I feel impelled to write a chopper thread..

[Kayback]

And how do you shoot back at airstrikes?

At least an AC-130, like I suggested, would prevent more airstrikes and heli's accumulating.

It would also be more of a decision. At the moment I hit 6, click somehwere almost random on the map, pick up about 4 kills and grenade my way to another heli. Wash rinse repeat.

KBK

[Babymax]

The only map where chopper is of any use, is in Ambush. Well, and sh!tment.

Bog's pretty terrible as well. Even if the opposing team starts lighting up my helo, I can see their location and just chuck nades at them from halfway across the map.

[GrossKopf]

Whenever your toe sticks out or even if your elbow is visible, you become a target to the chopper. Which is why often a simple roof on top of ones head isnt enough. If even the slightest part of you is visible, you will be shot at.

Even on ranked servers, you can adjust how much of a player has to be exposed for the chopper to be able to target the player. We've increase this number and decreased the helo's armor on the FLOT servers and it works out well.

[bajsglad]

what if when there is allready a chopper in the air and you get a seven kill streak, you could call in your own chopper to shoot down the otherone....eyh??

[troybob]

And how do you shoot back at airstrikes?

At least an AC-130, like I suggested, would prevent more airstrikes and heli's accumulating.

It would also be more of a decision. At the moment I hit 6, click somehwere almost random on the map, pick up about 4 kills and grenade my way to another heli. Wash rinse repeat.

KBK

an airstrike lasts all of 3 seconds. no you can't shoot at it. an ac-130 would float around for.....well you never really said how long it should float around.

I say increase the count to call these things in - AND - allow pure servers to the option to disable any or all 3 of those kill-streak perks.

[waaah_wah]

Airstrikes are fine, chopters can be annoying as hell when they kill you inside a building when it sees your toe sticking out:s

[Webs961]

I play on the larger servers, so I know how annoying those things are (although, of course, I love them when it's my chopper up there laying the beat down).

I don't know about the rest of you, but whenever I get an airstrike on a 50 man server, I go find a nice secluded corner and slam the 6 key until I can call the thing in. Then, once I pick up those 2 extra kills, I go back to the same corner and slam the 6 key until my chopper comes in.


I must concur on the point that both teams need to be able to send a chopper up at the same time, and they both fight each other in the air until one goes down. That way, your infantry on the ground can focus on killing each other instead of worrying about the chopper.

[Kodakk]

What's really cheap is the ability to:

Use an airstrike to get a chopper, wait until you die to use it, rack up 5 kills, get another airstrike, repeat.

[L3adcannon]

On large servers I usually kill myself after I get airstrike, then use it to get another one. Then I use it to get the chopper, suicide and repeat.

Pretty funny when you keep calling in airstrikes and choppers one after another. Makes ppl wtf?.

[MechaManguskahn]

I found this one hardcore server where the chopper's armor was very weak. Though it still had the offensive punch, about 20 RPD rounds (with Stopping Power and Deep Impact) would take it down. I really liked that server because the others I would be constantly hunted by the helicopter and spend entire magazines trying to take them down. Its like it was only going after me some games...

Are there any weak points on the chopper? I know the tail rotor gives out when it dies, so does attacking certain parts on the chopper cause more damage?

I still think you should earn points for killing choppers, and not just the fly swatter challenge.

[Dan2k3k4]

Choppers are good if their health was tweaked, otherwise the only way to kill them is to switch to the default assault slot and use the grenade launcher to take it out (or an rpg but grenade launchers seem easier to aim with)

Tbh, it should be if you die 5 times in a row without a kill get an airstrike, if you die 7 times in a row get a chopper... thus being like an automatic handicap addition...

[troybob]

Tbh, it should be if you die 5 times in a row without a kill get an airstrike, if you die 7 times in a row get a chopper... thus being like an automatic handicap addition...

Think about that though: People would just run out into the open as a suicide run 5 times over in order to get an airstrike.

On large servers I usually kill myself after I get airstrike, then use it to get another one. Then I use it to get the chopper, suicide and repeat.

exactly why this needs attention. too many children :p