When I got Tornado F.3 Late in the dev server for the first time
all I faced was pure disappointment.
F.3 on 13.3 vs F-15C on 13.7
Two AIM-9L missiles as stock is nothing good than slapping AI attackers (even AIM-120 from allied F-15C does better for that)
As long as F-15C flies way better than Tornado does, I can’t take their back with dogfighting for the perfect AIM-9L angle, and they will simply flare them out.
(If an enemy F-15C player is dumb enough to get killed by AIM-9L, they always get killed by Allied AIM-120 before I have any kind of chance)
I spaded it on dev, it was fookin terrible. on live server? I gave up playing it after a few tries.
All I could do was
quit playing F.3 Late because being XP pinata was an annoying thing.
or admit that this junk with lovely shape is on shitehole, and pay for GE which needs to unlock the AIM-120 behind the paywall. (Well, Tornado F.3 Late even can’t bomb the base for skipping stock. isn’t it? :| )
Also, [No IRCCM IRM for the stock while counterparts have], or [F-4F ICE on 13.0 first] was also disappointing.
it almost felt like [Gaijin is fooling and fooking Bri’ish again, as always.]
Anyway, After Buff, For now, I think Tornado F.3 Late is in quite a mixed position I guess.
Of course, thanks to dumb compression things.
Bit too low for downtier matches (Because there are some 13.0 Jets which acts way worse than F.3 Late)
Still, a bit too high for uptier. (Flight characteristic difference against F-15E or EF2000 is still brutal)
At least, I can give a another try for now. :/
had only one level[+0.4] with F-15E was utter nonsense.
Yeah, I avoided it for months. I did the FA2 the first week, that wasnt too bad, especially when it got SB brackets, but I never saw the point of the F3 Late. Even to this day. I dont play it due to its SB placement, but I did the stock grind for the Spade bonus to help with the GR4 grind
This makes me so mad. It is one of very very few aircraft that have non-IRCCM stock at that BR range and it feels so unncessary. Also having to unlock Skyflash STs that you will never use over the 2x Aim-120s stock also feels like a total slap in the face too.
Yeah. This is why im mad about the lack of a 13.3 brakcet or it dropping to 13.0 in SB. Would make an excellent aircraft for either, but in its current state… Not a chance.
Having the Tornado F3 Late is like having a gun in a knife fight except you’re blindfolded and most of the time you’re in a gunfight anyway. The weapons package argument in irrelevant.
This happens in many planes and it is annoying . I would understand if there was a variable BR depending on armament loadout , but currently there is no reason for that kind of set up in mods. Even adding the RP for the Skyflash ST (your ex.) to the AIM-120 research , but let us progress faster , by you ex.CM BOL → AIM-9M-> AIM-120B.
And the armament in general , doesn’t have to overextend . For me it should be t1 - 2 mods for t2 . CM BOL disconnected with missiles, t1 mod. AIM-9M t1 mod. AIM-120B t2 mod.
That example goes for all planes… any tier/rank.
I’d prefer a variable BR method though , to see the plane in different armament set ups and play them, but if they are not to bring something like this, i don’t see the point for overbloating in armament types.
If only I could slew the radar of my aircraft without it being slaved to the horizon…
That’s the primary reason I don’t play simulator at the top end, and I feel like that would be a QOL thing that would help bridge gaps in airframe performance.
Being able to look up without needing to nose up or the radar be slaved to the horizon instead of your aircraft direction would make life so much easier.