Since Firebirds update came in (the previous one) Sparrows, mainly E and F variants tend to do stupid stuff, like filing anywhere but at the target, or just simply not losing track right after leaving rail (good radar signature before launch, launched with lead, untroubled lock through entire flight). Their effectivity significantly dropped overall. Before Firebirds 3 frags per battle was quite common, now getting one with those is a miracle and at this point Sidewinders seem to be more reliable. Was there silent nerf of them, or some other change that affected them that hard? What are your experiences?
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Are you firing them at enemies trimming treetops?
Multi path is lower now but it still exists, if they are humping the ground it will still lose track
I havent noticed them acting any different.
Nope. Iām not counting those which are notched/outmanouvered/outrunned/lost lock.
Some of them just straight up give up guiding mid air or even right after launch. Even some of them just rarely went opposite direction of where target was moving.
Funnily enough, today I tried to record this behavior, but basically got no occurences of it. :P
However, other guys in game complained about the same issue as well, so I am not alone who noticed it.
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