lol, Vikhrs are WAY slower in heli PVE. WAY slower.
Let’s bring up a scenario:
All missiles fired at an assault, 16 for Apache, 12 for Kamov.
I ripple fire every 5 seconds the 16 AGM-114s. 80 seconds to fire all missiles + ~30 seconds for the final missile to hit.
90 seconds total.
12 Vikhrs: At most you can fire 2 at a time with a 2.5 second ripple, but you need more time to hit accurately.
Each set of 1 or 2 Vikhrs takes on average ~25 seconds to get to target.
With sets of 2, that’s 150 seconds to get 12 frags, while Apache’s reloaded and on its second assault.
AGM-114s are and have always been superior to Vikhrs in heli PVE.
Identical to Vikhr…
The range and speed is what makes the Vikhr 11.0 instead of 8.7.
@warthogboy09
That’s Russian disinformation…
They cannot be used as an APS, no where close.
he’s right in this one sense where Hellfires are good for farming in PvE because you can “queue” your missiles in the air to make up for the slow speed of them (in comparison to the Vikhr, the same is possible with Makopa/AKD-9+10)
Laser guided means the missile goes to the laser, which means you can launch all 16 and it’ll go to your laser.
I didn’t overtly share the information cause other players are better than me at ripple firing and it’ll just make my experience worse if I start seeing countless AH-64s and Rooivalks in my PVE matches.
I love when I see Ka-50s cause they aren’t competition for assaults or convoys, only bases and A captures.
@warthogboy09
What’s it like thinking the world is out to get you?
Vikhrs haven’t proxy’d on missiles in well over a year, if not two.
It was corrected before Pantsir was added to the game.
@Axzuel
That has nothing to do with the guidance window.
That’s not what I meant…
If you lock one target and fire missile on it, it will go for that target
When you switch the target, the previous target is not lit up anymore by the laser
The missile will go for the target that is currently “painted” by the laser
EDIT: You can only track one target, not multiple
Guidance window would be the launch and cone of control for the missile
At least using basic English; if it’s jargon I implore guidance time over that as it’s more clear to everyone.
Correct, which is why there’s a 5 second wait between launches, that’s enough time between missile hits to switch targets when prepared correctly.
Vikhrs take longer to take out multiple targets than AGM-114s.
Yes, Vikhrs will frag the first target faster, but the Apache has 7 missiles in the air.
Vikhr’s being a fast TOW-2 with an 8km range against moving targets does not make it a top 5 missile.
With the amount all of you defend Vikhrs from factual criticism from non-Russians one could get ideas…
also the first 12 given the ka50/ka52 are much faster so they have fired everything and start blasting 30mm on the rest before the ah64 arrives
also the ka50 has a proper 30mm not the heat slinging AGS-30 clone the ah64 has
A bit of advice, read what you plan to post before hitting that blue “Reply” button.
Do not accuse me of defending something I don’t even have, I am simply saying what my experiences were while flying against them in PVE.