New AA ?!

[MrBenis]

Re: New AA ?!

Exactly that! More hits!
That is what I noticed too and I was so surprised to actually shoot down a J10. How often that happens with ground AA?!
And the lock-on time seems to be reduced as well.
If it’s true, this is the best change 1.4 has so far.

1.2 was still the best, by far.

[lun4tic]

Re: New AA ?!

we need portable aa as anti tank person or anti plane kit.. pilots know by now all the spots of fixed aa.. taking 3 hits to kill a plane .. noone like to sit in aa .. plane get light up.. it runs off.. out of range... then turns back and goes straight for the aa gunner.. he manage to shoot 2 missles... plane health down to 1/3 aa gunner dead.. plane flies back to base repairs reloads and flies off again... in a AA yur a sitting duck.

[Roger Smith]

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I've had a swing in a Linebacker in 1.4, not much different, though I did notice more connecting hits.

AA still needs a range increase of 100m or so..

yeap. aside from actually fixing the mechanics of aa, these things need to happen:

-boost aa range 100 meters or so
-remove the target box from the stinger for jets
-give essex like 200-300 meter boost in range, or give it radar

[imported_Rafterman]

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Personally I don't think we'll be seeing any more gameplay tweaks - what we have is what we have - but I agree that ground AA range needs to be increased. FFS, if you can see the target, you should be able to lock onto it. It's hard enough to take down a jet when you have a lock.

[=IMO=THJones]

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aa is still the same, you would think 2 stingers would bring down any jet or helo, heck often in real life one will do the trick

[Lazza66]

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yeap. aside from actually fixing the mechanics of aa, these things need to happen:

-boost aa range 100 meters or so
-remove the target box from the stinger for jets
-give essex like 200-300 meter boost in range, or give it radar

Yep, even the mobile AA IRL has a 40km target acquisition range, and 8 to 10km effective range with the missiles. The 350m BF2 range with no radar is pathetic, but then so is the flying ceiling, and the bomber lock ranges.

In effect the whole flight system was flawed at the outset in that the map sizes are too small, and the flight ceiling too low to give aircraft / AA a believable and fair in game representation.

I believe the view distance limit of only 600m also limits what aircraft / AA etc. can do.

Personally I don't think we'll be seeing any more gameplay tweaks - what we have is what we have - but I agree that ground AA range needs to be increased. FFS, if you can see the target, you should be able to lock onto it. It's hard enough to take down a jet when you have a lock.

Yeah it's ridiculous, I can have a jet circling me, the jet is so close it's 1 inch wide on my screen, yet the AA can't see and lock, WTF?

[Zer0ed-In]

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I don't really understand why a change like this would be made w/o the devs declaring it as one being official?

[imported_Dingdong]

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i almsot think they changed it to caz i was in a j-10 and i got blown away by a little ground unit where i can normally escarpe and kill him later... and i shot a heli 2 times never blew up...

[Teh_Diplomat]

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Good thing, now I'll get a challenge on Wake in my J-10.

[Roger Smith]

Re: New AA ?!

Lazza66, plz read the air combat thread im my sig, it has everything you just mentioned.