This was almost equal (clip vs Netz) but that was down to my mistakes, not the strength of the plane. Overall I’m trying not to show you too many of these that’s why I’m cutting the deaths that I got for the most part and I’m not putting every kill. I’m trying to represent the plane as fair as possible, so the clips that aren’t good in this regard are not gonna be put in the video.
(talking about Rafale clips) …he cooked me three times in a row because I was making some mistakes. After we ironed out those mistakes and we knew exactly what to do, EFT basically won without much of a contest and we just kind of ended up dying to trying stuff that very clearly wasn’t going to work but I wanted to see with the amount of stupidness I could get away with…
If statsharks missile simulator is to be believed, the MICA is nowhere near as bad in BVR as french players like to pretend. (Grain of salt that tho, I’m not sure how accurate statsharks model is)
1000m alt M1.0 launch @10km vs co-alt, co-speed target:
In all shot conditions, the MICA has a similar TTI to the AIM-120, the best long range fox 3 at top tier. There is a definite energy advantage to the AIM-120 in those extreme range shots, particularly vs maneuvering target Id assume (something this simulator cant model afaik), but in return, the MICA is significantly better in WVR combat. I think the whole “the MICA is worthless in BVR” thing is pretty overplayed at this point…
So just for clarification, i cant use the targetting pod to pick a spot on the ground for the bomb to guide to and then choose a different spot for the next bomb before the other bomb impacts its intended target?
You can. In the air battle settings there is an option to turn-off automatically enable laser. That means you can drop as many GPS guided bombs as you have on as many different targets.
But the moment you turn on the laser to guide the bomb in the terminal phase, all bombs taht can see that laser, will start heading for it
Sadly the planes that carry R-73s are totally outclassed in the FM department to the point they don’t even get to fire them on EFT.
In the video itself he said that dude tried with Magics but soon got rid of them as they weren’t helping and just hampered the planes performance.
Su-34 better CAP than EFT, that’s some news.
In GRB you won’t have a dozen planes in a furball, so the dogfighting capabilities will be much more important.
My bad, didn’t see it also can carry PGMs.
With that, it should definitely be higher than SM3 when the decompression allows it.
There are arguments for extreme range shots tbh. I used to never waste a shot on something with low pK due to range, but it pressures them early as well, which helps considerably with getting into a better pK shot while denying them the same chance, so I’ve actually found it to be useful, particularly when playing with an inferior radar or when I absolutely dont want to get in WVR combat (as with fighting the Rafales).
If the requirement of CAP is to “find a target on radar and fire off ARH at it” then yes. Su-34 is MUCH better than the Typhoon. Heck, basically everything is. If i wanted something purely for “Finding a target on radar and slinging AMRAAMs at it” I would take the Tornado F3 not the Typhoon at the moment.
If/When the Typhoon actually gets its IRL radar. Then it will be better. Until then. Yes, even the Su-34 makes a more reliable CAP than the Typhoon.
Again… That is irrelevant. If the Rafale can isntantly find and engage a Typhoon with MICA and the Typhoon is completely blind and cant find the Rafale and therefore cannot return fire. Naturally the Typhoon will ahve an overwhelming advnatage in that fight and keep the Typhoon permamently on the defensive. Given MICA massively outclass Aim-120 as well within the ranges often seen in GRB. Then yes. Rafale is WAY better than the Typhoon as CAP within GRB
Would be nice if every ARH launch was a guaranteed kill, but that isn’t the case.
It definitely isn’t.
You are never completely blind as RWR and MAW exist. You only have to survive to the merge and after that you’re rinsing everything, even the Rafale as showcased in the video.
So, ditch the Aim-120s, turn off the radar and fly like a Tornado. Then just defend like mad until you get visual with the rafale and then gunfight. Repeat.
To me that sounds like the Typhoon is underperforming and forced into a single strategy to be even remotely competitive
And others are forced to kill EFT as soon as possible as getting into a dogfight with it isn’t something you want.
As said earlier, GRB has way less planes so forcing out a duel isn’t that hard.
Mig-29 got nerfed and Su-27’s only niche were the 27ERs that looked way better on paper than in game, as 100m MP height stopped any SARH meta from forming.
