Faulty's Helicopter Gunners tips

[imported_Striker]

Good info here - Thanks :)

[imported_Rafterman]

Now, how about a pilots guide?

I'm a pretty good gunner, but it totally pisses me off to have a pilot who's more worried about flying around than giving his gunner good targets.

And don't even get me started on the TV missle -- I've had bots give me better target pictures than real pilots. Most of the time the target is off the screen before I can even pull up the TV hud.

[imported_xRandoMx]

Definitely fly in gun mode and switch to tv mode when an appropriate target presents itself. Drives me insane to fly over infantry and the gunner does nothing but play with himself in tv mode. I tend to think of the tv missile as the anti-helicopter, anti-aa weapon, to be used mostly defensively. Anything else we can deal with at our leisure with rockets and cannon fire.

When I purposely setup the gunner for a missile shot, I always do it at fairly long range. If I am in close, he is just gonna have to take what he can get because dodging trees, eryx, rammers, etc. takes priority at that point.

[imported_ColonelPanic]

I coulda swore you could move the TV missile without clicking. A flick of the wrist on the mouse seemed to make it move in a different direction for me. I might be mistaken though.

[Forest]

I coulda swore you could move the TV missile without clicking. A flick of the wrist on the mouse seemed to make it move in a different direction for me. I might be mistaken though.

I was wondering that too. Does clicking make it change direction faster or something?

[Hugh G. Wrection]

I think it works the same way the AT rockets do, ie. you fire but keep the mouse button pressed down and then steer it a little in-flight by moving the cursor. Am I wrong?

[Stripper_Clown]

If you don't click the missle won't move. What I haven't tested is wether or not it moves if you click button never release the mouse button. Anyone know the answer to this?

[Sllutmonkey69]

If you don't click the missle won't move. What I haven't tested is wether or not it moves if you click button never release the mouse button. Anyone know the answer to this?

If you fire the TV missle and hole down the button you can move it by moving the mouse yes. But it seems to work differently than the AT missles. Do some testing. Fire a TV missile into space and then try to move it. You will find you can only move it 4 or 5 times? maybe less maybe more. Its moves in jerks, and then you can't controll it for like 10-15 seconds and then you can move it again.

I will have to test it clicking as I didn't know you could click move it either hehe :).

Also when in TV mode I don't think little X's show up on friendlys ... I think there is no way to tell. please post if you know a way.

[Forest]

Also when in TV mode I don't think little X's show up on friendlys ... I think there is no way to tell. please post if you know a way.

I've seen them show up before, so maybe they only show up when they are inside that box in the middle of the tv screen?

[Defy]

Allies show up as X's in TV guided , they show up, but you have to realize that the TV guided missle is probably the most powerful weapon in the game, so it may take time to master this weapon of mass destruction.

On a note to this topic, great guide, this will defentily be unvaluable to the new members to our site and to the community of Battlefield 2.

[Stripper_Clown]

I have seen the x's show up, but a lot of times they show up after I shoot the tv missle :cry:

[Relativity]

I have seen the x's show up, but a lot of times they show up after I shoot the tv missle :cry:

If they do that...pray and then move your target crosshairs into the top right corner of your screen and click like crazy to send that TV missle off track instead of hitting your bud :)

[FaultySanity]

I was wondering that too. Does clicking make it change direction faster or something?

Im not sure for everyone, but for me it changes direction when i click the mouse.

[masterwolf]

No1 Gunner Tip : - Find a Pilot That can Fly - i get so sick of gunship whores that cant fly to save themselves (and have the TK count to prove it!).

If your pilot is good (and there are not Ace Jetjockies on teh server) you can do some spectacular popup attacks with the TV missiles. Basically you find a hill somewhere overlooking a CP, pilot pops up you launch - pilot pops down while you guide the missile - works wonders at kubra dam!

[The Source]

I find that if I click once (lightly) an initial [+] appears marking where I am aiming...if I click again, then the missile launches. As you move to the target, keep clicking on the target to update the missile vector (you like that?). I don't know how effective holding the button is, but clicking a few times works for me. I have also found that I detonate on the ground often if I don't aim high enough (ie I put the plus right in the middle of the target).
The original post here seems to make sense, aim a little high.
Memorize where TOW and AA emplacements are. As a gunner attack these immediately. Often you can't see the TOW on the screen but if you know where it is, you can fire guns or a pre-emptive TV-Guided.