While i understand the reasoning it exists, it’s currently making the gameplay really boring.
In lower tier aircraft, you might have at best 4 smart munitions to attack enemies with (Mig-27 Series).
And it wouldn’t be a problem except that SAM’s intercept every single one of your munitions without a problem. It is lucky if you can get 1 through after shooting 2 KH29T’s for example. And it pretty much has led to a gameplay loop where i skip the smart munitions entirely, since if they don’t work in any meaningful capacity, why would i not just use my gun on my plane? It’s way more effective at dealing with sam’s and also deals with every single ground target except for the depot’s which don’t give you any good rewards anyways.
If the most effective weapon on my aircraft is my gun, because the smart munitions are not useful, then what is the point of this gamemode? I understand it allows for asymmetric gameplay, but my plane is supposed to be a modern 80’s warplane, not a il2 sturmovik. And im getting rather bored of the game quick since the point of the whole game was to unlock smart munitions to use in fun ways. They are nothing more but an overglorified flare/chaff that you can use to escape from an incoming missile.
I just recently spent money on getting myself some premium time after a break from the game, but it’s rather dreary and i might go and play other games, since the gamemode doesn’t allow for more gameplay mechanics.