Is there anything that can save American top tier air now that is not 5th gen? Would changes such as larger maps, introduction of AWACS system and fixing of AMRAAMS help in any way?
Edit: this topic is about air rb/sim and US top tier perfoms much better then before (when the topic was created)
new amraams? or active eagle maybe idk
the us top tier air now consists of meme aircrafts, the easiest way i think is still fixing current C5
Upgraded Aim-120C-5s with better maneuverability, and most importantly, a better seeker.
We had a chance to get them, but gaijin quite stupidly gave them to the F-15E on dev, leading to Typhoon players asking for it.
Obviously you can’t give what was the best plane in the game, the best missiles, so gaijin nerfed them to the point of being worse than the Bs.
Larger map would just make the map last longer for not much benefit and AWACS would just be juicy target that ppl would hunt, the only way i think is to introduce electronic warfare.
Fixing radar ghost contacts and proper seekers for missiles other than the MICA so the USA planes can actually BVR would likely help a lot, they are optimized for it but bugs and poor modeling make it non-viable.
I already don’t spawn into the EC maps, it’s the same furball then 10x the time to find the last 2 space climbers that refuse to engage. it’s just a time sink with zero actual benefit.
And that goes triple if you are flying something that’s barley supersonic and/ or lacks decent radar missiles.
With large map we could place AWACS really far away and maybe give it an escort AI plane that will shoot down enemy planes getting too close. Also as you said electronic warfare, It would defiantly help and it could also be given to AWACS system which IIRC has it IRL. This could also be done in smaller map by just giving it EW and not the escort
further amraams, better sidewinders, more variants (F-15EX), if there are any corrections to be made about flight models (some say f15 is missing a lot of thrust and some say F-18A/E is underperforming etc)
AIm-9X and AIM-174
Even with the skill level the average player has, I doubt gaijin can code AI that does anything
asking for a 2021 missile, only goes on super hornet anyway
Well then they could just add EW to it instead of escort
The largest map currently in game is EC and even that is too small for awacs, and not many people like EC mind u.
If the AI is too good ppl would complain → Gaijin neft it → ppl complain, see the pattern here? It just not viable.
AWACS is just not viable unless they make the map for all game mode the same as Sim then x4 it. And EW on AWACS is a bandaid not a solution, it will get shot down eventually since it such a HVT.
Adding the USS enterprise into the game, I think it would fit around 12.3
How would that even help in saving American top tier air?
Russian mains can ‘save’ the US — their words hold more weight according to Gaijin and even to themselves.
Remember the F-5C and F-5E: they were uptiered just because Russian mains didn’t know how to boom-and-zoom and instead tried to turn-fight a lightweight subsonic aircraft that only carries two missiles — the 9J and 9E.
Does any US plane have a radar that can scan like SU 30 SM2 or Eurofighter Aesa? (not including 5th gen)
They might not help us this time
They are some of the best fighters for their BR, and blaming their BR on Russian mains being bad is blatantly false.
They’re also supersonic, the F-5C has CMs it never used, all F-5s have way too much energy retention, and too low of a heat signature.
how would an unarmed f15 help
Please. F-5s have historically been oppressive in WT down to their glitched engines producing less heat than they should, their damage models being too resistant to damage, and most importantly their playstyles being very easy to learn and having high impact on a match