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Metal_Daryl97
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago

Wildcats can now lock onto jets > 800 m, which is silly (update 3.2)

Thanks to the incompetence of the vehicle developers, wildcats can now lock onto jets from across the map (> 800 m). 

The previous 600-m lockon range of wildcats was already far too disruptive to jet gameplay, especially on the smaller maps; a decent wildcat player can now considerably reduce the effectiveness of jets against all vehicle types, WITHOUT EVEN HAVING TO USE THE DUAL 30-mm CANNONS. A wildcat is now capable of destroying a jet that is about 800 m away just by locking onto the jet if the jet has ran out of flares. 

+ If the devs have not realised yet, this massive buff to the wildcat's AA missile range will severely impede the performance of jets against other vehicles (especially choppers). But maybe they want jet pilots to camp at the flight ceiling now?

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  • Psubond's avatar
    Psubond
    Legend
    3 years ago
    @Metal_Daryl97 wrote:

    @Psubond 

    are you suggesting that anti aircraft cannon be too disruptive to aircraft in a game?

    didn't see any pilots complaining when they could just keep doing runs back and forth from one end of the map to the other and hitting the wildcat with AGMs.  

    the cannons on an AA gun should shred whatever aircraft they hit

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    Metal_Daryl97
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    @Psubond 
    You did not answer my question.

    "didn't see any pilots complaining when they could just keep doing runs back and forth from one end of the map to the other and hitting the wildcat with AGMs.  "

    Poor argument - that was bad game design, whether or not pilots were complaining about it. Are you suggesting that bad game design in the early builds justifies bad balance now? I take it that you are trolling.

    "the cannons on an AA gun should shred whatever aircraft they hit"
    not relevant here

  • Psubond's avatar
    Psubond
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    3 years ago
    @Metal_Daryl97 wrote:

    @Psubond 

    are you suggesting that anti aircraft cannot be too disruptive to aircraft in a game?

    that is exactly  what  i am suggesting.  their purpose of existence is to turn aircraft into a smoking hole in the ground

  • Metal_Daryl97's avatar
    Metal_Daryl97
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    @Psubond 

    This has got to be trolling.

    By this line of reasoning, it would not be bad game design if wildcats could one-shot destroy any aircraft at any distance with the 30-mm cannon. Also, someone could make a parallel silly claim that 5th generation stealth jets should be able to 1-shot destroy any target from across the map bEcaUsE ThAT iS TheIR pUrPOse

  • NazT55's avatar
    NazT55
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @Metal_Daryl97 All I see from you is you want aircraft to pretty much dominate without any counter. I guess the better question would be what would YOU do to balance things between aircraft & the wildcat?
  • Psubond's avatar
    Psubond
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    3 years ago
    @Metal_Daryl97 wrote:

    @Psubond 

    This has got to be trolling.

    By this line of reasoning, it would not be bad game design if wildcats could one-shot destroy any aircraft at any distance with the 30-mm cannon. Also, someone could make a parallel silly claim that 5th generation stealth jets should be able to 1-shot destroy any target from across the map bEcaUsE ThAT iS TheIR pUrPOse

    yea, they (jets) probably should.  flight physics need to be looked at as well.  those aircraft maneuver in ways that would cause them to crash or crack the wing spars and/or bend the fuselage (never mind what it would do to the pilot)

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