Too many pilots and gunners...

[Sacto_Smithers]

Re: Too many pilots and gunners...

I still have to work on piloting, but Id say Im above average as a gunner. I was playing Iron Gator the other day, and had a decent pilot, and we would fly around over to the MEC base to get the choppers after they got into the air, but the pilot wasnt good at finding/avoiding the Tunguska. After respawning a couple times, a different pilot beat that guy to the pilots seat, and he was a fantastic pilot. He was great at lining me up for shots, and I never noticed how much of a difference it makes when the pilots actually let the gunner handle getting the kills, instead of trying to missile everything themselves. We were unstoppable.

[Chris_Redfield]

Re: Too many pilots and gunners...

The so called "chopper pilots disorientation and malfunctional targeting syndrome" has a cause and a reason: gunners they dont know.

I can tell from my own personal experience, that when I have a gunner I know, I have a plan of engagement, plan of retreat and an idea of what I want to do on the field by simply looking at the map. I know what my gunner can do, so I know what I can do and what I SHOULD do.

When I fly a gunner I dont know, or even worse, a gunner who doesnt know jacksh!t about gunning, I just lose the initiative and go straight in, usually getting us both killed in a matter of minutes...