Maybe an unpopular opinion. But Su-30sm its trash. Right now the only fun it have its the stupid amount of Missile. And its the only reason it sit on 14.0.
Rafale or Eurofighter are way more brain death to play and fun. Rafale being stupid broken that with just a turn you evade any missile in game… Sadly they don’t have the same amount of missile.
Yea you forget the overnerfed flight model and awful twr. You forget the r73 often oversping and basically very easy to dodge. You forget the r77-1 have the biggest drag. You forget the f16, f15, ef2k, rafale, gripen, m2k, j10, j11b better than su30 in every aspect
Because it has long-range longevity, unlike the R-77’s.
But it is a heavy loadout on an already heavy plane, so I also have a lighter version of it, ~1t less.
The R-77-1’s lack the long range pressure of the R-27’s or AIM120’s, especially since the Su-30 engines restrict your battlefield presence further back behind your teammates even before the engagement starts.
But you can use them to force the enemy into going defensive, while pressing the advantage with R-27ER’s, R-27ET’s and R-73’s.
Funnily enough, that’s one thing people don’t do enough, pressing the advantage.
And the aim120 jets can apply pressure back. That’s the art of BVR jousting. Typical engagements, pressing the advantage closes the distance after only a couple of fox3’s.
12 missiles comes more into play over the longterm battle than individual engagements, but then War Thunder matches are won/lost in the first few minutes anyway, in those first plays.
Its what makes the Typhoon such an incredible jet, TWR and exceptional missiles gives it incredible pressure against enemy jets in the individual engagements.