Missiles should have an effective range limit dictated by the battery powering its systems.

[inner knoll]

the rang is already pretty short, so i dont think limiting the battery on the missiles would help.

[lean skiff]

aside from the AIM-120D being able to go more than 500nmi, you can snipe anything in the map with the AGM-145 or AGM-88 so long you have enough airspeed and altitude

[inner knoll]

I belive thats the point. going high and fast does mean radar and enemy planes can see you and attack you. but certain missiles with limited amount and high cost can attack those radar anyway.

[lean skiff]

not really, radar in game is severely gimped

also angels 40 to 45 mach 1 is enough to kill anything in the map from one corner of the map directly to the other

you could be in the safety of your airbase and snipe shit 100 nm away from you

[inner knoll]

With what. the 145?

[lean skiff]

88, 145, 126, and whatever the fuck the kestrel exclusive one is called

oh yeah 188

[inner knoll]

If thats the case then it is a bit stupid that they can go that far.

[lean skiff]

yup

used to be worse back when the f45a instantly got an accurate location for anything that pinged it with radar just once

[safe yew]

What altitude and speed do you use to get 100nmi out of a 145?

[lean skiff]

normally i just go to 45 Mach 1

but i guess that's assuming target is asl 0

[safe yew]

That will not get you 100nmi, unless recently sth was changed

[lean skiff]

i swear I've done it

although it's been months so maybe I'm misremembering the details

[tardy skiff]

First we need bigger more optimized maps.

Limited flight time would just make gameplay closer and feel faster. I think minus the stupid crazy range of 145s and 88s and stuff, it’s fine

[leaden frost]

the 188 can HARDLY go 20 nautical miles

no MATTER what speed you're going

no MATTER THE ALTITUDE

it will not go past 45 miles

and the AGM188 isn't AV42 exclusive, its also on the EF24G

I've tried going mach 2 and launching a 188, it doesn't get past like 33 miles.

the 188 has the shortest range of all air to ground missiles

[tardy skiff]

Doesn’t the 188 prioritize a top down attack?

[leaden frost]

It does

Which is why it has zero fucking range lol

Saying that it can cross the map is blatant misinformation

[lean skiff]

actually??

i thought it was just a funky 88

[leaden frost]

Yeah?

[lean skiff]

oh fair

[leaden frost]

also most people use bombs

and you need quite the parameters to get the aim120D to go that far lol

it was under a controlled test

90% of the launch parameters seen in game won't let you get this type of distance

cuz the 120D and 54C were launched at mach 2+

at like 50K

most people aren't that high or that fast in combat

the usual launch parameters in this game is like 5-35 miles lol

most people aren't doing 500 mile shots in this game vro

💔

my own record is hardly 212nmi with the 54C during a test to check how powerful the ef24's radar glitch was

[safe spade]

Lofting is a helluva drug

[dim abyss]

I honestly think this is a good suggestion, it doesn't really make much sense to have AAMs and ARMs able to go across the map with the only limitation being the KE and PE available to the missile.

[half wharf]

Coming back to this post, an AMRAAM was just tested with a software update and hit a new record

I seriously doubt battery life is a factor that would have any impact, especially on gameplay

They literally just changed the way it flew and it hit a range record

https://theaviationist.com/2025/09/16/longest-aim-120-amraam-shot-in-history/

[tardy skiff]

they don't even say what the range is tho. :(

[foggy wigeon]

yeah it could be 1mm more that was caused by being slightly higher or it being slightly colder or hotter

[remote garden]

It used to be for the 120

[hard sky]

why yes, the amraam range record does indeed belong to the amraam

[safe yew]

all fun and games until it stops belonging to the amraam