Who is Bvvd? and is it a new trend to curse on him after dying? i have seen many player do it.(Genuine question not a troll comment)
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TLDR, Head Dev of war thunder. Pretty cool guy
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Tbh the derby with it’s 50km max range would be pretty balanced against early version of the AMRAAM (A or B)
While being more maneuvrable, (body inspired by the Python 4) than the AIM 120A or R77 , it’s would have the same maximum range as them. So it would be better at short range but the same at longuer range shot because it would run out of energy.
The PL12 on the other hand it more similar in capabilities to an early AIM-120C and would be better then early ARH.
So that’s why they curse on him
The thing is, Derby has much longer range than A/B AMRAAM since it is much more modern and has a much more powerful booster. However gaijin could do exactly that and make it good for short ranges while it can struggle at long ranges due to energy loss
Tbh I don’t understand why he gets so much hate. He’s just the head dev and tries to do his best organizing and having a pretty big team working under a very old game
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I agree
Okay apparently I was wrong, the AIM-120A/B have similar range to the Derby so it could make sense for the missile to be implemented in the way you mentioned (High maneuverability at closer ranges with worse performance compared to other missiles at longer ranges)
Well how so?
The Derby is said acording to open source information to have a 50kms max range
The Aim-120A/B is also said to have that kind of maximum range (around 50kms).
So no it doesn’t have a “mutch longer range”.
You migth be confusing with the I-DERBY ER which has a 100kms max range (so it would be balanced with late AIM-120C and R77-1).
Yeah I was. My bad
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I think modern ARH missiles will be nerfed for a few updates after adding in the game
I personally feel like the 3 new types of Fox-3 will play as follows:
AIM-120A/B: Poor short range performance, good longer range performance
R-77: Average short and medium-long range performance
Derby: Good short/medium range performance, poor long range performance
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The counter to them will be pretty similar to countering a Sparrow or a Phoenix, just hitting the deck should work with the exception being that it’s going to be more viable to use at high altitudes and defending using your missile’s range rather than having to rely on terrain constantly
So AIM 120 A/Bs will perform like just a better version of AIM 54?
It’s basically going to perform like an AIM-7F/M that can guide itself under 20km
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I think 20 Km without the help of jet’s radar is still a huge deal in WT. Most fights happen in that range in wt.
Well yeah but don’t forget that people still just hit the deck and the missile just misses.
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TC-2 basic (ROCAF) & PL-11A (PLAAF) range nearby AIM-120A/AIM-120B & R-77 ?
Honestly no clue. If the PL-11A is just a PL-11 with an ARH seeker then it’s going to be worse than the AIM-120A in terms of range