four aim9m in 11.3 is indeed crazy imo
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A lot of people are saying “just flare it”. Nevermind that it’s an IRCCM missile and can be pretty difficult to flare even in Air RB, but this is sim. You don’t get a missile diamond, or easy 360 degree vision. The 9M is a smokeless missile. This has no place anywhere below 12.3, probably higher. I’m seeing comparisons to the Harrier GR7 and sure, it’s faster and more manoeuvrable, but in both aircraft you’re still bound to the whims of the supersonics deciding not to fly away from you so I don’t think it’s as great a difference as people think.
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Don’t get close? its can be easily beaten up in a dogfight.
don’t get close to it because it shoots 9Ms with HMD …
but at the same time can be easily beaten in a dogfight … ?
so I have to “dog fight” it over 4 km range with 10.7~12.7 br jet in order to beat it… hmmm ok
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Isn’t that what people do daily? + i agree it shouldn’t be at 11.3, the BR must be swapped in order for everyone to stay happy.
A-10C cant work at 12.0 with just 4 9Ms and HMD and MAWS!!!
Meanwhile…
(just 2 R-73s no MAWS and no HMD btw)
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Forget the HMD argument. It has been repeated over and over that it should have never came to the live server with it.
The A-10C will be losing it’s HMD 9M slaving. (If gaijin gets their head out of their ass and starts fixing bugs.)
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Nono that’s balanced because… reasons
No way the SM3 or the 25T/39 should be above the A10C in any air mode.
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It stil has IFF on the HDM which is a huge thing for situational awarnes. Especially when accompanied with the excellent RWR and the MAW.
Fighting the A-10s with aim 9-Ls (and Su25 with R-60M) without flares before the BR changes was kinda annoying since you you were pretty much screwed if they saw you coming. At least you could send a missile into their tails if you managed to sneak up on them. I think trying to shoot down A-10Cs will be pretty similar experience due to their 4x aim-9M armament: you really gotta try get them when they don’t even see you coming. Except this time they have way bigger chance to see you coming + launching a missile will just given them a warning, so you need to rely more on your guns.
A-10C really deserves higher BR. And the sooner it gets moved up the better
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Yes, It’s almost like playing RB XD
BTW, the MAWS you have to research it in modifications ? That would be too much, you don’t even need to flare !!!
It’s gonna be funny abusing the A-10C at this BR XD
That I think is the only thing on the A-10C that is even remotely “OP” and is functionality I hope we see be added to many other aircraft, either in their HMDs or just straight into their HUDs.
MAWS is starting to become fairly common (and its equivalent the Su-25T/Su-39 has the IRCM which id argue is just as good)
RWR performance again, not that big of a deal. Buc S2B has an equally good RWR at 10.7. Sea Harrier FRS1 and Jaguar Gr1A should both also have equally good RWRs
Aim-9Ms are good, but not inherrently any better than R-73s found on the Su-25s at the same BR. (Just pre-flare, totally blocks them from locking on)
A-10C should probably be 11.7 as a direct equal to the Su-39. But its not really all that OP. especially if you fly at an alt other than 100ft and thus will never see the A-10C
well I wouldn’t exactly say the Su25SM3 belongs at 12.3
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It gets a MAW, it has to be researched tho
MAW far outeweighs a IRCM, by miles.
One does everything for you from all directions.
The other only confuses an IR missile from behind
Dpeends on the aircraft. If A-10C’s MAWS is all-aspect then fair enough. But on the Harrier Gr7 its a tiny rear-aspect slice, a smaller slice than the IRCM covers.
This MAW is insane, detects every launch around you, even if they didn’t launch on you, so you are even an awacs for your team-mates. Out of misiles, alone in the capture point, thanks to MAWs I could easily resist to a JA37C and an Su39 … and if they become desperate and slow, then you can even kill them.
This is much better than the MAW in the harrier or the M2K !!!
And AIM-9M, are quite deadly even launched at slow speed, except for the Su39 rear aspect. The rest of targets, if they come to close, or in front aspect, and you are able to launch on them, they are dead.
This is OP, people can only run XD.
Here in the forum, everyone knows how to evade 9Ms it seems, but in the game, 99% of people doesn’t know, or they are kind and they let me kill them ;)
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massive skill issue if u cant handle flying 700kmh boat lmao
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Ngl the Su-39 ircm only seems to be +/- 8 degrees in horizontally and vertically. I wish they actually had it modeled to see.
The issue is not only the A-10C, it’s that the only planes with Dopler radar and decent Fox1 misiles, are normally in Team A too.
If the Su39 was 11.3, at least it could be countered with a phantom, it would be less imbalance.
Excellent take to the discussion! I’m a bit out of touch when it comes to internet slang nowadays but here goes:
LoL, the biggest skill issue here is the reading comprehension and forum navigation skillz of AB/RB mains. Roflmao.
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