RevampedGrunt

Just gotta wait for a paint kit from HB. Maybe then we'll see more than just Israeli skins. If they were to keep on adding liveries officially though, it'd hog up space for those who don't have it.

The Phantom easily became my favorite aircraft. Prior, my most used module was the AH-64 at 51 hours, which technically it still is (for now). The Phantom is at 50 hours now for me since the release.

Most high profile modules seem to take anywhere from 5-6 months for the pre-orders. Don't know how this is surprising to anyone at all.

A few modules have been up to 6 months for their pre-order.

It has been said that it'll release this winter, as in from now until late March. If the devs don't have a set date with Steam though, perhaps even they don't really know when it'll be out.

To be honest, I'm not even sure if Youtubers will be getting their hands on this much earlier than the rest of us plebs. It seems like HB wants to be releasing most of the media themselves, but who knows if they want to advertise it more with the popular guys right before release.

I'm doubting this will be possible. Similar to the F-14, there's a ton of different style of borts between the various countries and the way ED made them, you would struggle to make them work with how many different positions and styles the aircraft have for bort positions.

For a team known for their interests in US naval aircraft, not doing a naval Phantom would be bewildering. I can't imagine that they themselves would want to skip the naval bird as well, especially with how much history the naval Phantoms have.

I could see those coming with the J but the E, I doubt it... Unless someone insane from the community makes it.

F would certainly be apart of the E module imo. Everything else would be ok as a separate module.

It will be a separate purchase. Now whether you get a discount for owning the F-4E is another thing that probably won't be clarified until the naval Phantom actually get close to release.

He could still be hoping for it to release by December. December is still technically Winter and if they manage to pull it off, more power to them. I imagine the Winter 23/24 is just in case they miss it by a couple of weeks.

When it comes down to it, the E just fits in far better with whatever environment compared to the navy Phantoms. I can have Turkish Phantoms in Syria, Iranian Phantoms in Persian Gulf, Israeli and Egyptian Phantoms in Sinai, and Japanese and American Phantoms on Marianas. You could probably fit other operators on those maps as well, and do whatever with Caucuses, but it still has more use than a navy bird for most missions. E model has played just as important of a role in its career as the navy Phantom has, even more so in some cases, so having that first is definitely preferable. I think most of us can deal with flying a land based Phantom for when you want to enjoy it and the Tomcat for anything naval based for a while. I have trust that HB will get a navy Phantom done, as it is a new module in itself compared to the early A model of the Tomcat, they probably would hold new module in priority while working on older ones on the side.