BVR High Vs Low

[comie1]

I want to convey a concern over the current "META" within BVR in DCS 

All IRL sources often refer to BVR fights taking place at High alt with Speed!!! and this being the best way to fight your opponent. So much so that jets are (alongside stealth, DL etc) developed to go higher and faster than their counterparts for just these engagements. However... all the current mechanics within DCS produce a simulation where Low vs High wins.

My presumption is that this situation is caused by a combination of factors from OVER performing RWR's which will give perfect warnings exactly at missile Pitbull, accurate to the point where notching is aided dramatically by the RWR and making it vital part of your toolset, NOT the hidden away annoying device giving false warnings etc we are let to believe they are IRL. Poor performing missile that are easily defeated without kinematics and the lack of any real EWR system in DCS must also contribute. 

Tim's recent interview on youtube with Simon Pearson and Ben Whiteley highlighted this issue to me at 14:00 in where an ex RAF instructor suggests that he was in a disadvantageous position against a high fast F16 while he was low. I was watching this shaking my head thinking "If only he knew he was in the safest place he could have been and had no reason to feel threatened in this 1:1 scenario" 

This has to be wrong! 

Have a listen...

What are the plans for Eagle Dynamics with regards to BVR? 

I recall Nick Grey a while back addressing the issue stating that poor BVR missiles and helping players get to "the merge" was infact previously engeneered for a more dramatic or exciting game and that he then no longer thought this was the right corse of action. 

Did he change his mind? 

 

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Edited June 28, 2022 by comie1