Does EA know what "Lock-On" means?

[Teriander]

The missile system in BF2 just sucks. Period. AA, AG, and SAM, all suck in this game.

When I have a lock-on tone on a aircraft and I fire. My missile should go ONLY for that aircarft (without flares being dropped). Too many time I've had lets say 2 aircarft in the area, I lock on to the enemy, fire a missile, and it goes for the second aircraft that was in the area resulting in a friendly fire. EVEN THOUGH I CLEARLY HAD A LOCK ON THE ENEMY. That's just plain stupid. EA does not know what "locked on" means.

How many times have you shot down a friendly aircarft when you had lock on an enemy? Even if he doesn't flare, at least 1 of your missiles are going to start following another aircraft. And you're going to get punished for a teamkill. It's the last straw with me and this game. So many things piss me off with this game Im going to stop playing till a majority of them are fixed. It's not fun when it's just stupid.

EA should take advice from people in the military who know a thing or 2 about weapons and the way they work. Im not going to list all the problems with the weapons in this game because then you'll be reading a book. But you know how much they all suck or are just plain retarded. Im quiting till this game gets some issues worked out.

[shadow_wolf]

apparently it doesnt mean lock on in as much a literal sense as it means "well...you have a better chance of hitting it now than before...but good luck"

[Yezo]

Well I'm sure the missles in the military are much different, but I think EA did for some maps such as the zatar-wetlands which have burning oil crude towers, in which pilots can utilize to distrupt your lock by making it lock onto the fire instead.

[DeathGiver]

Bye. This game has its problems i agree but its just the love for the BF series that keeps me playing BF2.

[StlouisSniper]

You have to love the fact that the missles have a better shot of hitting your teammates aircraft rather then the enemys that you have locked on. lol

[gx.]

i thinl the bfv f-4 rockets are best

[shadow_wolf]

I find that while stinger missles arent the best, air-to-air rockets from planes are pretty good.

[NoConflict]

you are so right, there will me a smoking airplane commign at my AA, fire 2 missiles while locked on, get out run away, BOOM im dead

[MeatPie]

I think they should purposely allow you to lock on to friendly aircraft only. I think that is the only way to take down enemies with AA

[UnrealAlex]

Is it just me or are they heat seaking missiles ? Thus if they miss and theres another heat source in front of them they will attract to it I think

[IVfluids]

ive actually rarely ever had it **** up on me unless it literally misses my intended target, as in, he out turns it. that, and i dont rely on the missels as the answer to everything, i use the maingun on it about 70% of the time, maybe more.

if it misses, it will veer off. if you shoot it from a long ways away and there is something closer, it will veer off.

[Shroom420]

Well I'm sure the missles in the military are much different, .

I don't know about that if they are american i wouldn't put it past them

[Handy388]

they are 50's heatseeking missiles, and those FF kill actually happened. one chinese pilot turned so the taiwainese pilot's missile locked onto the engine of another teammate's aircraft.

[Dr-X]

Firstly, yes this is an arcade game, and the missiles are not meant to simulate real missiles - if they did, you'd find it very difficult to even acquire a lock, let alone hit anything. And the missiles in this game are heat seekers - which means that if there's a stronger heat source around (eg, flares, burning oil towers, another air craft using afterburners), the missile will be attracted to the biggest source of heat. So if there's an enemy using idle thrusters, and next to him a friendly using afterburners, it will seek the afterburners.

Besides which, I really dont know where you're coming from. I've NEVER had a missile seek a friendly, in all my time using the stingers.

[dmonkey]

I have the problem with jets, an enemy banks hard on my missile, and a teammate happens to fly by.... Bam, teamkill, punish, BS.