Yes, the missiles are fast. They can exceed mach 2.
yes, and the rest exceed mach 3 while having harder pull with faster start. Point?
No, it doesn’t have BVR… but mute point since you’re literally warned when you are locked and now will fully understand when you’re being launched on by radar missiles. The primary threat is IR missiles… of which it has some of the currently best in the game.
the aim9l doesn’t fulfill the furball meta; first of all because it doesn’t start quick enough to pull off the rail onto a target up close below 1km, i’ve missed more shots with aim9l point blank head on than with the stock aim9j’s from 1km away (head on too) 💀 the python and r60 on the other hand, do. You also tend to forget that there are radar modes that don’t warn you while you’re being locked, and that people can just launch the missiles on your direction using the ai targets to lock without warning and then proceed to lock onto you or anyone else once the radar starts picking things that are located and move like real players.
“Long range IR missiles” don’t yet exist in the game. The R-27ET is also extremely seeker limited. It will never be used outside of WVR.
i think that traveling for 10km straight instead of the average 5 of the aim9l is quite lengthy distance.
It has one of the better radars in-game.
and why would you use it if the american block 10 has no fox 1s? we go back to when you said:
It has no IRST, which is an actual piece of hardware and not just a “mode” like you state.
the radar mode on the screen switches to irst, has nothing to do whether it uses one system or another. It’s a radar mode if we talk about the user interface, but right, it’s not an intrinsic radar mode.
Also, IRST does not extend range, sensitivity, or allow for more aspects on non-all aspect missiles like you insinuate.
yes it does, by previously enslaving the missile on your target til it gets the tone, thing which you wouldn’t be able to do without irst where you have to point the very sensor within it’s fov into the target. It increases missile efficiency, not it’s stats.
In fact, the IRST is hardly useful except for tracking targets in the notch and being able to quickly switch back to radar lock when they turn away or back towards you. Either way, an SARH missile would likely be lost during such maneuvers.
yet an r24t or an r27t won’t while the enemy has no clue you’re pinging his engine.
Yes, the Vulcan is one of the best guns at top tier solely due to RPM and ammo count.
yes, but the moment you potshot someone you do nothing. GSh23L is either removing your wing, removing a whole elevator section (sending you to the ground) or straight up killing your pilot.
The 30mm means the MiG-29 relies heavily on a pilot with good aim to avoid wasting all his ammo on 3-4 kills. And often he has to, since he has only two radar missiles and a bunch of angry moths.
The mig29 gun is indeed garbage for the round count and fire rate, besides not packing enough of a punch. It however is like an nr30 on steroids, and the nose authority of the mig29 and the sheer muzzle velocity and range do help a lot. I’ve seen people scoring 2km critical hits with it.
