Stingers: Useless or Underappreciated?

[ApexAZ]

Pubs don't mean anything.

You give me a private server and I will fly vs 5 of your aa and see how well you do.

[[LG]Cataclysm]

Against a Helicopter: they're almost balanced...maybe a bit underpowered.

Against a Jet: you might as well be flinging goat dung into the air...you aint hitting sh*t against a jet.

ROFL

Vs. helis, they're OK. They aren't very good at guiding themselves, but if you DO hit them, they do reasonable DMG.

Vs. Aircraft, ROFLCOPTERMFAOLOLZERSKATES forget it.

[Yuf]

Underappreciated. People don't know how to use them.

[imported_Ares]

I find that stingers are just for show to scare off helos by giving them a lock on tone.

[ApexAZ]

Underappreciated. People don't know how to use them.

This is how I use them.

I try and get the lock as early as possible. I wait for them to flare and I wait for them to fly over so that I'm now shooting behind them. I try and lead a bit w/out losing the lock to help direct the rocket closer to the aircraft. I fire two missiles and I get a TK because somehow they found the helo getting ready to take off a mile away at the friendly helo pad (This is no joke, I've seen it happen).

Am I doing it wrong?

Honestly, I don't hardly use them because of the TK's, but I do know that I never get shot down by them.

[Foxtrot]

You give me a private server and I will fly vs 5 of your aa and see how well you do.

It isn't about how well you do, it is about you having to worry about the stingers. Every time you drop into range on the stinger, you have to bomb that instead of another target, making you almost useless to your team.

[ApexAZ]

It isn't about how well you do, it is about you having to worry about the stingers. Every time you drop into range on the stinger, you have to bomb that instead of another target, making you almost useless to your team.

True but I usually just gun them down so I can proceed to kill the tank.

Pretty easy to get ya with guns when you're lit up like a christmas tree below me. Mobile AA is a little harder, but they ARE vulnerable to the cannons and I can and will gun them.

It was pretty challenging to gun people in AA in BF'42, but now it's cake 'cause you get the icon.

Also, if I'm sure it's not a plane locking onto me, I will often use the flare and proceed to bomb my target and then focus on the AA. The co-pilot seat in the bombers is amazing too. You can wreak havoc in that.

[StormRavn]

there only good for lockin onto a enemey air asset then takin a wide detour and blowin up the first friendly air asset they see so yea there pretty useless there lock feature is not accurate and needs to be addressed.

[[SIC]Squirrel.Lt.Col.]

This is how I use them.

I try and get the lock as early as possible. I wait for them to flare and I wait for them to fly over so that I'm now shooting behind them. I try and lead a bit w/out losing the lock to help direct the rocket closer to the aircraft. I fire two missiles and I get a TK because somehow they found the helo getting ready to take off a mile away at the friendly helo pad (This is no joke, I've seen it happen).

Am I doing it wrong?

Honestly, I don't hardly use them because of the TK's, but I do know that I never get shot down by them.

that happens to me so much i cant even stand it that is y with a strait fire missile it would dissapear in the air instead of lockin on to a friendly

[BurnTheWeed]

Would you guys say that are better than the stingers in BFV, how about DCX?

[Mailman]

I think they are somewhat below par on effectiveness. I know how to use them pretty well but they just arent powerful enough.

[[SIC]Squirrel.Lt.Col.]

ya they r powerful but they just wont hit the target

[ApexAZ]

that happens to me so much i cant even stand it that is y with a strait fire missile it would dissapear in the air instead of lockin on to a friendly

Yep.

I've SEEN it happen to someone else.

I was MEC on gulf of oman waiting for a plane to respawn and out of nowhere, 2 stinger missiles hit the chopper getting ready to take off and whoever shot them was charged with 2 TK's.

It's ridiculous.

[ApexAZ]

Would you guys say that are better than the stingers in BFV, how about DCX?

I honestly don't remember the stingers in BFV but I remember getting shot down more often it seemed.

DC were great. It took a bit more skill to master them, but at least you could kill planes once you learned how to use them.

[BurnTheWeed]

I honestly don't remember the stingers in BFV but I remember getting shot down more often it seemed.

DC were great. It took a bit more skill to master them, but at least you could kill planes once you learned how to use them.

I remember in BFV they had more of a chance for hitting Friendlies, believe it or not. Many times I would target the heli/jet and fire only to have the missile turn 90 degrees inside my launcher and attack a heli I can't even see. At least now they go fairly straight until they wildly miss and attack a friendly. lol But with BFV, if you got a hit the heli damn well knew it, and planes were fair game.

DCX (the later releases) had a guided missile built around an invisible cone that would move towards any enemy that entered it's radius. It actually worked fairly well if it did look a little strange (kind a like a stuttering lag when in the air). Planes would out-maneuver if they turned in time, and the target had to be in a certain radius of your crosshair for it to track on, but for the most part it worked like a slightly better DC stinger (which only shoots straight).