Correct, it was accepted quickly and there were multiple bug reports on the matter.
And right now against a target 15 - 40km away the AAM-4 gets there sooner compared to AIM-120C-5 @AAM-3
Against a 20km target, both AAM-4 and AIM-120B get to the target at about the same time.
C-5 has a longer range because it lofts more, which slows it down. Even with a more powerful motor it will get to targets in a similar amount of time.
The seeker improvements of AAM-4B/AIM-120C8 [possibly C7 and C6 as well] are currently not necessities when AAM-4 still has some issues left to fix, even if C5 has inaccuracies.
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DEV IS NOT THE LIVE CLIENT!
Claiming placeholder things are wrong is just duh, they’re placeholder; they’re working on the code for the finished product for the placeholder stuff.
Gaijin knows the ASM-2 is IR guided, they’re finishing the code…
Then gaijin should know the F-2A thats currently being added has AAM-4B as well as HMD, Sniper TGP, and if they “know” why havent they corrected it before? or even Just put a “Accepted” tag on the bug report for it?
sometimes not being a corpo bootlicker can make you realise how many mistakes they make
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Sniper targeting pod is coming to the game.
HMD is not present on F-2A on dev.
And AAM-4B model would be a general inaccuracy. Sometimes missiles are coded correctly but given the wrong model. AIM-9s have had this occur, PL-8s have, and apparently AAM-4. It’s a general mistake.
Standard AAM-4 fixes can make it entirely C-5 equivalent if not slightly better than C-5 IMO.
I don’t know all the details of remaining AAM-4 issues, as that would be Xeno that might know.
My primary expertise in air related matters is cross-analysis, loadouts, and airframe data gathering.
It’s why I compare AIM-120C7/8 to AAM-4B.
That and currently, at least on dev [I can’t speak for live server cause I don’t use it there currently, as I’m waiting to dump my JM research into F-2A] the AAM-4 feels absolutely amazing. It feels like the AIM-120A/B I’ve been using elsewhere just weighing my plane down slightly more while it’s attached.
I even got a 22km frag with it that was rather nice to experience.
Yes, which is not as powerful as people are expecting it to be.
You defeat it the same exact way you defeat all other AIM-120s.
No this is not “brushing it off”, it’s a 20 - 30km range extension via lofting higher and potentially motor improvements.
When AAM-4 came to the game I was confused why C5 wasn’t part of it until all the issues with AAM-4 were there. It was sluggish… like my last memory of AAM-4 before today was the dev server it was first introduced on, and clearly a lot has changed since I last used it cause it feels great on current dev.
I’ve had the F-15JM since the first week or so of that major update, just haven’t gotten the AAM-4s cause needed to dump research into jets and there was nothing to research until Thailand, and now F-2A’s announced.
