Many locks isnt the stinger but the laser designator. I see too many pilots pop flares just because it beeps and not because its an incoming missile. I'm not even a good pilot but stingers is never the issue. The laser + ifv missile bug is the real issue.
We do not need another helifield 2042 where air just completely dominates everything because they can just flare, hide, flare hide in a 10 second loop endlessly.
Bf6 actually demands pilots to use tactics and not just do the "flare hide" routine endlessly farming infs and ground vehicles with little effort.