How on earth do you counter SPAA (3.0 - 7.7)? They’re the most handheld vehicle type in the game. Can just beam you across the map. I was in a Corsair and trying to do some CAP, immediately got smacked up from across the map. As soon as I spawn in it’s like they lock on to me, I constantly have to dodge and even then they get me as soon as I get within 3 kms of the battlefield. Fly low? Sure but as soon as I enter an SPAA’s line of sight, be it just for a second, I’m already dead.
Edit: This isn’t a rant post. I genuinely want to know how to defeat their laser beams. Yes I have a skill issue.
So at 7.3-7.7 you start finding the early radar AAs that have actual tracking. Below that however most people will struggle hitting planes at more than about 1-1.5km. And if they start shooting at you start doing lots of manouvers changing direction a lot.
SPAAGs are pretty OP at BR range 7.3-9.0 tho. Imo guided SPAAGS like M163 or Shilka should’t face props and gen 0 jets. While thing like Sergant York should be alternative to SHORAD systems, not decimate 1950’s aircraft and copters.
I manage to shoot down planes at lower ranks (before the radar) but the planes usually kill me most of the time. I can only deter them. Perhaps you need to fly really low or really high to avoid spaa. Sometimes I have difficulty shooting planes when they are flying just above the trees or buildings, also if they come straight down against me and I can’t aim directly up.