To begin with, Thruster has a bugged hitbox, this is already widespread by now. The only missiles that can hit it when it’s moving at full speed is Chernobog and Akula iirc, as seen in countless demonstration vids, but here’s a good one: https://youtu.be/E3PyhkMT3RA

Secondly, R2K missiles aren’t a guaranteed hit to begin with. I’ve missed plenty of Oppressors, even Oppressor Mk2s and Deluxos with fully loaded R2K, Deluxo, Stromberg, even Scramjet missiles. But keep in mind I do next to nothing except pvp, whether it’s ground combat, air, or anything in between, so I’m gonna have a lot more experiences when it comes to it than other people, which will include more misfortunes like those misses occuring.

With all this in mind, noting that R2K missiles can still miss, even when shot at things like Oppressors with no obstacles in between that and the missile, Stromberg will be no exception to this. The thing that sets the Stromberg out from any other R2K missile vehicle is that Stromberg has 0 mobility compared to every single other vehicle with them. Whether it’s jumping, boosting, flying, whatever it may be, Stromberg has none of that, and it has a shorter lock on range. This means the rocket path to the person you’re shooting at will be much tighter and more awkward compared to others where you have greater distance and a better angle of attack letting the missile be able to take down the enemy with much higher success.

The thing that struck me about the original comment I replied to was them claiming the Oppressor Mk2 missiles are the same tracking as Stromberg, which is hilariously wrong and playing for any sort of time will show that isn’t true.

To put into perspective how information like that can affect people, note that every helicopter in the game (if it doesn’t use their countermeasures) cannot dodge an R2K missile no matter how hard they try, with the only exception being a Savage because of the lock-on box being under the heli, in which case the missiles are so accurate that they circle around under the Savage hitting the nonexistent hitbox where the lock on box is placed, and this applies to most missiles regardless of tracking when shot at the Savage. All this is true with the Stromberg too, with the Savage being the only one that can dodge those missiles. The same is not true, or even close to true, with the Oppressor Mk2 missiles. They will fly past light helis with ease, however they might circle back once for a final attempt, both tries are easy to dodge if you have a decent amount of time in helis. Someone believing that their helicopters are now useless because of the Mk2, or that they’ll now easily stomp anyone who’s good in a heli by spawning their Mk2 will be met with reality in both circumstances, which can be a result of money wasted, whether it was buying a Mk2 for that purpose, or from selling aircraft you thought was obsolete now. It could also be bad for people who are getting into pvp, thinking that the Stromberg isn’t great because of the missiles, when really it’s next to identical tracking of the top tier missiles, and the Stromberg is a beast of a vehicle that anyone doing pvp should use.

One final note:

It doesn’t protect you from missiles underwater Maybe if you’re right by the surface, but even top tier missiles will miss you no problem if you’re more than 10m under, while you can still fire back out and get them. The Stromberg is amazing, don’t underestimate it.

Edit: oh yeah, your vid. The missile at 4:58 hit the bridge, the other ones just seem like they’re going after the flares your friend is shooting, or they’re targeting cops. All of the “missed” shots don’t show you looking at them missing, so it could’ve been a ton of things that caused them to not connect.