I’m not endorsing the way gajjin plans out some of its implementations, but I’m just trying to set a realistic expectation about what the devs are planning to do, so we see evidence of then amassing new features for the Su-39 in the files, which hints at new buffs sometimes in the future
Well well well, the R-73 is useable in Air Realistic now and is lowkey underperforming (the IRCCM). I doubt the addition of the R-73 onto the SU-39 would be a “game changer”.
This is why you never make assumptions
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That’s a surprise, though I’ll reserve judgement for a few weeks. Im sure it will get bug reported and instantly buffed before long
the missle is still incredible bugged, did you look at how it wobbles sometimes in a straight path? it loses so much energy because of those currently, before they fixed the missle i would not say it should get them
Yeah ain’t no way the IRCCM is actually that bad in real life, sure Russia makes some “poor” things like the T-72 and its bad reverse speed but they excel in missile technology. 💀
the missle is still incredible bugged, did you look at how it wobbles sometimes in a straight path? it loses so much energy because of those currently, before they fixed the missle i would not say it should get them
Yeah I noticed, it loves to over calculate the target and shoot to the left or right.
Well, I think the R-73 was the last Harrah for the soviets. After that they were universally inferior in most respects. But yeah, it will get buffed, Like SHini said, sounds more like a buggy new weapon system than a bad weapon system
as long as it does this at 0:34 it is not yet tested and ready to be implemented anywhere else, in the end they will overfix it, destroy any testing and result in unfair aircraft that shouldnt have gotten them
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The least of my concerns in a top tier Air Realistic battle is any SU-25 variants with R-73s, they will always remain as free food until the end.
Although this still needs a lot of work which I agree on
great for you, it will be no concern in ARB, in the mean time it could terrorize GRB and SIM
Not as much of a threat compared to the MiG-27K (in my experience) in GRB but in Simulator sure but without a doubt no were near the level of the MiG-29 and its R-27ER.
The R-73 first needs to be worked on, tested on how good it is (when fixed) and if deemed reasonable added to the struggling SU-39 and SU-25T.
I am working under the additional assumption that they will get their thermal pod which they should get, and doesnt need to be AIR SIM , Ground SIM is a thing as well
Ground Simulator is more of a pain for CAS vehicles like the SU-39, the countless times I’ve died to allied Pantsirs in my SU-25T/SU-39 is crazy you wouldn’t believe me.
I’ve had much more success in Air Simulator casually destroying literal Fighters using my TWS to navigate myself to the enemy without giving them a lock ping on their RWR.
The devs are aware of this problem with the missile. At the moment the R-73 has a “temporary” setup autopilot based on a current config. The final R-73 autopilot will have an improved autopilot controller with an angle of attack, and this will solve most of the problems of these missiles.
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Good to know!
(They probably should’ve waited on the CCs test drives until then lol)
ASB is where Im most scared of R-73s. Su-39 being premium has high potential to be a very common jet for SL farming, and it can be hard enough in some jets to evade the current IR seekers. A loitering Su-39 that I havent seen popping up from low alt and firing an R-73 from a reasonable distance could be quite common. Just hope MAWS is rolled out soon
Yeah I really wanna see MAW on the Harrier GR.7 and J-8F, this will make life easier for many people and add a new dynamic to the game. The major update isn’t too far away and we’ve seen the first vehicle of the update already.
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yeah, 20th ish of Sept I reckon, or at least it usually is. I seriosuly hope Britain gets something ,any thing this update. we need something.
i just hope they let us configurate our own MAWS, if it shoots our everything at once like with helis it wont last long
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Hoping RWR gets better as well. Would be handy if it could identify threats better
Yeah, some RWRs show if the bandit is a higher or lower altitude as well, this would help a ton in Air Simulator.