I’m pretty new to top-tier, and not a great player besides, so I’m not sure if this is a bug, desync issue, or by design.
Flying low and see what looks like someone just cruising at high alt, so pull up and point radar (in SRC PD) at them. Once I have a return on the scope, hit Lock Radar/IRST on target to lock and paint for AIM-7M. Radar transitions to ACQ PD on target area but seems unable to acquire lock and does not return to SRC PD or otherwise respond radar controls. In the mean time, the SU-27 pitches down and successfully counter-fires.
Given the colossal RCS and lack of ECM in the SU-27, I don’t think there is a legitimate reason I couldn’t get a lock, and my assumption is some combination of game bug and packet loss caused it. The F16C radar has been a bit buggy in ACQ PD mode for me in general, so
Now, I play from a strange foreign land with t-rex deer and duck beaver hybrids, so my normal ping is around 200, and I get desync and lag issues most rounds, but this doesn’t feel like one of them.
To be clear, this isn’t any sort of “RUZZIAN BIAS” conspiracy rant, it feels more like a bug or user error and it’s just coincidence it’s vs SU-27.
Video follows. I tried vaguely to notch while chaffing but from my understanding once an R27ER is in terminal phase it’s pretty impossible to dodge, but I welcome any advice offered.