I know how to notch MICAs perfectly fine; I have a clip of me notching three of them in a row at close-range yesterday, so don’t come at me with this “hurr durr yuo need 2 lern 2 noch MICA!!!” bullshit.
It’s an undeniable fact that the MICA-EM is just better than the rest of the competition; it’s objectively more difficult to notch and it’s better at short- and medium-range engagements. As I already said the only missile that comes close to the MICA at short-range is the R-77.
And as for this:
A Fox-3’s range means two things in Air RB: jack and shit. If range was a meaningful statistic for Fox-3s then the AIM-120C-5 and AIM-54A/C would be actually good missiles (they aren’t).
Most ppl arent obsessed with range, French mains are because if they had to talk about literally any other aspect of the MICA, they’d have to admit they have the best missile in-game by a country mile, and that doesnt fit their narrative that they are poor mistreated outcasts that have godlike piloting skills which is the only reason their MICA armed jets are obliterating the competition.
and the Rafale has gotten more bugs actioned than anything else. Typhoon has got several FM related changes still sat pending since the dev server 9 months ago
I would never get those kill to death ratios in Air RB today if I was playing on a HOTAS and in first person view. Also all of those planes are at far lower battle ratings and from a time when I played Air RB daily.
My stats in the rafale in arb are similar like that and I literally mostly played rafale in arb to spade it (definitely worse tho). It was also at a time when I was much worse at the game than i am currently
So its best intant turn, 2nd in rate and best acceleration. Looks like it has what it needs for usual TT gameplay.
Dogfights are that few at TT its statistically zero so sustained doesnt really come into it.
Raf with its micas barely has to leave notch to fire and will turn harder if and when it has to notch so can leave it later… is probably where the best FM comes from.
The ins and out of why its best can be argued. My only point is theres alot of debatable FMs and other improvements that can be done to all TT jets. Yet all we get is buffs to the jet that already slaps, while the rest suffer.
How is it that you have over 2000 games in the plane…have been playing it nonstop for 9 months…and yet your average match performance is slightly worse than mine?
I have put basically no effort into learning what the current meta for Air RB is. No effort into map positioning. No reacting to team situation. And my Rafale stats largely reflect solo play.
The second that myself and another sim player started playing together, we started winning over 80 percent of our games. Keep in mind…he also doesn’t have any idea of Air RB top tier meta or maps. And he is also limiting himself to first person view + sim standards.
French mains are nothing special. I have fought more than my fair share in sim and I can tell you that they aren’t anything special.
Pray tell, what “strategy and thinking” are you referring to when you say this? Because I’ve already mentioned that I know how to notch MICAs. It’s not impossible it’s just much harder than every other missile. Like I already said, most Fox-3 engagements at top tier happen within 15-20km where the MICA is the most dominant missile by far (because past those distances, any kills you get are a combination of luck and the person failing to notch your missile or bleed it of energy) but I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you skipped over that part the first time.
Once again, and for emphasis, most Fox-3 engagements at top tier happen within the 15-20km envelope (where the MICA is most dominant) because of the way Air RB is designed as a gamemode. I shouldn’t have to explain to you why having one plane in one tech tree with the only missile absolutely perfectly suited for that environment is a problem.
And again, Fox-3s fired at 30km and above are the easiest to evade. Sure, the AMRAAM was designed for 30-40km+ engagements, but hop into a match of Air RB and tell me how many of your 40km AMRAAMs hit, then come back to me.
You’re deviating quite a bit from the topic and making it personal.
I already said that majority of Rafale players currently are not French mains and thus the statistics of Rafale is not dependent on the French mains but rather the players who have grinded multiple tech trees.
Discussing a/multiple players stats when playing the Rafale in a thread regarding the Rafales massive overperformance in WT isnt “off-topic”, particularly during a discussion about pilot skills impact on the aircrafts performance in-game, and when said player is a clear example of the exact type of players being discussed (French mains). The strats you use in the Rafale thread anytime you dont like an argument aren’t gonna work here.
You for example, are the posterchild of french mains.
At ranges where a 120C has the ability to outrange a MICA the missiles are so easy to defeat a child could do it. Even if you consider “zoning” the rafale out of an area as a victory in this game, the rafale can just close the distance. The 120C slinger could also fly away to keep distance but eventually they will run out of map to run to, not to mention they are conceding map control by playing range.
I also hate the “muh nation X players are just more skilled than nation Y” argument because people think that can dismiss claims that some planes are either just blatantly really good, or very easy to use.