Heat-seeking missiles can zig-zag now.

[bitvomit]

Ok, I know there's been plenty of threads about the new Missiles now but I have not seen anyone point this out yet. AA and jet missiles can now zig-zag through the air making impossible movements whereas before they could only move realisticly. Before 1.2, If you were in a jet and you get a lock on on a banking pilot and shot your missiles off, your missiles would just miss the target because they (the missiles) could not turn as sharply as the enemy pilot was. Now, missiles will instead do a partial turn and then zig-zag (usually a turn then a straight line to the target) its way to whoever your victim was and get some cheap hits.

I've not been able to cap any pictures of this behaviour, but I'm sure lots of people have seen it. If anyone can, it would be nice to have some pictures in this thread showing the contrails from missiles doing crazy and impossible stuff.

[$kelet0r]

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we all know about it :|

[Jesse]

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Ok, I know there's been plenty of threads about the new Missiles now but I have not seen anyone point this out yet. AA and jet missiles can now zig-zag through the air making impossible movements whereas before they could only move realisticly. Before 1.2, If you were in a jet and you get a lock on on a banking pilot and shot your missiles off, your missiles would just miss the target because they (the missiles) could not turn as sharply as the enemy pilot was. Now, missiles will instead do a partial turn and then zig-zag (usually a turn then a straight line to the target) its way to whoever your victim was and get some cheap hits.

I've not been able to cap any pictures of this behaviour, but I'm sure lots of people have seen it. If anyone can, it would be nice to have some pictures in this thread showing the contrails from missiles doing crazy and impossible stuff.

If you're careful, you can create some even more interesting paths. I've witnessed, and can recreate, AA missiles moving in spiral paths until their time to live goes off. Now that's fun to watch. :)

But yes, they're severly broken. Yet another thing seriously screwed over by the patch. So that leaves the score at:
Broken stuff: 5,286,189
Fixed things: 3

[squeak]

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I was once chasing someone in a fighter.. and the person did a sharp left turn just as he did I quickly unleased two missles. And I wasnt even locked on to him. 5 seconds later I took out the fighter. Its not even fun anymore.. takes no skill to fly now

[bitvomit]

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I was once chasing someone in a fighter.. and the person did a sharp left turn just as he did I quickly unleased two missles. And I wasnt even locked on to him. 5 seconds later I took out the fighter. Its not even fun anymore.. takes no skill to fly now

Yea I know what you mean. Sometimes when I shoot missiles and miss someone, I'll end up getting kills or TK's from stray missiles. You really don't even need to lock on anymore, just shoot your missiles and play the Missile Lock On Lottery. If the other guy doesn't have flares up then he's doomed because not even evasive maneuvers can save you then.

[Tribalwolf]

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Was on clean sweep one night and at the closest mec spawn to the usmc. Hopped in the igla and popped off a quick two at a jet going over. 1 hit no biggy , bu the other hit a tree and went crazy for a sec. then it started spinning in spirals each time getting a wider arc. then too my friggin amazement the jet came back over to bomb my honky arse and the missle lockes on him came around and sent him to heaven. Course moments later I tasted american quality bombs , but hey its a toss up.

[squeak]

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I've been taking out when I release my flares...its so messed up. Its like they dont do anything

[Tribalwolf]

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helps you follow the light maybe? eh who knows.

Its just like the vids of them on the oil rigs... what kinda mombo missle is that.

[Revoluti0n]

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AA is sh*t

[pYura]

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plz CLOSE

[zacman13245]

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I've been taking out when I release my flares...its so messed up. Its like they dont do anything

yeah its like the flares do nothing now

[tsh2005]

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plz CLOSE

no one is spamming or arguing over each other. The topic is fine

[Alcorr]

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The problem with the missiles is that they defy physics AND attack teammates too often.

Heres the two biggest examples.

I am flying straight at another jet, both of us are out of flares and we release missiles when we are directly next to each other (he goes under me). We are going maybe 1100 speed.

My missles are released exactly when he is under me by about 10 meters. In real life the missiles would just fly off and maybe loop back around. I know this game isn't a sim but still.

The missiles went forward about 2 feet after I launched them, then zigzagged, took a 180 degree turn in midair already going 1100 then they both caught on the back of the enemy jet....did more zigzags around the thing...then exploded. Killing him.

If thats not pure and plain Bu11$hit then I don't know what is.

Also, I was directly behind a jet one time, not too close, maybe 50 meters behind him, he is out of flares.

I fire four missiles.

All four veer off in a different direction. Two hit another plane taking off of the runway (my teammate) and two hit a full blackhawk giving me a total of 7 teamkills.

Once again, pure and plain Bu11$hit. In real life, the strongest heat source would be directly in front of the missiles, not all the way behind me....