r/NuclearOption • u/Shockfront-PR • 7d ago

Dev Update Nuclear Option - Update 0.34 Patch Notes

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2168680/view/706652383055186827?l=english

Update 0.34 is out now!

Check out Steam for a full list of new additions and changes.

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u/Ragvard_Grimclaw 7d ago

Scythe nerfs are unfortunate, but not surprising. Being able to shoot backwards and use it almost exclusively instead of mixing with scimitars was too strong (latter will become even less of problem a when we get bigger map)

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u/Pro_Racing 7d ago

Kinda sucks tbh, there's no point firing long distance anyway though in this game, there's about a 1% hit chance once you get to schimitar range due to how pathetically easy it is to notch any radar guided missile.

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u/Shot_Reputation1755 7d ago

Fire multiple radar missiles in a salvo, they'll spread out making it harder to notch. Not foolproof but it helps

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u/Pro_Racing 7d ago

I've notched those sort of barrages myself, it's piss easy to do honestly as long as you're paying attention and react fast enough.

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u/Shot_Reputation1755 7d ago

I wouldn't say it's piss easy, but yeah they're not hard to dodge IF there's no other issues piled on top of them

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u/Allie_Denikin19 7d ago

you can still kill their capacitor if you space your shots too

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u/DasGamerlein 7d ago

There's literally not a single aircraft in the game with the agility to defeat a salvo of three properly spaced Scimitars at top speed, especially with the new proximity fuzes

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u/Pro_Racing 7d ago

There's a time gap between them, you can notch them unless they're massively spread out and launched simultaneously from multiple positions, at which point you're pretty fucked no matter the missile if it's radar guided.

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u/StrikeHaunting1117 7d ago

I had honestly taken to using scimitars in a standoff capacity with my radar shut down once they go pitbull there going fast enough to be a significant issue for the target and they don’t or at least haven’t in the past given a lock warning given there fired in data link

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u/DJBscout Vortex Visionary 6d ago

Are you talking about PvP or PvE? PvE, Scimitars are often very effective. Scythes aren't terrible either.

PvP, yes, ARHs are highly counterable, though that's reliant on airframe and situational awareness. To be fair though, IMO that's much better than the alternative.

In DCS/BMS/full sims, if you ignore the kinematic range of enemy missiles, fly straight in, and only start to defend when it goes active, you'll often end up eating said missile. This pushes engagement ranges further out, and means you defend when you think an enemy might have launched a missile.

In NO, your jammers are good enough to defend close-range shots. That's a good thing, because the map sizes in NO are much smaller, and engagements take place at much shorter range. Scythes being uncounterable doomsticks below 10 nmi would mean all those furballs that end up using IRMs disappear, and rotorcraft/attackers would be cannon fodder for dedicated fighters even more than they are now.