I have been grinding a lot of ground lately and rarely got into Top-Tier airbattles. And I had to find out that the Aim-9Ms got nerfed into the ground soooo insane… Me and my friend wanted to test it and had a dogfight in a private match. A few weeks ago, sometimes one of us died against them or had to turn off engine + spam flares, to dodge rear aspect ones.
Now, I just need to pop a few flares and the missile is completely gone… Gaijin why???
9Ms were not OP in any way, I hope you also at least nerfed the Matra Magic for it!!!
But has anyone else noticed this?
Theyre just random, as were before
As far as i know there has been no changes to the AIM-9M for quite along time.
the method for flaring the 9m was very simple.
if its in front aspect you can flare it like any other missile
any other aspect and you pop a couple of flares and change velocity vectors
this is decently realistic. altho 9Ms are still lacking some irl features
I think the issue is the same as with the AAM-3s, they are now “reduced smoke” not smokeless so people can see them coming now. Seeker shut off was always pretty easy to dodge, if you saw it coming, but it was paired with a motor that didn’t give you any warning that you needed to dodge.
The smokeless motor has been gone for a quite a few months already I think, but I feel like they also nerfed the IRCCM
Still they feel worse than before
more people know how to defeat them now
even if they dont know it is the 9M, they inadvertedly decoy it because flaring pre-turn has become normal
and yes ive noticed theyve become less potent as well