thank you gaijin for nerfing an already mediocre missile (redtop) into the ground. at least its flight performance and range is fixed now but 12g was the total G-force it could pull under the WORST conditions. they pulled 12g irl after the motor had burnt at a very high alt. there’s sources suggesting they could pull 20gs with the motor burning but even then 16g was a perfectly fine middle-ground. the nerf wasn’t necessary and the missiles are borderline useless now. and to top it all off they’re rarely front aspect or even side aspect lmao. the lightnings just became somehow worse and TWO premiums people paid 40 quid for are now somewhat ruined. you’d be better off using nords without using the controls as the only thing red tops have going for them now over the aim-9b is the large proxy fuze, which the nord has better.
Its the quantity that’s the issue.
? What do you mean the quantity? The amount they have?
They can spawn 16 TY-90s on the Z-10 for no additional spawn cost. Its also the best Heli air to air other then Starstreak which is getting an additional cost.
Because it was saclos and could wipe light tanks on the floorm
Yeah but TY-90 needs a nerf because 16 is far too much for no additional cost. No other TT has 16 ait to air missiles on a heli. Don’t bother bringing up Vikhrs with iglas they don’t count.
Plus its clear your a Chinese main who does not want their broken air to air missile arrays nerfed.
No other nation has developed something on par thats currently in game.
Also just because i play China doesnt mean im defending a subject for no reason, if you bring 16 TY-90 you have no a2g ordinance, which seems like a fair trade
Other helicopters being spawn camped would beg to differ.
TY-90 doesn’t lock helicopters over ~2.5km
That does not matter when your spawn camping the heli pad.
Well when you’re on an enemy helipad you get shown on the map because of spawn protection.
Yeah but you could just sit 1.5km away and be just fine.
While it is a fair point that the Starstreaks are in theory able to be used against tanks (even if it’s just against IFVs and SPAAs effectively), they shouldn’t be costing that much, considering they are the only AAMs available to the british Apache
Well who spawns an apache for anti air duty?
I would, if I didn’t have the Rooivalk
Just spawn the Stormer if you want starstreaks its cheaper to spawn.
I already am using the Stormer and ADATS very frequently, it’s still good to have the ability to deal with aircraft using a helicopter. I just don’t think the current cost for these missiles is justified considering their very limited capabilities
Iirc the spawn cost is always base cost + the most expensive weapon in the loadout, taking additional cheaper weapons doesn’t add more spawn cost
You could first spawn and kill light vehicles (which includes SPAA) with it, and people loved to abuse that. Plus going from that to a jet means you’d never have to spawn on the ground.