Help with AIM-9L's

[karabaş 🐕‍🦺]

apparently i cant dodge 9L's anymore any tips or changes on that ? they just ignore flares and cant outturn/run i was able to do that before or maybe im doing something wrong with SU-25 any help appreciated

funny thing is whenever i get killed by them the dude shoots missile keeps spamming idiot in chat and different people do that

[ctompkin7]

How many flares are you deploying? Sounds like they buffed the AIM9Ls to what they should be.

[karabaş 🐕‍🦺]

tbh normally just taking a light turn and popping 2-4 is enough to dodge 9Ls not just for that modification it works on all missiles the thing is i think 9Ls are sometimes get bugged and they just ignore flares when they should not i mean missile doesnt even flinch when popping 30 flares lol :D

wish i had proof so that i could report to issues section but happens rarely and feels off

[ctompkin7]

Well 2-4 flares should never be enough for the 9L, try launching 5-10 flares depending on distance and space them so you dont make a trail to your plane.

[𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner]

With the Su-25, you're in a sticky situation. AIM9Ls can be consistently dodged in a faster moving vehicle if you flare and turn, and sometimes have to flare again if it reacquires you.

For the Su-25, I'm not sure what I can say. If its a headon, you're probably dead unless you spam flares and maybe dive a bit so it loses lock.

But from the rear, it depends on the distance. If its 3kms out, you can def flare it out, but closer than 2kms and I'd say it'll grab you because of all aspect or it reacquiring you past your flares.

[Futuristic Hexagon]

9Ls seem to get their performance nerfed or buffed almost every patch. The devs really don't know what to do with it now that genie is out of the bottle.

It's honestly one of those missiles whose behavior is super inconsistent week to week.

It does have a habit of ignoring flares from time to time. At least more so than any other missile.

As for the trash talking, it honestly sounds like little kids who think they're all that with a missile that's in a Battle it's not supposed to be in. It's like bringing up a supercar against some kids in Power Wheels cars, offering to drag race them a quarter mile, finishing it before they cover 100 ft, coming back, and then shoving it in their face you beat them. It's that stupid.