Oh how Phantom launched AIM7F without even tracking me beforehand when I was flying pretty low to the ground and shooting chaff
I’ve also made the expierience that IR missiles are totally meaningless. Even the most advanced ones almost never hit. All you need is to drop some flares, even the IRCCM’ed ones go for it. You don’t even need to switch off the afterburner. Its so easy to counter them that they lost almost all significance.
Indeed most kills are just done by radar missiles. Almost nothing helps realiably to counter them. Chaffs never do anything vs. doppler radars. Notching is just a myth. All what helps is to turn cold. But this means you abandon the base or the fight.
Whats needed is a zone where radar locks simply won’t work. I’d suggest 1500m altitude. Radar missiles should be only a thing for high altitude BVR combat. All who don’t like this green bracked nonsense lock thing could just stay below 1500m and do dogfighting and ground missions. Right now its super meh. Currently Air RB is a terrible game mode about green brackets, red circles and reading the kill feed messages.
FIX it!
I really need to a see an example of you attempting to chaff and or notch a missile, I’m confident you have no idea what you’re doing.
Does anyone have problem locking enemy on 1-2km when you behind him in clouds with IR missles??
Like this cloud meta aint it I dont know how Gaijin tought that was a good idea it kills a multipathing and all of the fun most of the time Im just looking at white screen…
Also lately AIM-120 being locked on enemy somehow hit my teammate and Its sooo stupid.
Oh no, Gunjob is doing it again…
IR missiles don’t lock on when you’re within clouds. It always has been like this. Same for IRST locks in Ground Forces. SPAAs and tanks can’t IRST lock if the target is obstructed by fog or clouds.
Thank you didnt know that. Also another reason why these cloud meta is so bad.