Yes I understand how decompression works. Don’t talk down to me cause I don’t automatically accept your unproven assumption. The devs haven’t expressed an intention to move any of the TT up in br and I doubt they will. The J39A is fine at 13.0 you’re just garbage.
You are failing to grasp my point: no 14.0 fighter should lack hmd. The fact that you think the US 18C late needs to be at 14.7 tells me all I need to know about how you play. The 18c late only outclasses other 14.0s in AoA and missile count, something that doesn’t matter in 9/10 top tier engagements.
Even if the Finnish 18C remained at 14.0 it would still not be able to compete with strike eagles and eurofighters due to its innability to aquire lock first and the draggy airframe limiting bvr performance. You know, the factors that actually matter at top tier.
How HMS used to be labelled more of a gimmick, back before it truly mattered, and many who were arguing about it have turned into hypocrites as of recent
Already argued with Smin, its basically just hate targeting with them skipping the MLU 1 so we have to use a base F18 against a version that has it while at the same BR.
HMD is invaluable to top tier Air RB not having it makes you essentially always at a close fight disadvantage for notching and defending. This vehicle is DOA without it in the current Meta.
No I’m not. I’m just not letting you use it as a catch all argument to defend every bad gameplay decision. You’re saying decompression will fix this. Which as someone who’s played for about 10 years, I’ve never seen actually do that. This early variant has no place in the game. Plain and simple. It’s in a place where it will either always club in a downer or always get clubbed in an uptier. They should have added the MLU-1 as the initial, restricted the armament to 9ms and 120bs, then added the mlu2 as the 9x/120c carrier. No matter how far apart you spread BR’s, the 18c early will never have first shot opportunity against an alert opponent.
Also, I like how you’ve had to rely on insulting the skill level of a fellow player over trying to undertsand their point
I would also like to mention, I am not against the MLU. However, development takes time and Gaijin does not have it ready Plus decompression in air has been due for quite a bit, especially for some of the lower jet BRs
That’s kinda 14.0 for you, would you prefer they knock it down to 13.7 where it’ll club in an downtier and still be clubbed in an uptier because it’s going up against the same aircraft?
Not the same weapons: The Finnish version lacks the entire air to ground armament
Not the same flight model: 18c late vs 18c early
Not the same radar: Again, hms
Not the same countermeasures: No BOL pods
Also hms is only useful for ir if you’re bad at the game. It’s invaluable with fox3s, as it allows you to reaquire a lock after notching far faster than a locked setup. Hell one is called early and one is called late if you need more indication that one is better than the other.
Mid range combat is the most important part of top tier gameplay and the Finnish f18 is absolutely useless in that range.
Don’t condescend to people if you don’t want to get condescended to. I understood your point fine in the first comment yet you consistently reiterated it to me like I was mentally handicapped.
14.0 is fine. This is why I think you’re bad. I’ve gone 5-0 with a stock Gripen A at 14.0. The reason I was able to do that was because I had hmd that gave me first shot opportunity.
Some ranges could do with decompression, sure. But that’s not the issue with top tier. Speaking as someone who has every TT jet save for the rafaleunlocked, the real issue is planes that have no business being in the game. It’s abundantly clear that the Finnish 18c early is one of those planes.
It’s a stopgap model that would’ve gotten absolutely murdered in irl combat, that is why the MLU packages exist. Any time spent playing TT could have told them the MLU was the one they should have spent time developing. So either they don’t play their game (strong possibility), or they’re saving one of the mlus for a premium. Either way, it’s a shit decision that doesn’t deserve the time you spend defending it.
The current one, the F-18C FIN Early, is already made and prepared. To pull it out at this point would’ve wasted the time of the developers who have been working on it for however long. The MLU can come this update, but there’s no guarantee it’s not going to have any issues.
Couple things:
The only planes I have that see this high are the F-16C, Su-33, and IRIAF
Moving it all up a BR wouldn’t harm it if it’s already fine now
Unfortunately such decompression would have to actively affect top tier before it becomes useful
As much as I doubt it, I wouldn’t find it surprising. Get your preorders for “F-18C MLU 1 Early (FIN)” ready!
Side note: I didn’t intend to sound condescending, it’s usually the tone and way I talk while arguing, debating, etc. Doesn’t excuse it so I’ll apologize, but just so you know it wasn’t intentional
Unfortunately with how few jets Sweden can get pushing a premium F-18 would be a huge kick in the teeth even more so. Theres aren’t enough jets to keep sweden going without Denmark and Norway and even then not enough there. Besides the JA37Di F21 was recent so we’d be looking at about 2 years before we see another premium and the F18 will probably take gaijin that long to add another one lmao
