close air support

[drunken sailor]

im sure a ton of ppl will agree with me i play as infantry a lot and theres always a tank around me and i ask for close air support and no one helps. i think close air support should be a bigger part of the game what do u think

[zone36]

Re: close air support

if I'm flying an aircraft, and someone spots a tank or an APC for me, I'm always rolling in on it.

CAS should be the main mission of every pilot in the air during a round.

[drunken sailor]

Re: close air support

yea especially chopper pilots they always capture flags instead of supporting a squad

[saltburn]

Re: close air support

if I'm flying an aircraft, and someone spots a tank or an APC for me, I'm always rolling in on it.

CAS should be the main mission of every pilot in the air during a round.

WRONG.
you don't know how this game works, do you?
jets > heli > armor > infantry

If the jet pilot keeps their jets and helicopters down the heli will rape any armor. if people didn't suck and knew how the game is supposed to be played it would be a lot more fun. :hmm:

[[77th]Balas]

Re: close air support

WRONG.
you don't know how this game works, do you?
jets > heli > armor > infantry

If the jet pilot keeps their jets and helicopters down the heli will rape any armor. if people didn't suck and knew how the game is supposed to be played it would be a lot more fun. :hmm:

Um. while thats true and effective way to play a defensive roll with your jets, using jets and helos as CAS vehicals is much more helpful to the infantry in the short run. When a heli is raping infantry its good that a jet or another heli may come in to take it out, but other than that keeping jets and helicopters as close air support to keep tanks and some infantry off the back of your own is going to make things move much quicker on the ground.

[ConscriptVirus]

Re: close air support

yes air support..i always love those movies when theres a dire battle going on and it all ends when a few jets drop a few bombs (ie A bridge too far and Tears of the sun)

[imported_TheDragon]

Re: close air support

our clan ROCKS because of team tactics
jets kill jets
helos kill armor
armor kills troops
troops take flags

[Chris_Redfield]

Re: close air support

People should have thought about that before asking helos to be nerfed. Now close-in air support is available to you ONLY if youve cleared the area, which makes close-in air support kind of useless anyway, since youre doing all the work already...

[Unorignal]

Re: close air support

our clan ROCKS because of team tactics
jets kill jets
helos kill armor
armor kills troops
troops take flags

All the enemy has to do is hide in a blackhawk and your war machine is foiled! muhahaha

[USI_Krusher]

Re: close air support

our clan ROCKS because of team tactics
jets kill jets
helos kill armor
armor kills troops
troops take flags

Agreed, with one little exception. If I'm in the bomber, and I see a cluster of 3 or 4 armors capping a flag, I'll gladly stray to drop the 5-pack and get the

M-M-M-M-Monster Kill! (Oh wait, that was in Unreal Tournament)

[imported_TheDragon]

Re: close air support

Agreed, with one little exception. If I'm in the bomber, and I see a cluster of 3 or 4 armors capping a flag, I'll gladly stray to drop the 5-pack and get the

M-M-M-M-Monster Kill! (Oh wait, that was in Unreal Tournament)

oh = I absolutely agree with you
I was just making the example simple
we actually use the fighter to keep the air "safe"
our best fighter (my son )
often gets up to 70/0 KDR in a game (avg about 40-50/3-5)
then the 2 seat bomber owns the armor
(especially if the laser is tracking ! )

we often send in squads to cap flags
NOTHING is MORE satisfying (well to us anyway :P)
than to have an attack helo "on station" covering the backside of a tank
that is sitting about 3 'flag radius' out from the flag
(and of course - extra sweet if tank whacks the AA)
then the troops show up in high speed buggies and/or helo drops
ah. combined arms - when used right = no defense

then as we roll them back to a few flags
pure destruction on the last ones
and of course, all orchestrated by the Commander

BTW
the scenario we described above is our normal tactic
not just a 'dream scenario'
one more thing that makes it all even BETTER
is when we have server visitors (ie not just clan guys)
participating WITH us, works as long as they squad up
and/or get on Voip or our free Ventrilo
it is really rewarding to hear the visitors comment they have never had so much fun as with our clan style of team play, then come back again and again, often bringing friends and even their clan mates

ps
no insult intended to other clans that might play as we do

[XmetallicaXguitarstX]

Re: close air support

I have pretty much given up on bombing the spotted tanks.

Do you know why?

EVERY ****ing time I bomb one, I get at least 2 teamkills... EVERY time..

I just don't understand the logic... you spot the tank in hopes of the jet bombing it, and you have a good 10 seconds to run away.. but no... oh lets just stand near the tank... hide under it ffs....oh nothing will happen.


"OMG the stoopid jet pilet jst bombeD m,E!@ WTF"

And then he punishes me..

I mean WTF? If you spot something, and stand near the tank, and then get TK'd by the very jet that was trying to save you, and you PUNISH him... wtf?



So I don't bomb spotted tanks anymore unless someone on ventrilo wants me to do it.

I will bomb any tank, but if it gets spotted, I know some dumb**** is going to be right near/under/on top of that armor, and I am going to get a TK, and he is going to punish... and probably even another guy.


..

[[STO] Killer Dragon]

Re: close air support

***** moen and complain 4tw? lol

[TP.BigBoss]

Re: close air support

when a tank shoots your plane down thats where the game borders on pathetic, im sure alot of people have seen this

[Hurricane.CAD]

Re: close air support

when a tank shoots your plane down thats where the game borders on pathetic, im sure alot of people have seen this

Erm, dont' fly so low and slow? I don't think it's the game's fault that you're getting shot down by a TANK in a plane...


...unless I'm misreading your statement.