They Aim7M also has an active fuse. Second generation proximity fuse.
But none of this is really going to matter because it is the aim7’s inability to reacquire a track, almost immediate detonation upon signal loss, and control fin reset to neutral upon signal loss. These are the number one driving factors to its failure rate in WT.
I honestly do not mind how many times the signal drops when guiding the sparrow. Seems highly realistic. But the technology is there to keep the missile going and it should be up to the player to give the Sparrow a midcourse update and must illuminate the target for terminal guidance just like the R27R.
The player will still be hard at work to make sure any given launch especially at range is achieved.
None of the mentioned technologies will be implemented until @k_stepanovich and his team are sufficiently convinced that there will not a disruption to balance. I am sure they are monitoring the Super5, the R27ER etc. and only time will tell at this point as data starts to come in of win rates/KDs of the new update and its aircraft.
But we must try to give them the benefit of the doubt.
because the sparrow and radars associated are not the only models held back either.
What I am trying to say is they have a ton of things that need to be incrementally fixed (including the sparrow/aim54/F15, F14 radar.) Immediately giving them full capability would just shift the problem over to the other nations.
Data is coming in on how the current models are performing. They will not make changes based on our anecdotal evidence.
The good news is that the Developer is aware these missiles are more capable and made it clear.
I would be worried if they came out and said. “Nah, they are just naturally crap”.
Yeah but how much balance are you expecting? Gaijin are trying to slot in vehicles in a balance that the World has never experienced. I would say that only in the most recent modern era have we ever seen a parity of aircraft and weaponry between the major nations.
IRL the R-27ER outperformed early variants of the AIM-120s until the later C and D variants, and that is fine.
What Gaijin should be doing is adjusting the map design and game mode to accommodate the different playstyles and weaponry. In their own way, that’s what multi-pathing was meant to achieve but in some oversight they didn’t realise people would continue to hug the deck and now switch to strong IR missiles.
The balance would be 120A/B vs 27ER. One side gets fox3, other side gets kinematically waaaay better missile + better dogfight missile. Tbh, flanker should NOT receive fox3 when they come, only SMT and 141 if it can carry them.
That i expect, cant have russia without better weapon, can we. And i bet it will be overdone based on propaganda numbers from brochure which were uncovered as false and lies by Indians when their R77 couldn’t even reach stated 80km by russian manufacturer.
I think people overestimate the PL-12 from its DCS performance, known performance figures show it very much inline with the R-77 which was hardly much better than the AIM-120, the difference would be like 530D vs AIM-7M right now pretty much, mostly equal just the other having slightly superior kinematics
I think that kind of a matchup will be quite fair from a provisioning standpoint. Gameplay balance wise the 120A should’ve been in the game at the same time as the 27ER.
Either way, I hope to see ARB EC become much more common to allow the benefits and gameplay tactics of the Fox 1s and Fox 3s to become apparent.
EC wont change a thing… the whole design of objectives, AFs and places with ground units is WRONG. There are no Sam sites to make some parts harder to fly around, everyone flies to the middle of map from single AF… they need to seriously redesign whole air RB for that to happen.
In my experience, ARB EC has been infinitely more enjoyable than the usual 16 v 16 IR furball that seems to be prevalent now more than ever.
The much larger map actually calls for fuel provisioning and allows teams to disperse enough so that sporadic fights happen over the objectives and in the middle of the map.
Once the initial battle has ended, fighters will hunt for the remaining planes.
It’s very enjoyable and the bigger maps would enable the fixed Phoenix to actually do some good when coupled with significantly shorter ranged Fox 3s up against 27ERs and R77s.
I think ERs werent that problematic on the 29s when they had 2 and stuff with 120s carried more than that, but now yeah they should come and they probably are next patch if not then the following one after that
F15 capable to carry amraam should be able carry them on all weapon stations, gripen can carry 4 under wings apparently retaining bols. F14 CANT carry amraam, it never left testing program and fixed phoenix C with reduced smoke engine should be fine. Tornado up to 4 amraams but i expect new tornado with them. Hopefuly both gripens will get amraams.
the issue is, flanker wont stay with ERs only most likely… there is good chance they will add another one with billion fox3s and they will be overtuned.
Its almost negligible, I think the F-15J is like 600kg heavier than the F-15A in game and they fly near identically. Other than that, the F100PW220 which would bring a bit better dynamic thrust.