Good to know.
Not to forget the Gripen that released with the original Su-27 which was quite dominant.
Back before Fox 3s and Aim9M couldnt be flared.
Yep, I mentioned the Gripen as that dominated when the base Su-27 was introduced.
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Agreed but since then they nerfed BOL countermeasures efficacy and 9Ms can easilly be flared now
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AIM-9Ms could always be flared, the knowledge on how to do so was up to you. 9M flare resistance has not changed since introduction.
And Fox-3s were easier to notch and chaff prior to changes.
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Feels like it has though even rear aspect now they can be flared
Nah 9ms were always flareable even defyn covered it, tbh magic 2s were always the unsung hero of irccm missiles.
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Indeed, 9Ms are actually harder to flare on accident.
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it was a better m4k which was at 12.7 it was always under BR’d since its stats were terrible despite it being like the 3rd best FM with 4 great and 4 alright missiles
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i got the F15A after the 15C had been released, and it was still unbelievably easy to fly, people bring the stats down and then cry its bad.
Just ignore him, I quickly figured that out
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You forget the multitude of ahistoric nerfs to Gripen because major nation players cried, the ahistoric changes to bol that shafted everyone, etc
And even with those nerfs it still dominated for roughly 6 months and was still highly competitive for multiple more months after ARH missiles were added.
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Maybe It just Brits and Swedish pilot being better than most major nation that why it need nerf
lost count how many time I encountered SU-27 and F-15 coming to dogfight my Gripen knowing to well how it gonna end
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No sorry their K/D didn’t go from 1.5 at most on anything else to 4 on the Gripen exclusively because they’re such good pilots. Gripen on release was incredibly broken.
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Su 30 SM appears to have lost the noncooperative target ID rubbish on the new dev server.
welp it was fun while it lasted no more pi hunting
I remember DEFYN speaking about this as well. Mediocre people that suddenly started being really good while playing the Gripen is suspicious.
IIRC he said that Gripen was one of the most handheld planes ever added to the game.
People complain about RU bias, but back then it was SWE bias more than anything else, which is further amplified by the fact that’s a minor nation lol.
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