Jets, or no Jets

[(TM)KillJoy]

If the pilots are equal, then they will concentrate more on each other than on killing others. Equal jets changes nothing. btw I love to fly the jet the whole round for rounds long.



Translation: "I suck with the jets so they must suck".LOL 50 hours in jet ONLY to rank up?:laugh:

Actually, your translation sucks ...you should avoid making them, very poor.

I have never liked jets, so avoided learning them, and then to rank-up from Colonel, I needed to get at least 50 hours in them. So, I decided to give it a good effort, or chance to change my mind. After 50 hours, and becoming good enough with them to see, it didnt change my mind at all ..they suck.

[Axelfoley=NL=]

I'll consider an English course. :)

[DontKnockIt225]

Jets arnt for everyone. But i assume by colonel you know how to avoid jets, so what is the problem. If not then just take your time, use buildings for cover, be enginner if in tank, and dont play tank maps with bombers lol.

[DesertFalcon]

ok first off at suck with the jets. My all time K:d ratio with them is .8:1 allthough recently I have been getting better with the bombs going 2:1 but its just too annoying to have to go back to the carrer when I crash then having some *** hat see me wating and wanting to take my jet then after he takes it I get stuck way out of the action with a crappy kit.

For the most part I am a ground pounder howeverk, jets dont bother me one bit. Sure they do a number on my convoys but thats all a part of warfare. I really wish it would be more coordinated though Idd love to acctually be able to call in an air strike on enemy positions and have a bomb land right on target within 15 seconds.

[Teh_Diplomat]

Whatever makes the elitists, or I/O players cry more. I would assume that's Yes for Jet's, and Yes for solo'ing.

[Rugerdog]

Whatever makes the elitists, or I/O players cry more. I would assume that's Yes for Jet's, and Yes for solo'ing.

Your statement seems a bit contradictory

[_S3rH3nD_]

except max. 3 guys here(i believe 2) everyone that wrote in this topic suk in jets..
thats what my common pilot sense tells me
its proven to be %99.8 correct.

[imported_kiwi]

Sorry but this time you are wrong

[imported_Elder]

The thing is you can't remove jets, or any other aspect of the game for that matter, because the whole concept of BF2 is to incorporate all aspects of combat (ok they failed naval horribly). Let's face it, as an infantry game alone battlefield is terrible, as a tank simulator god awful, and as a flight sim it's a complete piece of ****. It's bringing togethor all these aspects that makes battlefield a decent game. That's why I never understood I/O. BF2 has to be bar none, the worst infantry based combat game out there.

That being said though, the jets are very imbalanced. Firstly against each other, and secondly against the ground. The AA in BF2 is laughable, BF42 and DC for vanilla BF accomplished a good balance and BF2 missed the mark big time. The rock-paper-scissors element that existed in the older installments doesn't exist in BF2. Aircraft have no equal other than each other. Combine this with a wide variety of pilot skill per team and it can lead to some very uneven match-ups.

[Solidsidious]

I'm not very good with jets my self but I dont mind the JET. It's the 5 are 10 ninnys out there that are just sitting are TKing each other for a F-35, cobra are what ever. The Jet adds a fun way to play and adds that cool boom when they fly over you.

The only reason the USMC lose at wake so much is because they have a safe air plane spawn. The PLA dont have this. They are all busy trying to defend they bases.

[jadebullet]

LoL i like how someone added "Groundpounders unite" at the end of their post. The original use of a ground pounder referred to bomber crews. :P

i have to say that, yes missiles are a pain but normally only from ground AA tanks. I fly alot because im a fan of flight sims and planes have always interested me. I rarely get shot down by other planes, though i do sometimes crash into things trying to out manuver them. One of the most fun things to do in BF2 (in my opinion) is to dogfight with a really good pilot. My missiles are normally only used to keep the enemy on his toes as a good pilot is able to dupe missiles even when his flares have run out. i normally find that most of my Air to Air kills are with the gun.

Also i can usually take out J-10s with my F-35 on a regular basis. You cant fly each plane the same as the others. The F-35 is slower but will usually out turn the J-10. you have to use this to your advantage and you will usualy get on the J-10's 6. Or you could have it follow you as you turn very close to either the ground or a mountain, it will usually nosedive right in. Its a shame that you cant "cobra" with the F-35 in this game. (cobraing is where you put all thrust into the VTOL mode and pull up sharply before dropping the nose and gunning the throttle in flight mode when the enemy shoots past you) BTW if you are using the F-35 dont use the hover mode. it is useless. Oh and when it comes to taking out helocopters i find it to be a real pain. I have to line up well in advance or i wont have enought time to full you with lead. lol. i prefer dogfighting and taking out tanks to fighting choppers. Also I prefer the F-15 and its equivilants to the smaller fighters. I usually can shoot more people down in them than the F-18.

[Axelfoley=NL=]

Lots of people underestimate F35's. While if you know what it's power is, it is a very good jet.

[finc.hairy]

Jets. Nuff said.

[DontKnockIt225]

That's why I never understood I/O. BF2 has to be bar none, the worst infantry based combat game out there.

I assume your a vehical whore. lol
bf2 infantry offers many things other infantry games do not.
Larger maps, with spread out bases
Spawn points
Kick on weapons (cod4 dont have this)
Squads with squad leader
ability to destroy UAV

I'd write more but i assume this will prove the point. I assume you whore vehicals that are pretty much skilless in comparison to the k/d ratio. lol

Your opinion is about as valid as an i/o whore's opinon on vehicals.

[waaah_wah]

Kick on weapons (cod4 dont have this)

Huh..? You mean the recoil?