The reaction the German players have is the same, that’s the point neither vehicle is suffering because of the omission of these systems.
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before or after conformal fuel tanks ?
Given the Pic was from 2018 (though only a mock-up cant find any other sources for it at the moment) Im going to say before.
Was looking to see if hte Typhoon ever made use of a “ferry tank” like the Hindenburg tanks on the Tornado.
I’ve used it once to covertly shadow a target in Sim. Given its extremely limited implementation at the moment, its rarely of use.
field modification is not same as intended combat configuration, and its only 1 extremely specific example with little impact on gameplay
From what I have seen all having the IRST has done is make the Italian and British Typhoons perform poorly from day 1
Eh… I’ve yet to have any negative impact from it, except the wierdness with the radar INS Tracking time thing we had because of it.
But its just such a niche tool to use at the moment. Maybe when you can fire an AMRAAM with an IRST lock, it will be far more useful
More an if rather than when at the moment, do not see that feature coming anytime soon
Its one of the few PIRATE features that I could see coming sooner rather than later. Things like the 200 target TWS mode for it on the other hand… Yeah, probably never gunna happen
That’s what I’m talking about. There are no rules. Developers do what they want. When half of the vehicles in the game is simply copypasted. It’s just funny to play such principled with EFT. Wait, but they will have different camouflages - that’s the difference!
Yeah, atm, but at some point the Meteor will get in the game and it doesn’t need to run in proportional guidance, so it’s gonna get guided by PIRATE and then, it’s gonna get ugly when ppl start exploding without warning.
You know what’s field modification and intended combat configuration?
You have 31 air kills in SB. Get real…
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Dont need METEOR for that
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/yLTLXyw6s9tj
But, no IFF and the lack of things like the TWS mode for the PIRATE, limits how easy it is to actually lock onto targets. Typically I hard lock with the radar and then swap to IR lock.
its also extremely limited on range, and often has to be used within 30km, so its not that great.
You will still get RWR pings though from the missile itself when it goes active and I doubt that will change even if METEORs get added.
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because performance in a gamemode i barely play defines my technical undertsanding of aircraft (not that im an expert, because im not)
Compared to the HAD Mk2 which is better in every way? Would atleast allow the HUT to defend itself
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This range is a Bug report waiting to happen.
Shooting AIM120 with PIRATE isn’t all that nice and dandy considering PIRATE can’t really measure distance like the radar can. METEOR with its ramjet has no impulse engined missiles’ problems in that sense and can catch the target even in pursuit guidance, over useful range.
pirate has a distance calculating ability, it does show u the distance as well
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you are literally asking for the german EFT to get IRIS-T before everything else gets equivalent missiles, you are the only one who is full of it
Why? I’m full of it because GER TT permanently gets overtiered 2nd grade equipment, which shows in <5% WR in (BR12-13 range eg.), but even this is not enough? Are you so pathetic that it needs to get to 0%. Will you (and GJ) then be happy? Will then the “celebration of differences” be satisfied?
Yeah, but it’s more complex than this.
It takes a series of FCS controlled maneuvers (I think the official title is “kinematic measuring”) in order to nail down the distance and that takes time and space.
that doesnt justify new gen missiles
its a German player skill issue too, by the way, just like with abrams going against 2a7