I researched the F-104A thinking that it will be a good plane. Turns out that it isn’t. Everytime i try to play a realistic battle, i get matched against planes with missiles while i dont have any missiles and no RWR. No matter at what altitude i am, i get randomly killed by an enemy missile which i have no idea about. Can anyone give me any tips or something.
Yeah, the constant uptiers and thus facing SARH missles is very annoying.
Especially with the premium migs.
The only thing you can do is stay low, head-on and turn away, use your speed to out-speed the enemy and that’s basically it.
I never really take altitude with that thing, especially not when fully uptiered, but when at a full downtier, you can surely get some altitude.
Also i forgot to mention that im stock.
9.3 is just compressed, just like everything above 7.0.
When I play the F-104G at 11.0 (an overtiered plane), I generally try and keep my speed up above mach 0.9. Don’t get slow, since speed is your main advantage at 9.3.
Watch out for certain enemies that you know have vastly better missiles, or radar missiles.
Use your speed to pick and choose fights.
+1, climb in a downtier, stay lower in an uptier.
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It’s not great despite the general perception of it being overpowered. All the F-104 can do is run away especially after the FM nerf a couple updates ago, but boy can it run.
So keep as fast as possible and out of range of any aircraft with SARH missiles (even R-3Rs will ruin your day) and jump aircraft that are AFK. You turn worse than a bomber so don’t even try- just immediately run away and climb back to space.
But honestly you will be able to do better in any other supersonic aircraft, give the F-100 a go
Memorize who slings Aim-9Ds. You’re a free kill if you let them get close.
There is 2 thing you can do:
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Advocate for DECOMPRESSION
Which means to stop lowering MiG-21’s in BR (in average people on MiG-21 might be real bad,…), and increase the maximum battlerating. -
open your own eyes (ARB is 3rd person view), and check for any missile trails (even long range missile of that BR have a trail)
→ you can also preventively make the ennemy missile to loose momentum, by making several turns at the satrt of the match (which reduce your speed, but make you survive if you have climbed)
Also, if F-104A is a problem for you, don’t go Japan Tech tree, in which F-104J is completely useless.
skill issue
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