sim BRs across the board everywhere.