I’ve had it flared 0.1km range, like literally I am touching his tail but the F5 still only got hit from a max range proxy fuse.
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With that F-5s damage model I’m guessing you got crit and nothing else :/
No crit, I had to steal the kill after he got shot again by max distance proxy and then my team mate try to steal and then i reverse steals, epic story :P
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the pl5b can lock launch from side aspects from 3km away, there’s no need to see datasheets and all that, just see j7e or j7d gameplay. After the drag nerf they’re not as oppressive, but still oppressive. They act fantastically as battering rams against mig23ml’s head on from 0.8km of lock launch (trick is having a key that turns the missile on as well as launching it so that you can keep it pressed without turning the missile off, i keep doing it consistently with f-5c’s aim9e against mig23s and f-4s). And they still can lock from side-front aspect from 2km away, they also are PROFICIENT as melee missile since they turn off the rail harder and are much faster, enough to basically not see any flare.
believing the f-5s still tough as before is being stuck in the eighties. Xro the f-5’s die if you sneeze on them, i one click them with the gshussy anytime one comes close to me. Very easy plane to deal with too. Even in phantom E.
PL5B in terms of stats wise are not that advantageous, best rear aspect missile sure, but not to a great extent is the lead. IN most situations where the enemy knows about your position PL5Bs are not really any better than any other missiles. J7E’s main advantage is that you sneak up on other players, when they are not aware and launch from relatively close distance to allow maximum chance of hit. MiG-23 and F4s should definitely have the upper hand in a headon so I don’t normally try it since R60MKs always lock first and R23/AIM7s are consistent enough.
Depends on playstyle, F5s are worse than the J7s cause they are a lot slower, but if stuck in a turn fight they are more effective, and for the same BR F5s have HMS or P3/9P4, so also extremely strong, just requires a very different playstyle with each one of them.
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Guys, stop, you see that it’s a troll, just stop giving it importance, leave it alone in its post and stop responding to it.
leave him alone in his post
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J7E is arguably undertiered in asb currently, since it still sits at 11.0 br which compared to most if not all stuff it faces, makes it look almost like a seal clubbing nuke mobile