people probably get that from “improved kinematics” which is most definitely referring to range
I’ve heard enough, nerf abrams and remove radar from F15E
aim9m is so mid for a missile just cause its STILL gimped
It is, and things like proper lock ranges would help for the 9M. But the lack of HOBS is still felt.
If you ungimped IR missiles then the 9M would still be the worse, unless you just specifically ungimped the 9M and nothing else, which, wouldn’t be the most overpowered thing ever, but would certainly be unfair to an extent.
only thing 9m is underperforming in that would affect its hobs is its maneuvering delay, irrc there’s a report for it to be .4 seconds instead of .5 thats accepted. sure its seekerhead is underperforming but so is every other top tier ir missile
yeah but AIM-9M-4 is before that stuff was out its a early 80s missile block pretty sure
i mean the best seekerheads missiles would instantly become pl-5e2, probably followed by pl8b, magic 2 then aam3 probably
Nah part of how it’s seeker shutoff/flare rejection works is underperforming.
9M is a fantasy missile it should NOT HAVE SAME SPECS AS A 9L
The biggest buff right now would be the lock range fixes
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/PX7CKrwWNGdr
which would allow for greater range shots than we currently can achieve and would allow us to capatilize on the smokeless motor far more.
You can also tweak the IRCCM a bit and add things like push-ahead to make them harder to defeat.
But ultimately, yes. Its still one of the weakest kinematically performing missiles at top tier.
you’re talking about reach ahead and that stuff? sure, but even then gatewidth ir missiles would still become meta if they got their actual gatewidth, .43 gatewidth is gonna be literally unflarable.
magic 2 best top tier IR missile right now
This would help the Aim-9Ms performance as well as the lock ranges
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/3jdZd8ZGSdlK
yeah that’s what i was talking about with the seekerhead, but gaijin isn’t going to ungimp ir missiles. all i see them doing is changing the maneuvering delay on 9l/m, thats it
Yeah… unfortunately…
Which is why im hoping for ASRAAM sooner rather than later
F5 sitting in the corner being colder than F117
From everything we know, aside from some stuff with it’s seeker its accurate.
what about adding later 9M like 9M-8/9/10?
TBF, many missiles are lacking lock range. Gaijin uses a standardizes lock range for all missiles of a tier. Otherwise stuff like the PL-5EII or AAM-3 would be even longer then stuff like a 9M due to them being dual band (UV light is absorbed much less then IR by the atmosphere, allowing for longer detection ranges).