I understand the missiles not being 1:1 accurate in game with the RL counterparts.
You have sensitive/classified things , you don’t want to over do it, you have coding limits, balance etc… it’s a game.
But what the hell, you see ^improved guidance unit^ … which means better than 120B for example.
Make it … more effective.
It’s flightpath, resistance and sensitivity to changes/maneuvers,if anything it should be more difficult to be defeated kinimatecally.
Seeker FoV , give it 1-2 deg better not 5 for example. But try to picture the things that made the missile better than the previous model. It it wasn’t only better range.
We know that everything after a point is most likely approximate values and they don’t work like IRL.
For example , 120B yes ^according to data^ maybe faster to target at closer ranges, it shouldn’t be more accurate…C-5 might be faster/more accurate in correcting its course and therefore more resistant to be kinimatecally defeated because different flight pattern/model.
My example in what they do in WT is Fantasy 90. I don’t think ^valid sources^ and ^accurate data^ even exist on that. Supposed to be ^better^ than a 54A and that’s what they give, 54C though… not enough data…and it’s worse , when it should be better.
AIM-7F and M… almost identical. You can picture the changes in things like…a general upgrade in its probability Kill, like fly a bit more accurate and taking better approaches in how it intercepts the target.
Better ^guidance^ doesn’t only mean FoV, it’s how the computer calculates and decides what to do, how to solve the problem , what flight pattern , the apex of the corner in a turn not to lose as much energy…
They can do that, with coding…
FoV , they can bring 120D and justify MICA like FoV etc…ok. Shouldn’t C-5 be somewhere between B and D then? Because ^imrovements^?
It’s just… they don’t want to…not because of inaccuracy to sources,but to make you grind the next FOTM plane (vehicle in general) so they’ll keep you hooked.
IIRC US did not use MAWS with their 15EX and MAWS was given as an option for other countries. Hence i don’t think gaijin would give American F-15EX MAWS at release. Maybe in future.
I’d be surprised if that better engine does give better flight performance since I was under the impression that it is canceled out by the heavier weight due to the upgrades.
Someone in the RRU&D thread said that the engine and weight upgrades basically cancel each other with just a 0.05 higher TWR for the EX compared to the regular E.
However in game overall, even with the same TWR, heavier planes tend to perform worse than lighter planes, so I don’t see the EX doing all that well in that department. Especially since the load outs will be much heavier overall with the increased amount of missiles - which will be its main advantage with the AESA radar
And thats what playerbase voted yes with their wallets.
If you were to model conical scan seekers in game “correctly” you would have them essentially became glorified R3R or 9C, as it is ground clutter and chaff vulnerable. Inverse monopulse debuting on 7M wouldn’t be buffed, it would stay as is.
Isn’t Fakkyu 90 just MIM23 mated with Phoenix seeker?
Missile doesn’t have crystal ball to guess what target will do. Gaijin can fiddle with PID settings, but my brief fiddling with that in statshark gives… mixed results. In some scenarios C5+MICA PID outpulls 120B, sometimes it doesn’t. But stock C5 seems to prioritize energy retention by taking lower G turns, which would be part of “optimizing trajectory”. But quite often it doesn’t work, as harder turn + straight line of 120B tends to work just as good
Unless you make seeker unnotchable or chaff immune, it will be effectively the same as existing AMRAAMs ie flight model kinda doesn’t matter when seeker casually holds onto chaff. Then given revelation of most of 120D range comes from extending battery time, not missile flight model improvements, odds are No Escape Zone of 174 would be surprisingly short as well, even more so as it is one chungus of a missile that likely won’t like any evasive maneuvers done by the target.
