The meta has shifted to med altitude and flying on the deck again because the R-77-1 was added. People just decided to play like a rat again instead of learning to defend.
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On god if people seriously think the brick of a missile that is the AIM-54 was ever a threat you seriously need to get better at the game.
Do people forget that it first arrived with a 16 G overload?
This thing had and still has the maneuverability of an obese AIM-9G with clipped wings.
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Having control of altitude is a pretty big advantage, just because you know how to defeat them doesn’t mean these missles are wasted since every launch puts you in a worse and worse posistion while defending while they either chase you or sit up at 10km without a worry.
If you both had aim 54 you could at least prevent them from just running you down into the mud like a dog by launching your fox3 own back.
Except that every single 54 could be easily defeated simply by notching and thats it, or just pulling a gentle turn, no need for any aggressive anything.
AIM-54s, were and still are wasted weight, the AIM-7F and 7M is so much better its not even a contest.
Please, if you want we can fight AIM-54 F-14B vs AIM-7M F-14B and you will find that you will die every single time.
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Im sure you would beat me in either case, i dont think any of the planes recently (su30/typhoon) I even have 2kd on. I also only have germany and russia ground out. I would argue tho if you had a mirror skill match 1v1 taking 1 or 2 aim54 would give you an advantage vs pure sarh loadout, i really dont think these are deadweight as even if you can easily defeat them it forces you into a notch and you will have to lose radar lock and turn back into them.
ARB isn’t 1v1, i wish there was a game mode for it because Id be able to get a lot better faster than air quake.
Thing is there is no mmr, you dont pick your team mates, and if america was only on 1 side during these times they would probably have 80%+ WR just on the fact they would pick off a good number of players via skill check before the merge and have a numbers advantage every single game. America has never not been top dog in ARB since the f14 was added.
It was good enough to change how rb was played
So yes it was a threat
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F-14D any day now
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If they dare fix the phoenix to its real-life stats… Man. It would give them something to ACTUALLY cry about. They think the Fakour is bad now…
Man, I just wonder
Why this ‘US cope’ thread from March is still alive and kicking at the end of April…?
I mean, the OP who cried about AIM-120C. :|
Sorry if it sounded offensive @ItzMikeyzWRLD-psn , @BACKRAGE44428
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IDK im not involved in most of this i honestly dont care much for F18 or SU30 F14D better and dont worry i know your talking about that
I don’t know. These types of threads don’t do anything but cause trouble and toxic opinions to rise. Like ragebaiting, I’d like this type of thread banned.
You’re good @Stockholm_Blend :) I feel the same way
“I cant AFK climb while getting something from my fridge anymore”
This, the only people who the original 54s hit were either AFK or partially braindead.
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Match presence is a very important thing. Simply it existing allowed the F-14 to remain uncontested due to forcing players to defend in some way. This is especially important at the start of the match when you want the best position possible.
The act of dodging it puts the enemy at a worse position. Being able to force most of an enemy team to defend drastically increases the chance of your team winning, and I wish more people realized that.
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Don’t forget when aim54 was added, we had barely usable RWR. When it comes to maneouvring, you need to know the location of missile so that you dont prematurely bleed all your speed and become food for the missile. When the motor burns out, and with bad rer, it becomes impossible to do this
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average american main
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like the aim 9x an aim120c would be too strong currently and they’re waiting to add it
They don’t, because they don’t have to do much. Simply turn to the side after dumping all their missiles. 0% chance they get hit since they are still 30-35km from any enemy and at least 1km above them, unless they have F15Es on the other side.
Well they can. Just limit drag all over when that is what they did all the time.
Which allows even easier dump and run. Not great to the game play.