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Soflam-Rao-Stinger/m5 just doesnt cut it as Long as Flares behave like an ECM Jammer on steroids becouse that’s what this countermeasure actually is.
As soon as the aircraft leaves the vicinity of his flares he should be immediately be targetable again, not being immune for a period of time, enough to fly out of bounds and hide until flares are ready.
In my opinion there should be 2 Countermeassures for Aircraft
ECM to prevent lock-on for a period of time but DOES NOT distract missiles allready inflight.
Flares to counter Missiles allready inflight and fools IR designation as Long as Flares are observable which means a Stinger user may not lock on twice from the same angle but another one can from a different angle.
So you have a pro-active and active countermeasure with its strenght and weaknesses like every other vehicle and theyr countermeassures.
@Bolvard Playing as Raoh almost always manages to hack a helicopter and launch a stinger at it with a hit. Provided that I manage to hack it and launch the stinger at SOFLAM, then the helicopter will definitely be destroyed no matter how it evades. This rarely happens, but it's still possible. And practically no one puts a countermeasure of REB because of its long recharge. In any case, there are Foxes with their G-84s, which gives a random chance for destruction.
- 3 years ago@AlkaniusRUS Thats works for sure for pilots who don’t know what they are doing.
- UP_Hawxxeye3 years agoLegend
@AlkaniusRUSIn my experience by the time I have rao hacked, pulled down the stinger and locked on heli, it is out of my line of slight.
That is if the pilot has not already used the flares by reflex.
At other times the pilot gets to use the flares again by the time that the stinger is about to hit.Meanwhile the EC-whatever-RAM vehicle that was recently introduced, has to sacrifice the quick repair function in return for the anti projectile gadget which has also has a much larger cooldown than the flares.
- 3 years ago
@UP_Hawxxeye If you hack a helicopter far, then of course you won’t be able to hit it with a stinger, it will have time to leave. Yes, it is possible that the pilot resets the traps before hacking, but they managed to drive him away. Most pilots are greedy and don't drop traps in the hope of getting away.
- UP_Hawxxeye3 years agoLegend
@AlkaniusRUSWell the pilots that we tend to remember are those that manage to be a huge pain even if they are briefly present near us.
This is why I said in a previous post that the problem are the outliers.