So i know that most ppl found the aim120 and aim54’s unfair and other American missiles as well but now it’s almost unusable to the point it’s like a firework just flies like a rocket and is completely useless. They keep getting nerfed because ppl are arguing instead of adapting.Now I’ve tried to adapt to the new situation knowing that none of my missiles confidently work in this game and I’m just giving up there’s not much I can do.
I’ve been playing for a while and loved this game so much, I spent a lil bit of money to purchase the premium account and an A4 which got me to top tier in 6 months, i really enjoyed the f14B it was incredible. I decided to grind to top tier for the f/a-18 and the f15, it took me a few months and once i got their the missiles we’re pretty good and i thought it was fair.
Now to today my missiles almost don’t work at all and the number of missiles had been halfed. Unlike the su- 30sm which gets to keep its 12 missile slots which is clear Russian bias, ppl are starting to notice the recent change and I’ve now noticed half my squadron just quit the game(deleted WT)cause why waste more time on a lost cause.
A few points for my experience with the missile was that when i would be perfectly lined up and you can imagine the most obvious kill, no notching no countermeasures would be an instant kill, but no my Aim120b just flew by and didn’t even try to turn. And well as you can guess i got smoked by this guys mica em cuz my aim120b didn’t hit. Ofc i tried to report this issues but they didn’t want to look into it saying not enough info but at this point its like im talking to a toddler who doesn’t want to listen, basically just told me boohoo no enough info and ended the report and told me to do another later so pretty much not my problem pass it on to the next guy.
My aim9m and aim9l also don’t work they just turn a lil and then give up i actually confidently say that my aim9b world 20 times better than the aim9l and aim9m combined. One instance was where i shot the missile 3.5km away from an enemy with full afterburner and the missile itself just kissed the ground instead, best part in this case was that said enemy didn’t use any countermeasures nor was he low to the ground more like 2000m above the ground so was I.
I’ve had recent issues and also made a report of the underperforming aim54A and aim54C but the report at that time was for the aim54c since it was worse than the aim54A by alot now to today it doesn’t even work so as the aim54A. A matter of fact the radar missiles on the f14 don’t seem to work any better either for some reason the tracking just gives up mid way on targets.
Im now thinking over the future of playing war thunder and i think ill be uninstalling the game once my membership expires, its sad to uninstall a game i loved so much especially my fascination with military technology and all but i cant keep wasting time on a game where i have to keep starting a new game as if im the bot/ai or free kill for someone else. So far its like playing the game knowing my missiles are just for show and that they won’t work anyways. It’s too late to play for another country i can’t confirm that i won’t meet the same issues.
Well the F4E I’m guessing German, is a different country i think it’s by country like the US is most affected but on jets like the fa18c like i just mentionned up above and the f14b. The jet matters cause for some reason missiles work better in different jets like the aim9l is bad on the f14 but amazing on the f16a or even the aim120A on the f16ADF. Every jet has a different nerfs and buffs on the missiles. Even if the missiles are the same it’s by country and jet model not missile model for the general game
I can imagine like one or two of these scenarios being a server-side issue. But in general not really. The AMRAAMs although probably lacking in areas they shouldn’t still work perfectly fine (got a 5 Kill game with only Aim-120A’s yesterday) and the Aim-9L/M work perfectly as well.
Not really, in most situations flaring is enough the iog is not accurate and the missile just doesn’t guide properly. In rear aspect is especially bad as it’s pretty much useless
It does take effort to evade it. It’s not just making a big flare cloud and the missile goes to that. Idk about you but the IOG it has seems to be accurate. Either that’s me being fired at or me firing at someone.
Very hit or miss in my experience, with r73s they always behave the same(besides the occasional spin out) but besides that the missile will pretty much always hit a target within certain parameters. Aim9m sometimes just doesn’t seem to have any irccm, side aspect shots are mostly consistent but rear aspect shots are s gamble almost always. Top aspect is pretty much the same as side aspect and it works very well, as far as front aspect goes both the r73 and aim9m are inconsistent but occasionally work(I mention these two cause they’re the only ones I have direct experience with) albeit very differently, r73 can be sink at very close range and very weird angles because of the TVC, whilst I had decent success shooting aim9ms from max seeker lock range this doesn’t work against rafale and typhoon though.
Aim9m generally are fine, a bit boring as theyre well past their prime but I would never go a top tier match without them
Well that’s honestly why it’s not always worth it to fire a 9 Mike from rear-aspect. In other situations it’s very good. I’ve even had it kill in head-ons even if the enemy flared.
Sure it’s not in it’s prime. But it sure isn’t useless or dysfunctional.