I see no point in playing these planes anymore. The recent nerfs have made it nearly impossible to compete. The F-5Es and other planes at this BR just dance around me effortlessly. My speed is completely negated by their missiles or faster jets. If a missile locks onto me, I’m screwed. I have to maneuver, and then they kill me because I’ve dropped from Mach 1.2 to 700 km/h in seconds.
The J35D without flares is a nightmare to fly. And from what I’ve read, the J35XS isn’t much better.
So, I ask you: why the heck should I keep playing this piece of crap? Since the only promised good feature i have is just lies.
The F-5s are just straight up broken, don’t even think about turnfighting one of those. If anything, exploit the J35s top speed and don’t turn unless absolutely necessary.
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The thing is, i try that any everything i face just catches up
Never lose the speed in the first place, play it like an F-104
12 flares are often enough for me. Its the low fuel quantity that gets me too often as i forget to use first afterburner stage lol. Also know how to dogfight with your aircraft. Do one circle and two circle as fit.
Again, i try that. everything just catches up. And there is more often than not a f-5 behind them.
I Swear ive done exactly that lead the missile had that guy at stall speed, and the missiles still goes after those flares the second he pops em
You kind of get a feel for it when a missile is likely to ignore the flares, keep trying, the closer range the better
(oh and use your irst if you have one)
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So, basically that Rb 24J is just useful when you are at stall speed and extremely close to your enemy…
you can be fast and your enemy can be fast as long as you’re close enough and it should work
It’s also useful for surprise attacks. The missile isn’t extraordinary it’s about as good as any other fighters missile.
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… So, you have confused me. is it better to just not use it?
Youll only build the feel for the missile by failing and succeeding with it, so use it when you can.
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