I’m almost done researching it. Tried it in the test drive and idk if I’m using it wrong or what. I can’t get kills in the test drive, idk how it would fare in a real match. How do you get this thing to work?
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You aim at the target just like any SACLOS or beamrider the only downside is the missiles phasing through aircraft which is a recurring bug that gaijin still hasn’t fixed
Has been partially fixed, but seems to be a lot worse if you have even mild connection issues
The Stormer HVM is best suited for anti-heli. It can be good vs planes, but you will struggle against things moving perpendicular to you especially if its within 1-3km. For taking out aircraft, you ideally need to catch them whilst they are flying straight at you or away from you. You can just about manage aircraft moving perpendicular though at longer rangers about 5 or 6km but does take practice.
Though it does become a LOT easier to use when you have TVD unlocked and you can see the missile in flight. We are also awaiting some other buffs to it, like IFF.
Partially fixed isnt really a fix if it still happens on a regular, it was labelled as fixed 2 years ago and nothing changed, then again it does seem like constant with british tanks to go years without major bugs being fixed the challenger 1 for example can still be ammo racked by shooting the sabot in the turret which has been a bug since the vehicles were added 6 years ago.
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I’ve yet to experience any phasing since the partial fix. A few maybes but just as likely that I missed. It is a hard SPAA to use, there is no doubting that.
As for the Challys. yeah… Though we’ve beaten them into submission on that front, though it does keep yoyo-ing on the dev server. Apparently had a Mantlet as good as the Leopard 2A7V and now might be back to what its like on live. I’ve not been able to test it personally, nor have I been following that closely today…
So progress is finally being made. Just at a snail speed
Rolands at 10.3 are far more shit
Rolands are pretty garbage but at least for the US you have Chapparel as an alternate SAM as well as LAV-AD.
No proxy on the stormer
just going to post this here, in hopes Gaijin one day look at it; but right now its not hopeful.
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/PaJ3Y1q2rXog
Included in the bug report is a video of me embarrassing myself trying to shoot down a scout drone, in an effort to impress that it just does not work no matter what.
Joint-best suited as anti-heli. It’s also a very good dedicated anti-BMP vehicle ;)
It is good, the Stormer HVM can hit things to about 7km no problem. However, you need to hit them directly/ the HVM darts do not have proxy fuse. This can lead to a lot of phasing issues as well as having problems hitting dodging targets.
My suggestion is using the thermals in conjunction with the irst to lead to the front of the plane, this almost always kills, or at least will crit.
The Stormer HVM is best suited for anti-heli
You mean anti-anyhelicopterthatisntrussian
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Given the low skill level of most soviet players. Nah, it deals with KA-52s just fine
Nah not true at all.
KA-52s eat starstreaks for breakfast.
Only extremely rarely does it take less than 2-3+ to kill one.
I know a thing or two about the stormer.
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can confirm this. It’s very hit or miss whether you even get a critical with starstreaks. Half the time even when you hit the heli, you only get a “hit” and nothing else. - hell, I shot an alouette with a starstreak and the rods were the perfect distance from each other to go completely around it despite having the crosshair dead on it so they did absolutely nothing. majority of the time you get a “hit” with no real critical damage, and they just fly off or send a bunch of vikurs your way because you cant shoot them down. The vehicle is in an incredibly poor position in the game right now where things you unlock before it are better than it by a vast margin. I’d rather take a vehicle with stingers over the Stormer any day because at least I know the stinger will actually do something when it hits, and can shoot down drones; where as the stormer doesn’t have that ability at all in the game right now.
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