The US Essex range

[Roger Smith]

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the range is less than visual range, which means no the range isnt fine at all. why do i say that, because the essex is supposed to defend the carrier, hell all aa is supposed to be a weapon that wards off planes and destroys them if they do a frontal attack. basically, the aa isnt doing that job.

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it locked on to you and the missiles followed you until south base, the range is fine

[Roger Smith]

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these things need to happen for air combat to be balanced and still fun.

-anti air missiles that are properly lead and are on target should not deviate on some airframes. (j10)

-on some airframes, flares should be intercepted by anti air missiles when the flares are in the anti air missiles flight path (f35)

-anti air missiles range should be just out of max visual range (for all platforms)

-the laser guide on the bomber should be able to lock onto targets well above visual range

-instead of blowing up when the tv guided missile runs out of time, it should keep flying forward unguided.

if these things happened we would have a fair playing field between air and ground and air to air.

[imported_Dingdong]

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I like the range on it.
Perfect for killing the retarded spawn rapers.

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I never had a problem with the Essex, but I hate it because it blows up so easily. Can't even last in there.

"E-sex?! In Battlefield?! WHAT? WHERE? HOW?!"

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The only thing they need to change about it is make the missiles stop chasing teammates instead of the enemy

and more armor, yes good idea

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I think it's fine, we've got enough base rapers on 2007 anyway, why make it easier to bomb?

As for your South Base problem...Don't fly straight, always swerve and bounce.

I think they need to give it more armor, though. An AT missile shouldn't be able to take it down in one hit. It needs to be able to withstand some jet firepower.

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wake island 2007

**** no. And the guns arent weak. Used in the right hands they PWN. I have taken down SO may J10s with it. They come in point blank and I just blow the **** out of em. And the missles go far. If they lock on to you within the 400 m range and you fly outside of it they WILL follow you.

i always wait for the flares to run out first then shoot the remaining missiles, after all, the essex has 8.... evasive? nah, 8 is much more than enough to shoot a jet down, unless it shoot me first.. :P

are you kidding me? I flew a J10 and dodged 22 missles. 6 from the F35, 8 from both essexes. Seriously easy as hell to dodge missles from the essex. Just turn right before they hit and you will dodge it. Just got to have some fluidity. But for some reason IGLA missles ALWAYS hit. (which is good, thats how it should be)

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It's meant to defend the carrier, if it kills you its doing its job, simple as that

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Maybe make the Essex incredibly powerful but more short-ranged, to prevent base raping? The only time I go on the carrier is to repair damaged systems and fight boarders, so I'm not too familiar with how carrier raping usually goes, but I know it is a huge problem. Well the CIWS is at least good for mowing the deck clean of boarders and campers. . . :evil:

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Is anyone botherd about the range of the US Essex, its pathetic, i got past south base and it still shot me down with a missle lock. if there's one thing they need to change its that decrease the range.

Yers, it sucks. But it really sucks when I seem to be IN the Essex!

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My Sole purpose in life is to Take out J-10s and CHinese Choppers, I play Battlefiled for the Reason to Kill J-10s, Nothing gives me more pleasure. I sit in teh ESSEX for hours at a time, picking on the J-10s. I will do it forever, as my teammates will invade the mainland. I do it for a purpose, i do it for passion

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yea i can see that

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well, dice is jus not that clever at making things that work right? like 1.3 perhaps?

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Is anyone botherd about the range of the US Essex, its pathetic, i got past south base and it still shot me down with a missle lock. if there's one thing they need to change its that decrease the range.

I was playing Oman yesterday manning the Essex gun when I saw an enemy MiG in the distance. I got lock, fired 4 missiles which took him out. I don't know exactly how far he was from the carrier but he was on the very edge of my sight. I could barely see him but I did have lock so I guess that was good enough. The next thing I see on screen is him typing "BAN JONES HES A HACKER USING AIMBOTS!" I was ROTFLMAO.

The funny thing is, though, the Essex gun can rip a MiG to shreds but when a chopper comes by it takes twice as many bullets and missiles to take them down. That slow Mec transport chopper people use to sneak up on the carrier is actually much harder to take out that a stinking MiG.

definatley under powered. The real version known as CIWS (close in weapon system) shoots depleated uranium 20MM rounds and is computer controlled. For those who have been in the Navy it was also called R2D2 with a hardon. The real CIWS could also shoot down missles that were launched by aircraft. This thing can shoot a bird out of the sky :) The real missle system was controlled by Fire Control Techinicans and was accompanied with its own radar for air targets. Together they provided very effective defense against aircraft and incoming missles.

AKA Phalanx.

The Essex needs it's ranged beefed up, I think, many a times I've been obliterated by the J10's cannons way before I can see them, and yet the J10's bombing mode shows us plump little squares from a mile away.

What it needs is the ability to take out APCs. It's a friggin joke when an APC takes you out with one TOW shot while you empty your entire magazine on it to no avail.

This is my AA tip and tricks.

http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78463

For the essex AA this is what I suggest.

"For the carrier AA:

A) there are TWO of them on most maps, use them in tanddem, and the carrier is practicly impervious to planes, unless there are 2 uber pilots, and take out both in one sweep.

Unfortunately the geniuses at DICE decided to place the fore gun next to part of the ship's towers so it's FOV is limited. The blind side that is blocked is also the side most jets come from so often times the fore gun is useless.