personally i just use the F-2A ADTW/F-2A for 12.3-12.7 cas cause its funny to yeet jdams
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I just enjoy weird vehicles honestly. I usually take 2x AIM-120s, 2x Python 3s and 2x 9Ms. I like how fast and hard the Python 3s are, but also know I need to use 9Ms for some kills. AIM-120s for longer shots.
^same person who uses RCV (P) at 12.7 (its great trust me)
Radar is fine.
12.7 after playing MLU at same BR before yoink… its not fine at all
Also something is making sparrows go to a level of nonsense iv not seen b4
It’s fine. Try comparing it to other 12.7s and get back to me. It’s not like you’re doing anything super important with it when you are carrying only 2 sparrows
PREACH (9.7 → 12.7)
I get what your saying but the TWS was awesome to plan flight. Finding Surprise targets was also nice
If the sparrows were not acting up I wouldnt of even moaned. Makes it worse as my favorite f16 is now in 13.3 never to be played again
1st game of night. Man doesnt chaff once… doesnt seem to matter as neither missile even tried
Is my mind just imagining that they didnt used to be this bad? Or maybe iv been treated grinding ruski for months with r27s and its clouding my bad memory
brother in christ… you are firing at an enemy actively notching you.
essentially, he is perpendicular to your radar, so the radar has trouble keeping lock. This is EVERY radar in the game. You can tell this by the indicator down here, telling you what direction he is looking in.
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no chaff notches locked radar? thought that was only fox 3. if so fair… but this isnt whats happening every game. the missile does this exact same thing if they are flying straight. Or goes after friendly/ other target when u dont lose lock. Or hits floor/ goes to space.
Il keep playing a few more till it pisses me off
No… No I don’t think it does.
^clipped literally not even 5 minutes ago
you can no-chaff earlier radars, which is what the F-16AJ has- as far as i’m aware.
My money is on the radar being that bad its doing things that Iv only ever seen on the regular once before with theJ8 asssssspides. Never played it since. Looks like the f16aj is going same way.
Missiles are tracking random chaff in f16aj a km away or who knows what lol.
Iv only really played long distance sparows with F18a and f16MLU :( rip Odd things happen with sparrows but this is crazy level
Needs the MLU radar 12.7- and its a struggle bus
XF-2A with 4 sparrows and 4 9Ls could replace it perfectly…
not perfectly as the XF-2A has a way better airframe and radar, but I get your point. There’s a lot of aircraft now that can replace the F-16AJ (F-16A OCU, F-16B OCU, etc.).
Anyways, the F-16AJ is fine where it’s at. The radar is fine, and it can’t really receive any upgrades. Probably the most balanced F-16 in the game right now honestly, as it isn’t overshadowed by anything in the Japanese tree, its armament is good and its airframe is amazing.
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I give up with AJ + sparrows.
On sensor view the missile just disappears when i shoot it. Is this a known bug for replay? as Iv never seen it happen before
Doesnt hit ground and explode either so cant confirm what happened to the missile lol
if your struggling using that plane
its most likely a skill issue or not knowing how to actively play it
Yes massive skill issue …with replay sensor mode XD
I had to switch other weapons on for missile to show
Now it shows missile go 90 degrees after launch and track someone maybe 12km away… not sure it could be anyone but it goes 90 degrees off into the distance.
For the record im not even doing that bad in it (for me) only got the engine mod earlier… Still doesnt change that most missiles I shoot are duds so its guns and L’s at 12.7
this is just sparrows being finicky
Probably just it being confused over all the radars, honestly not too sure. I’ve had tons of success with this vehicle though. My KD sucks in it because I just didn’t know how to use sparrows properly, and tried to rely on it.
Na it was MB i had other weapons switched off
Still though the missile turns right hard and away. looks like its going for an enemy, 12km away
Whatever its going for its broken
Gaijin should use this F16 to source the bug… because the funky happenings are constant. When is the last time you used it? Most of my kills are guns and L’s, its crazy bad. In f18a most of my kills are sparrows.
Il just play the F16 12.3 anyway, AJ is in the bin
It depends on the radar mode, if you are in pulse doppler (PD) mode the radar is filtering out clutter based on it’s rate of closure to your plane, so in your video you are going 1300kph which is 361m/s your radar in PD mode will filter out returns that are closing on you at that rate +/- a bit depending on how advanced the radar is. the guy you are shooting at is flying perpendicular to you so his approach speed is 367m/s when you fire so your radar, in PD mode, registers him as ground clutter and filters him out, no chaff required. If you switch your radar to SRC it will remove the filtering and allow you to hold the lock even when he notches. More advanced radars switch between SRC and PD automatically, which is why you need to either chaff or get into ground clutter at higher BRs to force the radar to stay in PD mode while you notch.
Hopefully I explained that properly, it’s all rather complicated.
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