Omega417

Probs when we get a Navy Phantom. As those 2 are close enough to their USN/USMC counterparts.

I think the 28 means its coming in 2028

Maybe, Im 10075 and I was about 5 hours after the trailer dropped.

Id think the "universal" seekerhead would be the first thing we got, and as we progressed if there was interest we might see earlier seeker heads.

I dont think we know at this time, but i would hope it would be the AGM-45A/B-10A with the MK-50 MOD 0 seeker head which was a Broad E to I with Angle Gating which should serve as a universal for the most part.

A good interim is to make use of the knee-boards, it takes a bit more effort on your end, but you can convert the pages to .pngs and throw them in the folder and cycle through them

I would gladly fly some C-130 resupply missions in idle time if it meant I could carry more/better ordinance with a better maintained jet.

Agreed. The only part id be unhappy with is if it happened on the one night i get to play DCS.

That kind of realism would keep the campaigns interesting past the first month, when all the red air is toast, and most of the SAM sites are missing radars. But I would be extremely frustrated if the 2 times i get to log in per week to do my flight and my jet is INOP for the mission. Unfortunately real life takes precedence over DCS.

I mean, that's a challenge for campaign makers to figure out, and verges on the "too realistic" for a sim. I do understand your point. I would imagine that during an online campaign all jets are being flown regularly so they would all degrade at varying rates and it would start to become more of a chore to inform the next guy that you have a sticky rudder vs just flying your assigned jet. Starts to remind me of the "Phantom Leader" board game, but with airframe degradation instead of pilot degradation.

I hope we get a bit more of that dynamic with the Naval Variant, I still cant decide if I'd rather have a B/N or J/S. I would argue that the -E is a good middle point in a transition from an F-18 to an early F-4B. Dynamic campaigns would be awesome with the slow degradation of your jet, and potential issues with ordinance.

Dont lie those are the best arguments we have ever had on this forum.

This will make some of the campaign servers much more engaging after the first 3-4 weeks of a campaign. Will any of these quality/variance simulations be applied to the weapons? There have been a lot of discussions in these forums about the Vietnam AIM-7 and its rough handling leading to lackluster performance. Would make things a lot more exciting if your AGM-12 blew up 20 ft in front of the plane because the motor exploded.

After looking at the Wear and Tear aspects, I'm wondering if when we get a Vietnam Phantom the AIM-7s will behave like real life with inconsistent motors and seekers due to rough maintenance and other external factors.

Is someone going to pull out all the Liveries we saw in the trailer? Would be cool to know which ones we just saw.

Instagram says today is Phantom Friday.

Having audited software development plans, you should stride to do more, and be better, all in less time than you originally asked for, all with a tenth of the budget you asked for, all with a quarter of the staff you asked for. You should also stop complaining.

Just give it time, there is always a heretic in these forums.

You see, you can say that but I guarantee you someone will have only read your first paragraph and try to make an argument about how the 106 and others were able to make good hits with it. I agree with you, wrong missile in the wrong place on the wrong platform.

I am not complaining about the enthusiasm or the civility (you are right, by forum standards this has been calm) . Rather, the constant rehashing of what the different Mig-23 variants may or may not be capable of. The whole "on paper vs IRL" thing is a bit frustrating when our sim version will probably land somewhere in the middle of the two and we wont know for a few years. I'd much rather we be constantly fighting about how capable/Incapable the AIM-4 was. Or the employment envelopes of the AIM-7. etc. etc. etc.

NGL, the constant arguing about the MIG-23 on the Phantom forum is exhausting.

Info is 3 days old, stale info, things could have changed by now. For all we know the F-4S could be coming first.

Exactly. I just hope mods like that make their way onto fun servers. We are so close to a full set of planes for a "war of attrition/Yom Kippur" scenario

I'd like to think that the modding community would take care of those off the basic F-4E. Which would make HB starting with the F-4E the smartest choice they could have made. There will always be a moder who thinks the AUP, terminator, or EJ was the coolest and is willing to spend hours to modify our F-4E. I would be nice if those community mods could be incorporated but not too much of a concern.

Haha Im just joking around. Im the type of person who would hit the Drill Sgt if they got in my face and yelled at me, which is why I never joined. *ALSO A JOKE I AM BEING A SMARTASS TODAY*