I thought it was supposed to be slightly worse kinetically than the amraam, but if I even attempt to launch it at anything further than like 20 - 25km away (while launching above mach 1+ and 5km+ altitude) it can be kinetically defeated by the target just cranking instead of notching or going cold. I can fire an amraam under the same (mach 1+ and 5km+ altitude) launch parameters and actually get hits on targets cranking or notching poorly when I have fired at 40 - 50km. How does this thing have less than half the range of an amraam???
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Gaijin nerfed every missile other than the amraam to make the amraam the best one. In reality the pl12 should be equivalent to the aim120c5
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and in reality MICA-EM should reach out 80km range (and not 50km like in game,…)
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@Cpt_Bel_V
according to irl testing and simulated testing in various simulators, compared to the WT performance of ARH missiles, we can easily deduce that they are pretty much nerfed in WT.
MICA has a lot more range and inertia irl, so does the PL-12/SD-10 (more than aim-120A/B and mid C), R-darter probably has less range irl, due to being quite an early and light weight ARH,
R-77 im sure doesnt have as much drag irl but pretty much the same range give or take a few maybe ten km
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That is a pure balancing change, let’s be honest Mica probably out-perform or has similar performance to Aim-120C-5 or C-8.
I would mind a small buff to it one day but for now it’s good enough.
Feel free to bug report if you find a way to do it, I’ll happily support you !
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