Newly announced ? Those cards were released over a week ago . <| sep |> Imo before you judge the whole GW 2 community that are in a guild as elitist , maybe you should try it first . It might be you feel this is a thing in other games but don ' t judge us before trying <| sep |> So tangentially related question , what is your opinion of the F 35 ' s dogfighting abilities relative to the Super Hornet ? I don ' t mean F 35 vs Super Hornet in a dogfight , I mean F 35 vs X relative to Super Hornet vs same X in terms of how well it would perform and the type of tactics the pilot would use . It ' s fine if you haven ' t read up enough on the F 35 to have a clear opinion . To me from my internet armchair it seems like the F 35 has pretty similar if not slightly better wing loading and thrustweight ratio . More importantly though it shares a roughly similar aerodynamic configuration with the Super Hornet , and it seems like it ' s meant more for highalpha capability like the Super Hornet , i . e . getting its nose pointed at a target first , as opposed to many other planes like the F 16 which is more of a get the flight vector pointed at a target first i . e . low energy loss while turning toward a target since they don ' t have the high alpha capability type of plane . I don ' t know if there are other dimensions I should consider . My understanding is that a weakness of the high alpha strategy is that you get your nose on your target first , but you lose energy rapidly to do so , and the Super Hornet regains energy relatively slowly so you have to make sure your shot really counts , since you ' re vulnerable after the shot . Whereas the F 35 has better acceleration and thus this vulnerability is reduced . Another difference is that by carrying weapons internally , the F 35 keeps its moment of inertia low , meaning it can for example roll rapidly and more importantly , change its roll rate rapidly . Basically , the pilot can change what the plane does more rapidly than legacy fighters . Especially if legacy fighters are carrying fuel tanks in order to have enough range . This means that the F 35 can thus act and react faster . This type of consideration isn ' t really captured in the thrustweight ratio and wing loading stat comparisons we see so often on the internet , but I suspect it ' s important just that it ' s usually not considered because it ' s hard to capture reduce to a single number that can be easily calculated based on publicly available information . So I think basically the F 35 will dogfight in a similar fashion as the Super Hornet , except with better energy recovery after making a shooting pass , and be able to act i . e . make decisions , perform actions , react to its opponent ' s actions more quickly . I don ' t know if you ' re agreedisagreetoo early to say with that assessment from your pilot ' s point of view , or if there ' s some other aspect of dogfighting I should consider .