I think what this sim needs is its missiles changed in order to be more fun and competitive for all.
You want to test metal of a pilot, put equal advantages to both.
IMO remove aim120 or add the r-77 adder to the flanker series, reasons are as follows.
1.All SAR missiles fired by the flanker can be easily spoofed, easy ECM ON OFF 50 times and your precious ER payload is useless, people seem to program a macro function to their sticks just to do this.I kinda find it annoying knowing that the missiles i carry on my flanker are nothing more than rockets as soon as someone starts doing that.
2. What fun is it to get a whole payload of 8 amraams fired on you out of no where, when you cant reply back with a proper answer? Su27 Flanker can hold its own with an f15 in a 1v1 fight "at times", but in a multiple engagement situation the f15 outclasses it.
3.Isnt this for fun and competition amongst the community? I know many will argue that its not realistic or so on and so forth, but do you think this kind of realism is needed where it causes huge divides?(small thing like addition of a perfectly realistic missile put on a platform that might be able to support it) Flanker IMO has been castrated everystep of the way. So has the F15 in manyways. (G-forces are way to unrealistic and thus screws the f15 in a dogfight)
What i would like to see is some sort of AR missile on the flanker, and advanced EWS system on the F15. I think this would be a very enjoyable solution.
Well those are my 2 cents, think of it what you will, but i see great squad wars and competitions with these kinds of changes, implementations.
Then again its my oppinion.
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