R-77 might have had some weaknesses (though I am of the opinion that the weak M-Scan radar in the Su-27 was more to blame than anything else)
But R-77-1 + The Su-30SMs PESA radar are an incredibly powerful combo almost without equal. R-77-1 do have some weaknesses regarding excessive drag, but if you play around that weakness then they are just as strong as AMRAAM and the fact you average 2-3 times the AAM count totally and completely mitigates any 1 for 1 disadvantages they may have,
Heck (and this is largely an ASB thing that probably wont happen as much in ARB) i’ve had fights with an Su-30SM in the Typhoon where they just shot down my AMRAAMs all whilst keeping me on the defensive. They didnt even try to defend.
well. shows how mighty shit this game is for not providing tutorial on how to do shit and I found answer on a forum replies instead. goddamn 80$ premium and nothing on the UX reflect that.
Yea u are
its either iog or data link not both of them toogether
Iog can be notched normaly with a simple manuver to get out of the seeker way
Dl is a bit harder but if u keep the notch the missile will miss u
Did you even watch his radar lock? The target wasn’t even close to maintaining his notch through the engagement.
All that happened here was he maintained the DL+IOG through his targets notch and then when it left the missiles seeker was close enough to pick it up.
IOG will only get the missile close. If you are maneuvering in the notch and maintain it until the missile passes it will not get close enough. This is amplified if the shooter stays in TWS and cannot afford to STT as the IOG will not update as quickly.
This also only works when the shooter is under no pressure. If the target even just panic fires a return shot at max gimbal it will for the shooter to turn away themselves.
Im not getting into this debate because I think you could have a dozen shots and the answer for when or if DL or IOG was enabled or not could be debated.
Ultimately, I just consider it largely black magic and I just aim to fire under good conditions and maintain track on the target if possible, worse case scenario it doesnt do anything.
That having been said, I want to say there was something added relatively recently with regard to “look-Down” shots and the DL+IOG playing a larger part as the missile not having PD can loose the taret in the ground clutter and so will rely more heavily on the DL.
I just find it a waste of time arguing with people who don’t own more than 6 or even 1 rank 8 planes, trying to explain to me, who plays top tier tournaments on a daily basis at a competitive level and has thoroughly studied how to play, how rank 8 planes and missiles works.
And this goes @noamax@warthogboy09@Zannafrancy12 and you @Normandy_Corsair
I have every top tier airframe except a Gripen and the J-10… And those are by choice more than anything. Just cause I’m not an RB-tard doesn’t mean I don’t know what I’m talking about.
And? Getting to play in a match with guaranteed less targets available targets means you can comfortably run your radar in a dramatically different way than in a random battle.
