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From one point of view addition of F117 would be nice. Why? Because it would add some 'realism' in wider plan. Computer is always a computer. Player is something else. Putting player in invisible aircraft may be quite interresting as it will give rest of the people that "wft" feeling to their flying. You have a target to protect and you have invisible enemy. Go figure.
On the other hand, that will be tipping the balance to one side. But isn't war about gaining advantage?
From my point of view, flying F117 would be damn boring. You start, set acourse, chose reasonable altitude and fly. Your trajectory of approach will be preplaned to avoid any major radar stations, so all you ahve to do is follow the patch, release bombs and be gone.
Now, if you will be detected - you are as good as dead. I am not an expert, but I heard once that F117 has a aerodynamical characteristic of the brick. If you knock out computer you are going down and hard. Thus, dogfighting must be a suicide.
So - if there is active defence, like a squadron fo Su-27 over the target flying around and looking for target, noone inteligent would send F-117 on a mission. First, air defence would be dealt with.
So... perhaps I am incorrect, but in my oppinion missions in F117, involving other crafts would be completely unrealistic. Idea of F117 is to sneak, kill and retreat. If enemy knows you are comming you may be as good as dead
You definitely hit the proverbial nail on the head with that one! The addition of stealth into the multiplayer arena would give certain unfair advantages to the players flying them over the rest of us. The fact that we can't acquire them on Long-range, the fact that when we can acquire, they present such a small radar profile that lock-ons are difficult at best, and there is almost NO radar profile on an F117, due to it's odd asymmetrical fuselage.
On the other hand, it would be interesting, as a spectator, to see all the "WTF?" reactions in the group when Joe Pilot flies by the others undetected, and bombs the unholy F*** out of their base.
Schadenfreude is one thing, but flying stealth to gain an unfair advantage is another. There is a reason stealth hasn't been incorporated into the game, and that is because of the fact that a lot of the avionics and design involved in the F117 alone are still top secret, and divulging those specs, even through a flight sim could be disastrous to any of our pilots stationed throughout the world.
Think about it, won't you?
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