By the way, the missile count bug on the TELs has been in the game for over 2 weeks… like bro.
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/Y7qaUnK7ExEa
Even Stony avoid the question, at least he should appear here to give the source or explanation. Instead remove my post about IRIS-T SLM 4km IR seeker change.
Doubt they will, when they stay this quiet it means that they don’t care and that the change was a deliberate nerf, otherwise they would’ve answered long ago.
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It’s this intransparency which causes distrust and discontent in the community. Changes are made without an obvious reason, not even to say “it’s just a nerf”. No statement about what they intend to achieve with said changes. They simply say nothing, in expectancy that everybody just swallows it because they have to and hope it gets forgotten over time. Some changes don’t even get listed in the changelogs anymore (looking at the drastic change of the AIM-9M IRCCM behavior).
I mean, they DID say why they did the change…
We really need the lock range nerf reverted, Datalink is a joke. Missiles fly past planes and do nothing on IOG. Firing at targets past 6 km is a waste of ammo, the lock range nerf made this thing impossible to use, and DIRCM resistance wasn’t “improved” because of said buff nerf.
Here is some footage I recorded. The intention behind the lock range nerf was simply to make aircraft have an easier time, it wasn’t done out of generosity for ground players who have to die to helicopters because helicopters are still f’ing immune to it.
This is peak Mi-28 gameplay, climb, press hover and auto-win. This game is so rotten.
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I stopped playing top-tier after a Mi-28NM tanked 8 IRIS-T SLs, repaired and killed me, but are the AH-64E or Z-10ME that uncommon to see? Everywhere I look it’s just the Mi being complained upon
The Mi-28 is exceptionally strong due to its IRCM capabilities and the difficulty of intercepting its missiles, but other helicopters are also quite formidable.
I’d rate AH-64E almost as dangerous as Mi-28NM. It (US one) also has DIRCM and carries more missiles. JAGMs are rather quick compared to Hellfires too.
All of them are equally cancerous, the Mi-28 just so happens to be played the most and was not a separate aircraft people had to grind.
Also a 8x missiles = 8x frags factor
That Lmur heli is just unstoppable. It decides match after match. Why isn’t there any emergency fix?
Why would they “fix” something that’s working exactly as they designed it? Do you really think they don’t know what they’re doing? When the Puma was added, it got a BR bump one week after release. One week. They’re not ignoring us, this was planned, and it’s working exactly the way they intended.
And do you honestly think it’s a coincidence that they dropped a shiny new premium in the same BR bracket as the IRIS-T SLM in the very same patch they nerfed it?
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I’m so tired with this underperform IRIS-T SLM. At least they can share some source for the change instead using imaginary logic and change. Even CM only can remove post instead give answer.
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(And yep I saw random Su27 wallet warrior version using Kh29 and I can’t doin anything because the missile is nutz that 6 IRIS-T SLM missiles can’t even hit 1 missile, and another match 3 missile can’t hit a single AGM65F, luckily our MAMBA launched his missile on it)
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How to tell Gayjin if the main issue of IRIS-T SLM ability against DIRCM or LDIRCM isn’t IRIS-T SLM nose cone. But the seeker ability in their noodle code and the speed (burn time and the max speed should be 1.030 m/s instead of 975 m/s).
I think because data link just stops working in IR terminal guidance.
let’s said the DL stop working in terminal phase. At least this missile should be able to differentiate it main target with enemy missile and have their memory intake which one target is their main target. The current nose cone issue that just jettisoned at 4km from target just add more issues instead to fix it. That nose cone doesn’t change anything in the game except only give limiter to the missile seeker capability. This missile using IIR seeker IRL that’s mean this missile not only using IR but using image too to identify his target. If Gayjin said this is engine limitation just add code to make sure this missile doesn’t change it target when already at terminal phase or make sure the target same as the target from the radar.
Even this missile can’t hit AGM, in “too” many cases.
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They need to give it continuous Datalink guidance, this forcefield nonsense needs to end.
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The IRIS-T SLM uses the HX 44M, it’s the Sky Sabre that uses the SX 45.