Fighter jets showcase

[Tukki]

I have been driving myself crazy with trying to beat the jets showcase. Every time the enemy jets just insta kill me with their missiles, or i run out of missiles because they never stop spamming their countermeasures. How do i beat the jets showcase please help thank you!

[Karl]

you fire the aa missile when the countermeasures has gone away

[Tukki]

But they never stop countermeasuring

[Echo 499]

Originally posted by Tukman:

But they never stop countermeasuring

dont CM the instant they launch a missile wait till it closes in closer (but not too close) then Cm and hard turn left or or righ with slight pitch up, this will spoof the heat seeker or radar into loosing your plane and going after the chaff/flares you droped (wont work 100% of the time) as for engageing the AI get close the closer yo are the less time he has to react, also AI dont have unlimited CM it will run out

[Tukki]

I don't know anymore. I have tried everything and these AI are the most difficult thing in ArmA i have ever seen

[VentHorror]

There is an Ai skill slider, so you can change it to your liking. I have it at 35.

[Stubbz]

also if you fire missiles from a very close range they have no time to use CM and you will get the kill.

[Tukki]

I already have the skill at 0 and they still kil me before i can even react

[Disgruntled Cuttlefish]

Don't shoot *that* close necessarily or it will be a waste, it's not like Arma 2 as much now. And of course I'm talking about the IR guided short range missiles. They are "short range" for missiles, it doesn't mean you are to engage within a few hundred meters, it's best to engage around 1km away with those, perhaps a bit closer sometimes but not that close since the impact of the missile will be less effective if it does hit, and when firing too close often it will miss anyway it seems, but I never shoot them that close like how I would at times in Arma 2.

The midrange radar guided missiles (AMRAAM/R77) should be used past 2km. One can get kills out to 8km or so with them.

[Stubbz]

lol i kill jets from less than 1000 feet

[Stubbz]

Its all about finesse

[Disgruntled Cuttlefish]

Sure, I never said you can't, just saying they are less effective overall. And if you are firing at something like a faster jet from behind it makes sense that firing a bit closer works sometimes.

[Disgruntled Cuttlefish]

And no one suggested to the OP to use their cannon.

[Disgruntled Cuttlefish]

And when I said I never use the heat seekers *that* close, I mean extremely close ranges like within a couple hundred meters, the instant right before you reach the enemy plane yourself like you seem to be implying. I don't mean merely around 500-1000m or so, although obviously that isn't much further away and is still very close range. I still have used them within 1km but usually on other faster fixed wing targets maybe and not helicopters, so around 500m away may be ideal sometimes when pursuing a jet, sometimes *slightly* less (usually not), more, idk. Just saying what works, and firing them point blank is a waste always it seems. Use your gun instead.
Edited again to adjust one minor detail.

[Stoffa]

its all about skill hit them head on and spam your countermeasures and move around like crazy or another tactic is to go eve higher and dive down on the that seemed to work for me

[Tukki]

I will now get back to banging my head against the difficulty wall. Thank you for your comments.