If you are lofting as well, then Id say 100% just a timing error. They really really really need to make it so that GBUs can be dropped with automatic release. The bomb is missing the target too much and either beyond the sight of the laser or too far to correct in time.
A second too late and a few degrees off target could mean 10km off target when you factor in alt as well
So basically mean can’t hit moving target at long distance?
Assuming you are at that alt to avoid enemy SAMs.
Id try limiting the loft to 5-10 degrees max. To minimise on the timing errors (if possible dont loft at all and drop from a level flight)
After that, jump into replay after a miss and use the sensor mode to track the bomb. Check you arent releasing a second too late. (easy to do with server lag/desync) and the interface isnt great either for precise timing drops which become exponetially more needed the further away you are dropping from.
If the release was good (angle and timing) and the bomb appears to be tracking to the target correctly and then just stops for whatever reason. Then Id submit a bug report.
Also… Only so far a bomb can move. If the target moves beyond that range, it will miss. The higher you drop. the longer it takes for the bomb to reach the target and the more likely the enemy will move beyond its range.
So basically bomb don’t adjust flight path like it used to now? Because before nerfed i was able to drop from range like 16KM at high ALT against Pantsir and it seem to adjust the flight path wherever laser point for entire flight until it hit (around 40sec)
Now it just fly straight and laser seeker seem to start activate when it very close and try to adjust which often too late and result miss
They recieved a significantly narrower FoV for their seeker (which I think was accurate) as before they gave it double as a bodge for some issue with the CCRP or something.
Without seeing a clip actually in-game or a replay to inspect with the sensor view. I have no idea what is going on
Got it
The laser acquisition area is just 1/4 the area of GBUs in real life.Targets just need to drive hundreds meters and the bomb is lost.
Wait another thing i notice is AGM-65E only can fire 10KM because the range of laser? (It display on screen 10000m) but normal mav can lunch even from 18km
Is that mean laser are actually have 10km range? Further than that laser cannot reach?
Uh… Ive yet to use them and probably wont much. So cant really comment…
If Id hazard a guess though. They probably can be used further a field, but the tiniest wisp of cloud stops it or something.
Had something similar with both AGM-65Ds and PGM-2000s in SB before (which yes i know, neither are laser guided)
Actually scratch that. I think they are just a buggy mess right now
In true Gaijin fashion, eh?
Stinger nerf 2: Electric boogaloo.
Normal mavericks use TV/IR guidance, so they have a longer guidance range.
The range of laser maverick is limited by the laser acquisition range of the seeker.
KAB-50L from Russian UAV can hit targets more than 15km away, so it’s not the laser problem,it’s seeker problem.
I’ve asked over in the Harrier II thread. usually a good place to get an answer on the AGM-65E from Gunjob
Want me to ask him on discord?
So 10km is right? though Im surprised it didnt have something like LOAL
Not at this time of night. Besides for something like this I prefer to ask on the forums where others can see the answer rather than just on discord where only a few can see the answer
Fair enough.
Just in the game.
Someone in forum found newsletter about laser maverick hit targets 20+km away.And gaijin ignored that.
I understand why though, that kind of source isnt that reliable. Also again, maybe its LOAL rather than lock range. Maybe the seeker can only see out to 10km but the missile can be fired and will travel 10-13km before seeing the laser, at which point it locks on and corrects to target. enabling a hit out to 20-23km
Meaning the 10km range is technically correct but for some reason they cant model LOAL or something (which i doubt but this is gaijin we are talking about)
We’ve already had LOAL & ‘Man in the Loop’ in this game on a few occassions (remember the UDES Spike massacre?). Chances are Gaijin thinks it’d be “too OP” (but Su-25SM3 isn’t for some reason…).