The MICA buff in question: a faster launch aircraft lmao.
Like literally, the AIM-120 was up there coming from an F-15C at Mach 1.3 and then the F-15E came out and AIM-120 at Mach 1.6 minimum had a much higher pK from 20-30 km.
Okay but seriously, Gaijin a while back fixed thrust vectoring missiles in general so they don’t really spin out too much at low speed or wiggle/overcorrect as much over a long distance as it did before.
MICA doesn’t hold energy well because thrust vectoring but being fired from a faster aircraft like the Rafale means you can sometimes see success in BVR - nothing crazy like AIM-120 can regardless of launch speed though despite the similar performance in a straight line (assuming a non manoeuvring target)
i have heard of the al-41f being on su30sm2 as long as ive heard of su30sm2. but it wouldnt be the first time this has happened to russian modernization
currently the micas in the dev server whilst better because of how difficult notching them as become theyre still not as good as r-77-1. sure it has a better radar but su30sm has more and better missiles. an su30sm2 with the al41 would be the top dog in arb anyone can see that. right now su30sm would be tied with the f15e on third place. also i will be playing su30sm on day one i quite like flankers
I don’t think you understand how good MICAs are. While is true R-77-1 have a " longer " range , MICAS dominate close to medium ranges. Not only that , r-77-1 BVR is only good against less experienced players flying in a straight line. Otherwise, useless.
Yes the rafale still the top1 dogfighter its 100% true. The first few day in the dev server the su30sm wasn’t even in the top 5 planes. That’s why there was no reason to nerf it. The al41 engine would only be usable so that it would live 20sec instead of 10sec against the rafale.
No, the 229 engine implement with hmd in ~2010 when the usa implement the aim9x to f15. It is easy to tell from the F15E’s cabin that it is a modernized version.
