Talk:4 Target Air-to-Ground Missile/@comment-25370154-20141106172950/@comment-96.241.48.77-20150305173938

4AGMs are my bread-and-butter weapon, as is the F-35B. There are a number of different strategies you can use with them, but first, know that it's easier to lock onto  multiple targets with your nose slightly down, and with the whiskey marker pointed close to the target you want to shoot. That's your main thing for getting them locked. After that, there's several different options for modification to your 4AGMs to make them more combat effective.

By default, 4AGMs have weak warheads and have trouble destroying even moderately fortified targets. Advanced Warheads or Missile Enhancement Kits for SP Weapons make their killing power against orange targets much more viable, and even against red targets if fired in volleys of two or three. So if you want to use your 4AGMs to wipe out heavy targets, that's the way to go. The easier alternative is simply take a payload upgrade on the 4AGMs and leave them as is otherwise. The payload upgrades substantially benefit the 4AGM because of faster reload and there's almost *always* enough ground targets to use them on if you're fast enough. At that point, you use your 4AGMs to sweep yellow targets from the map like a broom. 4AGMs can still be used to supplement your standard missiles on hard targets, but they shine most at wiping away opposition en masse from a good range and with high reliability.

Or you go all in and upgrade Warheads, Payload, and Propulsion and lay waste, but I find this approach to be ill-advised as it leaves your standard missiles kind of unreliable, especially if you're in a Multirole.

You may ask why take 4AGMs over bombs or LAGMs for that purpose, and then I'll tell you it comes down to preference and situation. As a Lightning jockey, I love the things and find them more exciting to use than the LAGM and more reliable than most bombs, even if they lack the raw power of the other choices. That said, they're no panacea either and have drawbacks. Really, the key to making 4AGMs useful is like anything else: Practice, tweaking, and more practice.

Hope that was helpful.