Was a bit too focussed on the missile, using the G-MTI radar in general seems to be a bit of a problem. I really don’t think automatic target recognition and engagement has a place in gameplay at all. Maybe that could somehow work out if implemented the right way, but I don’t see how. You’re right in that it would be oppressively strong on open maps if you can just dump half your payload in seconds. The Spike carriers are very limited in that regard as each missile needs to be locked individually. Well, they can track the target off the rail, even in cluttered environments, so maybe that somewhat makes up for it.
That makes an implementation very hard if it’s supposed to be realistic, though. Do they model the weaknesses? Is that’s something that makes for engaging gameplay? It doesn’t really look like there’s a good, realistic option to me.
Do you happen to have anything on the NIR sensor of the JAGM-MR? I’d assume it’s an imaging sensor, but that still leaves a lot of room. There must be some pretty limiting constraints on it considering it’d have to be placed in front of the radar.
Extending the range out too much is probably a bad balancing decision for helicopters, at least with fire and forget munitions. The AGM-176 should be fine as soon as there’s longer ranged SAMs.
For a long time, the only advantage NATO ever had over redfor was in the introduction of fox-3s last year with the 120s early performance, completely rinsing other missiles. Instead of gently buffing the rest a bit, Gaijin had to gimp it for short ranges and its AOA generation to make it a weird medium range missile?
Now Russia got even a better missile than the 120, and there’s no sighting of better ordnance in short term.
Why i brought that tale here? Because expecting something that would outrange Russia in this game is a forbidden thought. They were (and still are) allowed to outrange you with R-27ERs uncontestedly. They are allowed to outrange you with X-38MTs uncontestedly. They are allowed to have competitive ERA packages. You lil NATO player don’t.
Then you are intentionally not listening (shocker). It’s the whole reason it sits in a league of its own, even compared to it’s closest comparison in the IR AASM. It’s time to target advantages make it almost entirely uninterceptable(especially if double launched), and allow it to be reliably fired with ‘point’ locks because it will clear the distance to ‘track’ faster than any other missile.