I have bad news for you, the only better missile systems from here are going to be pretty similar to SPYDER in function. Whilst they may not be ARH, they will likely be SARH and not SACLOS. So get ready for great gameplay of radar lock and hoping it hits.
In reality you shouldn’t even see the target because it would be 100+ km away
You’re right both are terrible for SPAA but to act like the Spyder is fine is a terrible take
It needs to be fixed. And for those that lack SPAA thats better than the ADATS they need actual SPAA. Again the ADATS wasn’t just a SPAA it was a TD. It serves the multirole very well, unfortunately CAS is far stronger than the ADATS now whoch is why they aren’t the end of the line SPAA. To call the Spyder, Elde, CS, or Type 81 end of the line is a joke.
I would be fine with this if the radar and the missiles on the Spyder were actually somewhat decent.
Derbys are just sad when it comes to effective range and Python 5s is pure RNG if they want to go into TRK mode or if they just want to stay in IOG mode.
Yes… GBU-39 is actually very very good in ASB where most AI targets are static.
You can take a lot of them, they dont add much weight and dont overly restrict your A2A.
They are especially OP as bluefor can just delete all AA surround the AFs in a single pass.
Now the nerf I would propose would simply be make some of the AI targets move. Especially some of the SPAA around AFs. but that still doesnt change the fact that the closest equivalent to such battlefield clearing weapon would be MMW or an equivalent GPS weapon.
To call the Spyder and co equivalent to ADATS in SPAA role is also a joke. None of them can reliably take a tank, whilst ADATS farms spawn campers and gives nasty surprises here and there. Doesn’t change the fact they’re all better than ADATS in the anti-air role.
Now we are entering the compression issue. Though id suspect the reason the adats is 12.0 is the 8 ready to go Anti tank missiles, unless they changed them within the last day they still work fairly well.
We have nothing to counter the SAM, we have no electronic warfare, AWACS, Longbows, HARM, etc. We are fighting with weapons from the 70s and 80s, against modern SAMs that came off the assembly line last year.
Okay then, don’t complain and start filing suggestions and reports to fix this. Find stuff to file a report on radar and make a suggestion for I-Derby ER.
Complaining never gets all too far on the forums dispite the forums being a majority of complaints.
Woah 62 pending suggestions is insane. I hope they will be published. At least, this one is not going to rot forever on the forum. As a magic II enjoyer I am really looking forward for this addition.