Just why?
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French bais, now they have 2 rafale.
Fastest climb in the top tier, maybe the su30sm2 is a bit close.
Most likely to account for the missing 30km of range lol
Can’t contend with other BVR carriers if they decide to be half intelligent on account of a number of inaccurate limitations, so it has been tweaked to have more efficacy in the short range. Which is still subpar where it ought to be, but that’s the way things be.
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I also don’t get why, but also, it’s not as much better as people claim it is. It’s a very very marginal upgrade. Which lowkey makes it even more confusing to me? If I had to guess its just to make the doppler filter slightly more reliable in high off-boresight shots.
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Gaijin using reports as a balancing mechanic, I know there is a report in for AMRAAM seeker to be buffed but because how many nation use AMRAAM, they are probably worried it would cause a balancing problem or something. Its stupid
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yeah it doesnt do much, all it does it make it so that you have to drop chaff more often while in the notch. doesnt change the notch gate or anything, just the fov the missile sees. Dont even need to change the amount of chaff dropped, just the rate of chaff dropped
yeah, and its not even by enough to really be noticeable all that much, unless its like within 6km as long as you’re not waiting more then like 2 seconds between chaff drops nothing really changes.
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I highly doubt all other nations are caveman and France Is this super mega smart people land that makes better seekers with sekrit technology
İf it is so marginal, why not make every other ARH missile same?
Newsflash, BVR is almost completely useless in the current ARB.
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Pretty much, no one dies to 25 km+ missile shots
I get 25 km+ kills semi regularly with the PL-12s, now, I’m no ARB magician and admittedly I believe I suck at it but it’s not particularly hard to get long range kills in ARB (I shoot them at 37~ km)
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Just because a Reserve tier tank can kill a top tier one, doesn’t mean it should happen.
Same with your ~37km shots actually hitting.
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I might be talking nonsense, but I believe the change concerning the Mica’s seaker occurred after a bug report indicating that the band used in the game (band I) was incorrect, as the Mica uses band J. This band change implies a change in wavelength (hence the need to drop off chaff at a different frequency), which created the difference between the Mica and other missiles (however, I believe the missile is still indicated as being in band I).
Wavelength doesnt affect the rate at which you have to drop chaff? Also all ARHs in game are the same band.
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Depending on how it’s modeled, this could be a side effect, I’m not an expert, but it could be related…
Regarding radar bands, all ARHs are indeed currently listed as being on band I; however, Mica and R-77-1 should be on band J (I don’t know if there are others in this case).
However, the values that differ on the Mica compared to other Fox-3s are the same as those of the Aster 30 (which is also supposed to operate in J-band) and the CAMMs (which are also in J-band I believe) even if those two are also listed as I band.
But obviously this is just a theory; I’m simply observing that a bug report requesting a band change was filed (and that an internal report also existed), and that the differing values are the same as those of two other missiles that are also supposed to operate in the same band.
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Well the reply said no one dies to 25km+ shots, I get 1-2 kills from 37km just fine
That’s why I said BVR is almost entirely useless.
You can get kills, but on pretty much afk enemies.
A primary source was given showing it had 7 degrees beamwidth.
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Kinda amazing that there wasn’t threads or thinkpieces on how the R-27ER had much better seeker than all other SARH missiles despite having no disadvantage like how the MICA has a range disadvantage.
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