Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-66.195.110.224-20140923025748/@comment-26556524-20150723041209

DRosencraft wrote: Yeah, the standard tree FB-22 is more than likely the better attacker. I was going ot use the Aries, but it doens't fly as well. The Aries is focused more on attacking power, less on maneuverablilty. Not 100% sure about the speed relative to the Su-34, but I believe it is faster both in absolute speed and acceleration.

Multirole is a littel tougher to gauge because it really does depend on what you're looking to do. My personal bet is on the F-15S/MTD, specifically the special variant, Stripes. I use it in place of attackers usually, for the obvious reasons. But, the X-02 and the Morgan are also multiroles that are relatively popular, the X-02 often with the 6AAM, the Morgan usually for the MPBM. The XFA-27 in terms of the overall stats and weapons options is probably the better multirole, but for now it's tough to determine because cost of the plane makes it tough to find people who have used it at higher levels. It's still to be seen how the new Flatpack and Varcolac measures up to the rest, though the Varcolac has the cost barrier too.

Fighter is a toss-up to me. I'm not terribly good at dogfighting, and there are just so many fighters and so many multiroles used as fighters that it can be tough to gauge against other players. So, again, defaulting to purely on personal experience, the F-22 is probably the best, possibly edged out by the Falken. I haven't upgraded the Osea Falken so I can't comment on it, but the regular lvl 10 Falken to me seems better than the regular lvl F-22 at lvl 10, and probably edges the F-22 Antares. I suspect Reaper will probably be better than the Falken at lvl 10 (1.5 lvls to go). For fighters I'm partial to the standard Su-37 Terminator and for special aircraft I tend to have high scores in a MiG-29A Libra, which I have at level 5 research maxed.

I don't have the Su-34 but the wing design leads me to believe it would still be more mobile than a standard FB-22. That near-full-fuselage delta wing design just looks like no matter what form of the plane you use it'll handle like a rock.

My best multirole statistically is the F-15 S/MTD which has A+/C+/B/B/C+/C stats (level 5) not counting parts. But I've always loved the F/A 18F Super Hornet due to the 4AAM and LASM special weapons, which are useful considering I often get the attack helicopter squadron emergency mission or the submarine/ships trying to escape ones. Depending on map.

I still use the F-15 S/MTD in most of the special raids that involve ground targets though because the speed allows it to cover more ground, which helps save time on the mission. Especially in a map like Stonehenge with those four spread out radar sites. Plus, with Advanced Target Awareness Circuit (SP.W) L, it gives me 24 LAGM missiles instead of just 16, which is a nice boost.