Strela can literally outrange the A-10 before the maverick’s can even get an actual lock (it will only get a ‘point lock’ so it can literally just drive away and A-10 can’t do shit about it) because they’re TV missiles… Or would you rather just act superior and spew bs???
ah yes, another “Well air is overpowered so we add more air” type of action from the devs. Those who can actually do somehting instead of shooting down F-104s get nerfed so the AGM-65B could get its kills easilly. Good job Gaijin
AGM-65B’s have a ~6km tracking lock range, easy to ripple off a few at different targets, turn sideways and stay completely outside Strela range
And then 0.3 higher, the AGM-65D’s have a ~10km tracking lock range, even easier.
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You’re simply wrong. AGM-65B can get a track lock up to 7km (possible slightly more) depending on conditions and can acquire lock on after launch as long as the target does not move significantly from the point lock before the maverick gets within the range in which it would be able to acquire a track lock. Which is more than enough for you to launch munitions and turn around and be outside the strelas effective range.
There is no world in which you should be dying to a strela in an A-10 if you are playing it correctly, which you obviously aren’t based on your performance.
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If 65B is anything like other TV missiles it’ll get tracking lock at around 6km and Strela isn’t going to touch you from that far.
You can also launch from 7km away as there’s no way Strela is moving outside of missile’s seeker FOV before the missile travels that one kilometer.
Not to mention Strela’s extremely poor situational awareness due to no radar or thermals.
I won’t even mention 65D as that thing hard counters Strela easily.
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65D is thermal one?
and its the same for the strela that is not just sitting in spawn waiting for agms to be shot there? especially because of being the only spaa in that br range without radar makes it absolutely necessary to play it as a “sneaky” spaa, and be in a good position before the cas threats even show up. Sit next to hard cover (building prefered) hope for someone with radar calling out air and where to look for is essential for surviving in it and helping your team. once you know the rough direction they are at you can either try to intercept their agms or make them try to go for you in which case you can easily take cover behind the building or rock you should be sitting next to.
Admittedly being aware of the standoff capable cas and protecting your team if they dont go for you is the main struggle of the strela. for anything that comes too close to your 5 km death bubble its even one of the most dangerous spaas at top tier. How would you compare it to the rolands at just 0.3 br lower? id pick the strela vs that any day of the week and simply removed all rolands from my lineups…you cant even shoot down drones or dodging nimble helis with those…so it is kind of a pickle with its balancing that it struggles with lack of awareness and really long range standoff weapons but excells in everything else.
65D is IR missile if that was what you were asking for.
What does that have to do with 65B/D outranging Strela ?
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i said thats somewhat problematic, but its the same that the a10 shouldnt die by the strela that the strela shouldnt die by the a10 unless it is sitting in plain view in the open unaware of whats going on? If the mavs wouldnt outrange the strela not even by that margin that they have every a10 would die to every strela launch since you cant flare its missile and youre certainly not dodging it in an a10. Its equally dumb.
In that sense the agm 65s are even outranging every roland launcher? because theres no way you would hit a maneuvering plane with these pityful missiles. You can just fly into lock on range completely relaxed, get a track lock on and turn slightly sideways maybe with minor movement up down and watch the missile miss by miles.
Strela has awful situational awareness so dying to longer range missiles doesn’t feel like a stretch to me.
It also has very limited room for hiding as it simply can’t engage ground units, so you have to keep that in mind.
At least it has a chance in theory to shoot it down, unlike the Strela.
Pretty much all AAs around that BR are weak to 65Bs and especially 65Ds.
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That unfortunately is the situation with too many maps, yes. theres 0 cover in or around spawns for aa to fight cas on somewhat equal footing, still there is quite a lot of maps where such cover can be found. (not a single map where teams spawn in forests and other soft cover which would provide much better help with getting instantly locked by long range stuff right in spawn)
it has a chance to reveal to every cas player where it is. its one the most useless vehicles (or vehicle families, but the vehicle is the missile anyhow) in game unless it was buffed and i dont know. Its only chance to shoot down any plane is if the pilot fell asleep and is going in a straight line (towards it, mind you, because the missile pulls like 5g and cant hit anything going at any angular speed). You can easily dodge these in attack drones going 150kph
And yeah, all cas at that br (maybe despite the osa and asrad which finally got a usable elevation for its launchers idk when) struggles with these standoff weapons unfortunately. But the strela has quite an easy time shooting the mavericks down if it realizes where from they are coming. and most of these standoff agm launchers are absolutely helpless vs any cap planes. (not the su25 though interestingly). its a tough one to balance…
And again we came to the conclusion that the primary problem are the maps. There is literally no room on the maps to maneuver or hide the air defense system. If you position yourself too close to the spawn, you will be easily destroyed by CAS because they knows your position (spawn points are most probable place where you will place your system). If you position yourself too far away, you will be most probably destroyed by tanks. And all air defense systems in game have this problem. The maps are simply too small to do anything.
Oh yeah, just fully blind search for something you can lock and hope you can find and shoot it in time.
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Absolutely nothing.
It is hard finding an a10 operating and launching at long range, but its the same for the a10 to find you if youre in a sneaky position. Strela ia a tough one because you first have to find the a10 (or whatever cas you have to deal with, or knowing what you are dealing with.
What is there to say? I agree? the agms do outrange the strela? Should be the other way round? every a10 automatically dies if a strela missile is launched at it because the lock on range of its agms is smaller than the strela lock on range? that would probable be even worse… at least the strela can be a force field to incoming cas munitions (even to some of the weaker top tier ones) IF it knows where that cas asset is.
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A-10 doesn’t need to find you as you’re not a threat to him.
Sure, sure.