The R-73 turns better than any missile in game, the thing launches immediately at the angle it needs, the g force is completely irrelevant.
Instead, I wouldn’t mind seeing the R-74M added once we get the AIM-9X added to air platforms, it should have around the same performance as the 9X.
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Not a valid one loool
You should look at the aim-200 peregrine just a MICA with Lockheed’s budget.
you do realize the 9x is a not on any aircraft right?? using it to ask for an r73 buff makes no sense
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There is this word: “Balance”
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for Wikipedia you need to look at the sources from wikipedia.
BR is there for balance…
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And artificial nerfs
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Because there would be a 10k post thread complaining about russian bias, we get the r77-1 after dealing with r77 forever and burgers immedietely get aim120c a patch later.
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this must be a bait
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Again russians complains when nato’s getting proper missiles with proper specs
Why do we need to buff r73 now, if aim9x is limited only to SAM?
The whole comparison is irrelevant as of now
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Remember we still didn’t get Python-4 because according to Gaijin it will be too op(wonder what they think about P5), meanwhile Russia is the only nation that enjoys TVC IR missiles, even if it’s limited for game balance.
R73 is only useful for for dogfights, its fov gate only becomes unflarable within 2km, and you can still preflare it. You do not want to get into that kind of range when you are easily 3rd partied from 20km away at top tier. These missiles would be OP at like 12.7, not really so much higher up. I’d rather have the 9ms with 3x the effective range at 13.0 and actually have useful irccm that works at all ranges not just in dogfight ranges.
In a 1v1 scenario sure I’d take r73 over 9m every day of the week, but what we have in ARB pretty much always favors range because you are almost never getting a 1v1.
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Same goes for Aim-9M and AAM-3, at further distances all Ir missiles can be defeat with proper technique.
People claim R-73 isn’t good enough missile while in reality it excels in both dogfight and long range shots.
I’ve been using this missile ever since it came out and never had any problems unlike some people claimed to be.
The difference is someone just randomly flaring is going to beat an r73 launched from 3-4km away instantly, or shooting a missile or whatever, and 3-4km is about as far as you would ever think of tossing one of these, you have to flare and maneuver to defeat aim 9m, it matters when you are just trying to kill unaware people in fur ball and being able to launch them from much farther away helps in that too.
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“Unflarable” ? wtf
It uses fov gating, once it is close enough it wont be able to see flares and the range depends on what aspect its fired at. It’s not at all like the 9m in how it counters flares.
It makes it a much better close range missile but poor at longer ranges.
Yes, but you can always flare missile, now if people don’t know that’s another thing, everything will depend on the other player’s reaction time, and there’s no point in saying that it’s less than 300 metres , because in 90% of cases the missile will pass through the player. and if you don’t know how to flare an r-73, I can show you how easy it is.
aaah, the AIM260, in service next year since how many years already?