As a power user (in the past) of the Italian D-30 i have to admit that if you have enough experience the air brake is actually really helpful - but for the average wt player (which should determine the BR) it looks like not decisive and is imho not worth a BR step lower.
I mean the BR reduction of the F8F-1 was argued with “worst combat performance of any BR 5.0 aircraft” and “low burst mass” - in this case they have not even mentioned reasons.
From a balance perspective i see this critical in full or partially downtiers - especially if you play vs JP teams on Pacific maps as the plane is (almost) unkillable even in a full uptier by any JP plane due to the the speed advantage at 7 km+.
So i wrote:
I flew just for fun 12 matches in the US D-28:
13:0 player kills
9 victories, 2 ticket defeats and i landed and j out in another
And this by a slightly above average player using a HOTAS - the really good pilots will most likely spam the plane and dominate lobbies in downtiers.
Ru 9.0 is way too bloated lol having four mbts, one strong heavy tank and one very good light tank, meanwhile British has one foreveralone 9.0 MBT and nothing else lol
The only reasonable thing I could think of is they moved the 435 so 7.7s doesn’t have to see it in an uptier, which isn’t a bad thing because current 7.7 suffers greatly due to compression, but then the 435 imo is a mediocre 8.7 to begin with, it will be outclassed by everything at 9.0, they could give it the 3bm28 like the T-62M1 or increase the reload speed to 7.5 ace and retain its m735 equivalent, I mean this thing clearly not equal to ZTZ88A/B variants lmao they should be at least .3 or .7 difference
Chieftains all variants armour value updates
Chieftain MK5 LRF
Chieftains all variants engine fixes.
Cr1/2 lists of bug reports that I cant even rhyme off but respectfully @Morvran Knows most of them.
Chinese MBTs : incorrect armour layouts / gaps in the armour.
Leclerc : reports still open from god knows when.
Shir 2 : missing ammo types as well as ready rack.
No overall decompression of GRB or ARB to accomodate newer platforms.
GRB is overall incredibly compressed as can be seen between the 9.0 to 11.3 area where it is chaos.
top tier compression, unfortunately the newer models of hte leopard 2a7 and strv 122s are quite a step above the competition, they are not equal to leclercs, CR2s, Type 10s, WZ1001s etc they are objectively better bar in possibly sheer mobility.
This all worked when there was no Pantsir, yes, you could rise to a height of 7-8 km and strike from there, but Pantsir will not let you do this. In general, it seems to me that the BR of US aircraft should be lowered because they are playing against Pantsir.
The Pantsir while the best SPAA in game is still mediocre against most planes if they are used right, if I can fly about top tier with an A10 and not get shot down by one, then an F4E can easily.
(I have the F4E and it should not go down in BR, it has 6 x mavericks, a hell of a bomb load as well as rockets) all while keeping A2A capabilities.
Only US aircraft? so sod the rest ? sounds a bit biased does it not buddy.
It doesn’t cope in any way, since the Phantom doesn’t have long-range weapons. When a Pantsir SAM appears, it flies at you, you go to the ground and start flying near the ground in the hope of jumping out and spraying a bomb or GBU at the Pantsir, this is not effective, since the Pantsir will notice you earlier on its radar. But what is pumped up is the MiG-23, they don’t need to run to the ground when they appear, and no one will intercept their bombs and missiles. Whatever you say, the Pantsir is the most imbalanced SAM in the game.
It’s obvious that you haven’t played the Phantom. The Phantom doesn’t have A2A. The Vorobiev are just rockets for fireworks, and it’s better not to talk about the AIM-9 at all. Or just show me a successful fight on the Phantom E, I just want to see it.
