It's time for the AIM-54 Phoenix to receive an overhaul

Nudge it ?

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Push the report to developers

Thx if they make aim54c Good I will definitely buy f14

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Yeah if the aim54c+ would get it’s Mach 5 capability and be able to compete with fakour, that’d be great.

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regular AIM-54C should also recieve the mach 5 capability

AIM-54C vs C+ is literally a difference of ECCM and it does not require coolant

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Yeah thatd also be great.

Dayum the F 14 B has been in this state now for 3 years ?!
Coincidentally introduced right around the last huge wave of backlash Gaijin had to endure.
Coincidence ?
I think so !

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AIM-54 receives changes on the dev server. Here are some video demos:

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They also needed its Newton in thrust, so it will accelerate worse, so really its just 1 step forward 1 step back

Silver lining, it won’t push F-14B/D to 13.3. The buff to max AOA is very nice regardless. You’re best to launch AIM-54C/C+ at high altitudes to maximize its effectiveness.

dam the new pull is nice but for a missile that already struggled to hit MC 3 this is huge hit to thrust

tbf even at high alts the missile would never really break mc 4 so the thrust hit def matters here lets hope the new loft helps a little bit but since it has less time on burn it mite not help much

Yeah, it is kind of annoying still that the phoenix is just not capable of killing anyone competent, just of how easy it is to defeat with the tiniest amount of effort. I know it already was capable of killing newbros, but I want a weapon that can actually defend me against a competent pilot, not just slow me down because of how heavy it is.

Yeah i dont get why theyd Nerf both thrust and burn time, you’d think they’d like nerf the burn but buff the thrust or something. But apparently not :/

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which is 17800 newtons not 14000…
for 30 seconds not 27.8…

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every time they change the Aim54 motor they give it less thrust, id love to know what sources they use to get their thrust numbers here.

If this is not a source, then i don’t know which is

god damnit. the mobility buff was needed, but the nerf to thrust and burn-time? WHY GAIJIN?! why?

this is so infuriating! Every time we make progress it’s another step back!

Nah what is this. Yeah Idk where gaijin got their idea that the aim54 should be nerfed to it’s thrust again.

Very annoying

they also buffed the Fakour-90’s seeker at the same time.

Like i love the Iranian F-14A but come on Gaijin.

Don’t buff the guidance of an overperforming missile while nerfing the underperforming missile that should be competing for it in range.

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