i think we should have derbys on the F-16I sufa because it fits in alot more with the aircrafts play style because of its limited amount of armament and its ability to get into great positions at close range in headons a missile with better off bore sight capability would make this aircraft alot nicer to play it would make a nice replacement for the AIM-120 C-5 that it currently has
or, hear me out, gaijin buffs the AIM-120C-5 so that it reflects real life HOBS performance
i dont think the C-5 is the problem its a great missile for aircraft like the F-15 and eurofighter but it kind of clashes with the close range fight playstyle of the F-16 airframe and it would be great for it also because its a weapon made and produced by the country that fields the aircraft IRL
the C-5 is the problem because it’s meant to be significantly better than both the 120A and Derby at all ranges and shot angles
Later aim-120 variants being so nerfed that even Derby being better than them was not on my prediction list.
The game has a chronical (I assume a pre-nerf till later generation aircraft come) problem with more modern ARH missiles performing worse than early variants.
again its the missile the country itself made and it just performs better in close range than the AMRAAM so thats why i think it should get the derby
The 120C-5 is better than the Derby in 90% of the situations you’ll be in and that’s the unfortunate truth
C-5 would also benefit a lot if it had a better loft profile but oh well
the sufa has been garbage since release and gaijin will keep it that way
youre better of only using the f16c barrack 2
no on the F-16 the places where the C-5 is good like BVR is not useful because you need to be very conservative with your missiles so often you need to shoot them at close range where the derby is better
but they could very easily improve it by giving it the derby-I and the ESA radar it can have IRL there is a block 52 F-16I that has alot of upgrades im pretty sure its very similar to the Pobit but it has some other stuff
i-derby is functionally identical to the base derby in game
it shouldn’t be
How so? It is just an electronics upgrade
it has a better seeker IRL making it much better at resisting chaff and multipath
Almost all ARHs share identical seeker stats in game