Is the SHarqi TOW cheap?

[dBs]

Re: Is the SHarqi TOW cheap?

I think its fine. That comparison that was made about the hotel glitch is apples and oranges. The hotel glitch is just dropping a car and driving. This actually takes a fair bit of time to practice, plus you need to remember the spawn timings. This requires skill.

You know, the more I play competatively the more I see a lot of these complained about tactics as being valid =/

[N2K]

Re: Is the SHarqi TOW cheap?

Get your commander to drop arty on that area before you take off, or a car.

[Fadediesel]

Re: Is the SHarqi TOW cheap?

It's the same on Ghost town, the USMC can hit the chopper too. Really sucks.

Heh, I can feel your pain.

[OCl]

Re: Is the SHarqi TOW cheap?

There are hundreds of ways to destroy the TOW at Hotel. USE your HEAD. It's there for a reason.

[tlniec]

Re: Is the SHarqi TOW cheap?

I can't do it, but I don't think it's cheap. In fact, if someone killed me that way, I would probably just tell 'em "nice shot" and move on.

[N2K]

Re: Is the SHarqi TOW cheap?

There are hundreds of ways to destroy the TOW at Hotel. USE your HEAD. It's there for a reason.

They might nurf it to a pillow shooter.

[Slocum]

Re: Is the SHarqi TOW cheap?

After a while of practice i can do it, but i have never tryed it in a game.

As for it being valid or not, i would have to say it is perfectly fine. It takes time to learn, and even once you do learn it, it is still pretty tuff.

[xhailofgunfirex]

Re: Is the SHarqi TOW cheap?

Ive seen a guy who had a counter to the tow, somehow he knew where to postion himself from the mec base and hit the tow with his eryx all the way across.

[Kooper]

Re: Is the SHarqi TOW cheap?

Its cheap IF you can spawn quick at the hotel before it starts to spin up.

In the end being the TOW shooter you have to be quite lucky. Not in the aiming department but in the timing of it. I've actually shot pilots that were stupid enough to come directing across from the heli pad to the tow and got them midway across the bay.

If you want to be able to get away from the tow what you can do is slide the heli across as its starting up. ie. tilt it back and to the side. Normally the tow will miss. This does depend on the technique that the tow shooter is using though.

In the end though, if you get show more than once with it then what the hell is the rest of your team doing? Hotel is one of the edge flags, it should have been attacked fairly early on by your "team mates" or are they also lining up for the helo?

[ROCKETt]

Re: Is the SHarqi TOW cheap?

Ive seen a guy who had a counter to the tow, somehow he knew where to postion himself from the mec base and hit the tow with his eryx all the way across.

ya, well i can fire my ak from the southern mec spawn at a certain pixel and it will hit the tow guy....providing hes manning the tow of course

[[MyIS]Dan]

Re: Is the SHarqi TOW cheap?

Its great to do :)

Helps your team to win :P

[sarb]

Re: Is the SHarqi TOW cheap?

its kinda annoying, but ya, its part of the game, so what can you do?

you can also hit a helo at the tv station too if its hoovering around it

[xhailofgunfirex]

Re: Is the SHarqi TOW cheap?

ya, well i can fire my ak from the southern mec spawn at a certain pixel and it will hit the tow guy....providing hes manning the tow of course

Cept the eryx kills the tow in one shot, in this case its what he was able to do, if you can figure out the pixel shot for the other direction then theres a counter for the tow and no need to whine. Also if the tow person is aiming for the rotors then you can have a guy stand on the cockpit and take the tow hit, ive done it for my team b4.

[Technikal]

Re: Is the SHarqi TOW cheap?

What defense does a tank have against a TV missle from a jet?

Just dodge hit

[.Churr.]

Re: Is the SHarqi TOW cheap?

Just dodge hit

Jets don't fire TV-Missiles. But you see, choppers do and really there is little you can do about it - mostly run. Same thing with jet bombs, etc.

THJones' comparison though is senseless: The Hotel thing is a glitch, it's not part of the game and you are not supposed to get in the wall. Plus you are invincible once you are inside. Pixel shots need training and besides you can kill people doing them, this is the most important of all.