Things like Flare only and chaff only pods I think might actually make an appearance in June with the Split CMs annoucned on the road map. currently they refuse to add these systems or add the full CM count on aircraft we have, if they are significantly assymetrical. But with the seperation of flares and chaff, CM pods like this could be added with total ease.
Im personally waiting for the extra 600 chaff per BOZ pod on the Tornado or the Phimat Chaff pod for the Jaguar to name a few.
We already have chaff only pods in game. F105 has it and i think one or two other planes do
Hmmm… last I heard, they tried adding chaff only pods to the Jaguar and it just caused CTDs so they gave up.
Odd. I know for fact that the F105 has chaff only pods.
Maybe it was internal flares/mixed + chaff only external pods that was the problem. Either way, Im hoping for things like that to be overhauled in the CM overhaul update
That would make sense. The F105 only has the chaff only pods. The mix I could see causing problems under the current system.
As much as I am looking forward to the split, I am assuming that I will have to bind yet another key.
Possibly more
Could have
Drop both
Drop flare
Drop Chaff
Periodic Flare
Periodic Chaff
Though I assume like a lot of things, you could just bind things to the same key if you didnt want to use the split CMs.
But im quite looking forward to sticking on Periodic chaff whenever anything locks me in the Tornado and cause a small ecological disaster with the amount of chaff dropped
In the game, I see 2 options. Either keep the only 2 missiles, but upgrade them from 9E’s to 9Ps ( Which the T-2 was capable of using), or give the T-2 the capability to carry 2 more AIM-9Es on the underwing pylons.
The T-2 already received the AIM-9Ps in game. It helps it a lot. I find 9.7 to be quite nice in the T-2, it has a lot of killing power between the 9Ps and the vulcan. In a downtier (which I found to be quite common) you’re a total monster in it.
I don’t really do A2G but I definitely wouldn’t be opposed to it getting the JDAMs, they seem neat and remind me of using the F-1 in Wargame.
The chaff pod I don’t think would be that useful since you’ll never see a better radar missile than an R-3R or 7D, and the amount of F-4Cs that actually bother to carry the 7D in my experience is very low. It’d be fun to mess with the MiG-21S guys who always want to push the high alt headon, I suppose. Maybe more useful in GRB? I wouldn’t know
Would be handy vs any radar guided SPAA at that BR.
Pods like this were physically incapable of carrying flares, they didn’t use cartridges like other countermeasures dispensers but rather rolls of chaff. The amount dispensed per launch would be determined prior to take-off.
gaijin could ignore some historical stuff for the sake of balance if they did it with the F-5C RIGHT :)?
better than nothing to be honest, i’d rather have that than being just a sitting duck with both IR and radar missiles in uptiers.
this is fully possible, but sadly it wont get them since its a tech tree jet and not a premium (i dont know about the T-2 early but IF gaijin added it to that thing it would be something else)
I highly recommend carrying a couple Zuni pods. I’ve had great success using them as impromptu flares in rear and front aspect. I initially used a single FFAR pod which gives you roughly the same pops as the two Zuni pods at much less weight, but I don’t think I ever had them save me from a missile fired from rear aspect.
I started using the Zunis after I saw a player named Okneve dodge no less than 3 R-60s and some type of Sidewinder with them in one match. Shoutouts to that guy for showing me the light. He used all 4 pods though which is overkill imo.
I can second this statement, zunis work wonders as impromptu flares especially since you share the air space with the A-10 and the Su-25.
3rd that lol though would help a lot if Chaffs are added. Can use Zunis and Chaff combo which will help a lot against IR and Radar.
Eh, depending on the standard of course, but the vast majority of the time the casings and squib charge are virtually identical between flares and chaff. So there’s not really anything stopping you from putting flares in a chaff pod all things considered
It couldn’t use 4 missiles according to fire control manual.
FS-T2-Kai and T-2 is two different planes which can’t be mixed
yeah i know about that but it would be much better by having actual CM and not having to rely on something that sometimes would work.
I definitely run a rocket pod on my T-2/F-1 as well as some impromptu flares. I also use the Hydras on the F104J lol.
They arent as good as regular flares, but they’re better than nothing