Edited.
Late to add because I’ve been busy IRL.
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Glad to see someone doing good research looking for vehicles to be used that are capable of being used.
+1
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I’m not a huge fan of the idea, but strong +1 for the effort and I would inevitably play this tree. Although I’m not sold on the idea of post-war nations starting at tier 1, I think it would be possible for this tree to do it.
- Yak-18 (tier 1)
- CJ-5 (tier 1)
- CJ-6 (tier 1)
- Po-2 (tier 1 meme plane lol)
- SX-3 (tier 1, float plane for naval)
- T-6D (tier 1)
- Ki-43 (tier 2)
- T-28 (tier 2/3)
- L-39C (tier 4/5) - scratch that, not enough details
The KA-1 could also go tier 2, F-51D-20 down to tier 3, as the Chinese one is and La-7 can go to tier 3 to keep it in line with the Russian one, while keeping the remaining tier 4s where they are. The A-37 could also go to Tier 4, similar to the Strikemaster.
Also, as a potential Fillipino side attachment, the AJI T-610 Super Pinto could be added to tier 4/5, potentially as a squadron jet or event/battlepass plane.
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There is insufficient data on whether North Korea uses the L-39. It is highly likely that North Korea has not introduced it.
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Gotta say no, sorry
I’m not a big fan, a Korean air tree brings nothing new to the table
That’s quite understandable as the majority are foreign bought aircraft (though modified) which i assume may not be in your interest, it’s kinda like China which also has extensively modified foreign aircraft.
However it’s well know that the United Korean Tree suggestion is being viewed for their Ground Tree.
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China is still being held back and idk why. They have indigenous designs which can be added, but they aren’t. I understand tiers 1-5 are on Gaijins don’t touch list now, but low tier China Air kind of sucks right now.
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That is valid. Still, OP did good work on this post
I am really rooting for a United Korea tech tree, however the copy pastes may leave players wanting for more so hopefully they could at least alleviate this by giving a boost to you research if you already have that particular plane unlocked in another tech tree. Im talking like 40% more RP gain so that players can grind faster through the copy paste.
Anyways shouldnt the F-18 be at least considered for the TT? It won the F-X program IIRC but was just never bought and instead they chose to refurbish their F-4s instead. The A-10 Warthog is going to be controversial but it technically can be added since Korean Air handles the maintenance of USAF’s A-10s based in the Asia-Pacific Region.
The F-20 should be retained though as SK was the potential customer that Northrop had in mind going with it.
I’ll be honest, SK maintaining USAF A-10s is the weakest reason to introduce it to the tech tree. Already egregious enough that Sweden got Soviet stuff that it trial once or a few times (T-80 and Mi-28), which by that logic would technically allow a Korean tree to include an SK F-18 (as much as I am also against that)
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Nice work. I believe it should be a subtree or something along those lines.
They could pull a China and have a united korean tree with a starting point like Israel. If theyre desperate for the lowest of low tier additions they can probably find some spitfires, meteors and stuff from the Korean war to start them off.
Not saying it won’t be a lot of C & P but then again there’s a fair few indigenous designs nowadays like in the Chinese tree and even if it is C&P its a few new fighters, the players playing the C&P vehicles would just be in the US or Russian or Chinese tree anyway it hurts nobody.
I’d definitely be in favour of a United Korean tree.
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Is this suggestion passed to developers?
Not yet.
I am fully for the addition of Korean vehicles to the game, but I felt I had to say no to an independent tech tree. I never liked the fact Israel starts at rank IV, and I wouldn’t like to see more trees like it.
I still think Korea should be added to an existing tree, or another new combined tree. North Korea is an easy decision, add it to the Chinese tech tree.
South Korea is harder. As has been WELL covered, Japan is not an option. The tree that makes the most sense in terms of alliances is also the one that makes the least sense in terms of the game and “need” which is USA. So obviously that shouldn’t happen either.
This screenshot from Wikipedia indicates strength of forces aiding the South in the Korean War which could be a possible way (albeit a weak sauce one?) to choose an ally for a combined tech tree. I have already seen opposition to Canada being it, which are right there at no.4 on the list behind USA and England.
Australia’s ties with South Korea have been increasing in modern day, with both the AS21 Redback and AS9 Huntsman being sourced there (but built/modified in Australia). And any Australian addition would by default basically include New Zealand. The ANZACs though have quite a lot of ranks I-III content but arguably not enough to quite be the standalone nations at those tiers in ground.
It’s a tough question IMO of how/where to add South Korea, hopefully it gets figured out, but I hope it’s not a “starts at rank IV tree” answer.
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I try to express objectively: I do not agree that this Air Force technology tree should be called the KOREA technology tree (after all, it includes countries in the non-Koryo Peninsula), and I think the army technology tree is more characteristic than the Air Force technology tree: after all, South Korea has a lot of good army vehicles, at least in the absence of a lot of North Korean data. The Air Force is not even as “characteristic” as the Japanese technology tree (I mean the F-15 or other vehicles with a new engine,and call them ‘‘xxxJ’’), which is inevitably a bit far-fetched. It is a good thing to have more countries join the family of war thunder, but at least it should not be named after KOREA. It is suggested that the name should be Pan-Asian Science and Technology Tree.
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Just to add in here.
Here is a picture of 2 North Korean JDAMs/Glide bombs on display, the one on the right is likely the AGP-250 as mentioned before which are used on the MiG-21PFM, BiS and IL-28.
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My opinion might be a bit controversial here but ill say it, i think both SK and NK should be added into the chinese TT.
Now, hear me out, SK could be added into the ROC part of the TT either as a new line or just by adding them in folders with the ROC aircraft
And NK could be added into the PRC part of the TT
Idk how good the relations between ROC and SK are but imo that would be the best option since japan is not a good idea
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Any particular reason as to why? I can understand North Korea being in the Chinese TT but I don’t see the logical reasoning of South Korea being there.
An Tech Tree can only have 5 lines currently according to Gaijin so an extra line is out of the window and the Chinese TT is in no need of a subtree especially when they have a lot of potential domestic vehicles that can be added.
So if player want Korean vehicles it would either have to be through Combined Tree, subtrees (SK bit difficult) or individual event vehicles.
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