chopper dodging

[predragjanjic]

hey predrag.
I was your gunner when james started bitching. why? because we owned him many times. actually he started bitching AFTER the round was over, during the next round. how can you say your gunners kept missing?? I hit nearly every single shot in range. I think we dealt him at least 10 or 12 kills during that round and maybe he killed us half of that. I even complimented you on your flying and said it was a relief from the boring playing style of constant ranging seen on the ATG server.

I remember he challenged us on the choppers mayhem server after cause he was pissed, and he said that on chopper mayhem is "where we play good" - yeah as if he wasn't trying against us on the ATG server. he even had phil as his pilot the whole round.

I registered on here just to respond to your thread cause I found his argument very funny. Anyway I added you on xfire so we can chop sometime.

oh thats right lol but I think I had another gunner after you tho, I dont remember, didnt you leave? I didnt really care if my gunner was hiting or not :) I just wanted to show him how dodging is done lol

you had some good shots btw, will definetly play together again

[SuperTrooper]

yeah I was on jamesdownes team once, i joined his squad and got in his chopper and he said "Oi yu fookin noob oim numbah 3 in chopper in the world." i was like ok, then he parked me in front of his boyfriend to tk me out lol... lets just say they regretted it.

[predragjanjic]

yeah I was on jamesdownes team once, i joined his squad and got in his chopper and he said "Oi yu fookin noob oim numbah 3 in chopper in the world." i was like ok, then he parked me in front of his boyfriend to tk me out lol... lets just say they regretted it.

lol reminds me of that one time when that german kid that used to be number one did the same thing to me

I forgot his name, lets just say he regretted it to

[Sloi sauce]

Let's face it: they're top-ranked only because of how many hours they've logged. ****ty ratios overall from many in the top 100...

[proto]

If you line up two objects, with the distance between them equal to 3.5 seconds of tv-missile-flight in a straight line then you would hit the target. If, however, you jerk around the flightpath in various directions the range (measured in meters or seconds doesn't matter) will increase, therefor you would plain not hit the thing you're aiming at.

I know this, that's simple geometry.

I was trying to figure out the ACTUAL range in meters.

[DOGGiE52]

I remember he challenged us on the choppers mayhem server after cause he was pissed, and he said that on chopper mayhem is "where we play good" - yeah as if he wasn't trying against us on the ATG server. he even had phil as his pilot the whole round.

LOL phil is a fat tard... None of these maniax guys are any good EXCEPT ellips. I am both gunning and piloting for this guy, and he is amazing. I can take him out, he can take me out, but he's honestly the only skilled guy in maniax.

[predragjanjic]

just found james' youtube profile and he put all his chopper vids as his fav vids and he calls him self an ace player, do I need to say more :|:

[Alex6714]

In my opinion, ranging is the smartest thing a helicopter pilot/soloer can do: if executed properly, it effectively nullifies the opposition's chance of scoring a hit. It may not be the prettiest maneuver, but it's the most efficient in terms of survival.

I'm not mentioning helicopter ground work because that's an entirely different scenario. If you're not hindered/being challenged by a competent enemy chopper, feel free to be a sky ninja and using the ground and objects as cover. You have to adapt.

Switch up your tactics once in a while: range for a few kills, be a ninja for the next little bit... keep him guessing. Soon enough, he'll really stay back and b*tch. But anyway...

Yes, it takes more skill to navigate around ground objects while simultaneously fighting/hiding from another heli, but that's just obvious. It comes down to whether or not it's the intelligent solution to the problem: you're expending a lot more energy than he is... interpret that any way you want.

I completely agree. How is "ranging" cheap or bad in any way? I think it is one of the most intelligent ways of flying with the threat of ground vehicles and AA. Makes him harder to hit? Isn´t that the whole point of it all?

Yes, I am a PR player/realism fan.

[Skaggy]

I'm a "ninja-style" pilot, most of the time. But it does depend on the map/situation.

In the chopper server I frequent, ranging is the norm. And when someone tries something different, players start whining...

[Mo0by]

How many more chopper threads can turn to a soloing discussion? I was quite enjoying reading until about half way down page 3.

[Sloi sauce]

Soloing is where it's at, homie

[DOGGiE52]

I'm a "ninja-style" pilot, most of the time. But it does depend on the map/situation.

In the chopper server I frequent, ranging is the norm. And when someone tries something different, players start whining...

True :) ... Speaking of that chopper server, has anyone noticed some weird hitdetection? I can't seem to hit half my shots, most of them being clear and obvious hits (on the hitbox ofc, i am not one of those "omfg it went through"-whiners).

[Sloi sauce]

True :) ... Speaking of that chopper server, has anyone noticed some weird hitdetection? I can't seem to hit half my shots, most of them being clear and obvious hits (on the hitbox ofc, i am not one of those "omfg it went through"-whiners).

Yes. I've noticed... the hitbox seems to lag a little farther back, or at least, isn't consistently lagging behind, if that makes sense to you.

[Skaggy]

True :) ... Speaking of that chopper server, has anyone noticed some weird hitdetection? I can't seem to hit half my shots, most of them being clear and obvious hits (on the hitbox ofc, i am not one of those "omfg it went through"-whiners).

Meh, don't gun too much anyway so I never notice...:p
I can't gun at all tbh, remember when I hit those two obstacles one after another! :laugh:

Anyway, Ninja stylie pilots FTW!

[LaikaSB]

Dunno but lately Ive been having more shots go through than usual. Same thing with lag and TV bugs.

Yesterday my team nearly lost a round of wake because the missile got all laggy while I was aiming for an incoming BH. Missed that damn thing TWICE and as a result my team was stuck defending the airfield for the rest of the round. We pulled a 7-0 victory though.