In the recent patches AMRAAMs have gotten progressively hard to evade. I am facing the following problems: (This is for shots within 15km)
-Chaff is completely ineffective. I had infinite weapons enabled and chaffed like crazy while notching to no avail.
-Notching is very specific. You have to be completely perpendicular with zero relative speed (which is dangerous if the notch fails)
-Pulling into the missile is not as effective as the missiles seem to be faster now. Even with the G-limiter off (only W) I can only evade the missile by pulling hard enough to blackout.
The problem is compounded by the fact that AMRAAMS are reaching speeds of 4100km/h in tacview vs the R-27ER's 3600km/h. The longer range advantage is thrown out of the window as the aim-120C will be there already by the door step by the time the ER is in midflight.
I understand that one shouldn't get himself into this position, but given the short range of BVR missiles this situation becomes an inevitability.