Very disappointing; here I was thinking I would see a revival of the classic 90's Jane titles when I clicked on the link for this thread. :music_whistling:
Actually it does affect balance. Your altering the inherint capability of an aircraft whether or not your tactics would not change compared to a Mig-29 is irrelevant. Actually I don't see how the tactics wouldn't change anyway; one airframe has a better radar, longer legs, bigger payload; I'm sure the difference isn't negligible :huh:
If the premise is does it change the way that you approach Su-27's in multiplayer the answer would be a definitive "yes". I don't think the purpose of adding the R77 to the Su-27 was balance but more of a "why not" sort of thing. Some people like it some don't; it'd be interesting to know whether or not the 104th census has gone down due to the change.
Fear mongering and misinformation tossed left and right really put a scarlet letter over "LEAVU". Maybe a "LEAVU" weekend on your server; one weekend out of the month to allow LEAVU would be a fair compromise? Just an idea