j11 is identical to su27
JAS37D while not best isnt horrible
F16 with no irrcm at what br ?
Talking about J-11A (worse than 27SM)
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at that point balance was off anyways as F15C was better than all of those
It wasnt, had a weaker radar, with a single DL
It had 4x 9Ls and 2x Skyslug DFs vs F-16 with 9L/7M and Mig-29s with R-60M/R-27ER and then later F-16C with 9M/7M and SMT with R-73/R-27ER. It, like the Tornado F3 (at the time) was a 11.3 vs 12.0s and then 12.3s. It sucked for both nations. (and should be noted, the F3 we have now is much much stronger)
Their 12.0 F-16A. It was their top tier to fight the Gripen, F-16C, Su-27, F-15A, etc
it also had SPO-15 while SM has digital rwr
Forgot about that
AIM7E2s are pretty good as they pull immediatly off rails you just gotta be closer to fire them
you still are not beating an R-27ER in a BVR fight and back then the meta was staying below 100m. So it was Viggen D vs F-16 and Mig-29 in a dogfight. At least this was also before the BOL nerfs, so it did have CMs back then
i mean mig 29 first gen was so mid because no R73 and F16 had mid FM for a while so jas37 could keep up
100m dogfights where peak F14A vs mig 29 was so fun
There’s a source stating the MICA EM has a seeker of 7 degrees width which got implemented, nothing necessarily to do with it being better than other fox 3 seekers which lack necessary info.
There’s a reason why no one was complaining about the MICA being broken when it was only found on the Mirage 2000-5F in the beginning. M2K-5F with MICA was still regarded as a strong vehicle but not necessarily the best compared to Gripen and F-15E before the addition of Rafale/Eurofighter.
Because when the MICA EM was only found on the Mirage 2000-5F, it had an identical seeker to everyone else. It was buffed end of Feb this year (after the Rafale was added) making it hard to notch.
Your own comment for the rough date of this change:
This is why the MICA-EM is hated when its on the Rafale and wasnt quite so hated on the Mirage (though it has always been one of the strongest in game). Especially annoying when Aim-120C5 has been denied this upgrade as well.
Also cant dismiss the fact the Rafale also has the best radar in game and the second best FM these days (was the best before it finally got nerfed)
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No, the real difference is that with m2k 5f you are forced to go defensive everytime a missile go for you but with rafale you actually have a flight model that allows to maneuver fully and keep decent speed overall.
If you lose against a mirage 2k with any 14.0 plane “because mica” the problem is how you are playing.
This plane is mostly good because it has 2 extra fake missiles which it shouldn’t otherwise playing it is not in anyway nice.
If another plane with a powerful radar its close to the target the missile change the objetive to it
To do this without making ARB commit suicide you’d need to implement some massive changes to the mode.
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Maybe stealth? (This is a suggestion because im stupid and dont know what else to say)
Good points made. However I think instead of completely removing it outright is a bad move. It should instead be reduced again. This time around I hope for at least a reduction down to between 10 - 20 meters above ground, MAYBE 5 - 10 but even that’s a bit much given the different terrain types across most maps.
As for map sizes… Gaijin recently introduced the Falklands map which is 130 x 130 km. A bit over the usual max of 128 x 128 km, so it was nice to see something different. However as I understand it current game engine (on top of other considerations such as whether or not it’s playable across all platforms, not just PC or next generation PS5 and Xbox Series consoles) constraints and (through the eyes of Gaijin) drastically bigger maps simply aren’t needed at the moment so getting bigger (>130 x 130 km) maps are unlikely.
The best option would be setting it to an IRL level on a missile by missile basis (if data can be found).
So for example. I think AMRAAM is 40m and Skyflash I think is 33m (though technically thats not due to MP, but prox fuse related issues)
Though 60% of that map is completely wasted due to bad design.
So its actually not really that much bigger than any other map, in fact its probably smaller than a few.
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