Given no aircraft currently has an IR Signature modeled… First step would be to actually model proper IR Signatures
F-117?
eh… I dont agree. Meteor you spawn in and fire.
ASRAAM and IRIS-T you would have to still close well within range of a Derby
come on, that isnt an aircraft
it is a hopeless diamond
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I hope that with bigger maps they will also start to make ARH seekers deadlier.
Map size can increase but if every long range shot gets easily chaffed, WVR engagements will forever be the main part of the match.
Its just a 0.5x multiplier applied to its thrust
Its a bodge.
Which is why the F-117 is still hotter than an F-5 on reheat
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you cant unless you have airspanws
the meteor needs a certain speed to be fired because of hte ramjet the ramjet needs the missile to travel at supersonic speeds to work and the solid rocket booster of the meteor can only do so much
so you already need to be at least at ~0.6 mach or something like that to be able to fire the meteor
you jest but an F-8 crusader with AIM-95 would be a kino vehicle to play
Most people are casual players that want larger matches because it’s less individual pressure.
Expecting everyone or even a majority of players to agree to higher-pressure more competitive matches is not realistic.
This is the same reason Battlefield gets success, people love lower pressure casual matches where they’re closer to being a cog of the team.
Which we already have on most maps and only if the Typhoon had exceptional climb rate.
2030 we get “the biggest map yet!” and it’ll be 140km x 140km
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With up to 6 i think! Though it could just be four not sure what’s going on with the pylons there…
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GRB is a better experience and more fun for jet gameplay than ARB.
ARB is a repetitive mess
so the EF will only be viable if you get an airspawn?
is that what you are saying
up to 4 on crusader, unless it goat dual racks or triple racks im not sure about
other planes got 3 per mount
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Oh snap, even better. Would love to see it!
thats a phantom and not the F-8
especially the side pylons have weight restrictions on the F-8
Currently there are zero missiles that can utilize that range against fighters.
It’s why I don’t expect Meteor missiles for non-stealth BRs and especially before a 7th game engine release.
Stop twisting my words.
Your are argument is that Meteor will be bad because you can only fire it at high speeds. Which I dont think is actually factually correct at all.
Currently, I can spawn in the Typhoon and be in range to fire a C5 within the first 1-2 minutes of a match. (3 if its an AF spawn) Meteor has double the LSZ range and max range. You could probably fire the moment you spawned in with airspawn in the Typhoon and actually be a reasonable threat to something.
If you hard climbed and accelerated like you can already do… you would be able to fire within 30 seconds whilst also imparting the energy of a mach 1.3+ launch and 30k ft.
Maps would realistically need to be 200x200km minimum for these weapons to be half interesting to use.
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yeah not sure if the f8 would get the double/triple racks. The f8 did get double racks for sideiwnders but those are lighter than the 95. I don’t see why it can’t get double racks on the wing pylons though