The wildcat is currently atrociously weak
The 2 non-joke primary weapons make you choose between being able to fight back against (30mm) nightbirds, stealth helicopters and jets that are flying about, or (35mm) attack helicopters, air transp...
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"Experienced players don't play wildcat's". Then it's a player-related/skill issue rather than a problem with vehicle balance.
"your average aircraft will not run out of flares". The insane AA lockon range forces jet pilots to retreat following a strafe, giving the wildcat more than enough time to recover hp. Also, the unlimited lockon range is far too disruptive to dogfights that happen at high altitudes - you're pretty much dead if you've ran out of flares during a dogfight and a wildcat fires two AA missiles at you.
"APS does not protect you from decent attack helicopters".By the time your gunner destroys the APS, a decent wildcat player would already have dealt significant damage to the chopper.
"Please stop suggesting APS. I'm not going to sit at spawn behind a rock". It's boring but IT WORKS. Also, you can always move closer to the front line after your teammates have captured a bunch of points (safe zones).
"In order to shoot with the wildcat, you have to stay still or be on some extremely flat road". I've encountered a decent number of players who can drive and at the same time deal considerable damage to my jet.
"The fact that jets CAN kill a stationary wildcat in a single strafe is issue enough". Subjective. You can make a parallel claim that the opposite is true here.
But anyway, if you play on Asian, European or South African servers, I'm happy to do some testing (1 v 1)
@Metal_Daryl97 Experienced players don’t play the wildcat because they immediately garner the entire attention span of every pilots brain and die instantly. Using the wildcat is like using a Rorsch against air targets, half the time it’s nothing but an annoyance and just paints a target on your back.
