It's also why people prefer Mashtuur City and Sharqi as well. Even though the last two have helos, they don't have jets. Jets really ruin this game. If you're not in one, you can't kill one. If your team has really crappy and/or no pilots, then you just get raped by the one or two jets from the opposing team.
You can't shoot them down with the Stingers/IGLAs except by pure luck. You can't kill them with helos and/or any other vehicles except by pure luck as well. Against tanks we have AT kits. Even though an M1 is extremely powerful, 2-3 AT guys can take one down almost instantly. The jets don't have a counter like this.
If there were an AA kit that had a Stinger launcher with 2-3 backup missiles, and the missiles were about twice as effective as they are now, I'd say it would be fair to include jets in maps. Currently, were the Stinger/IGLA placements are, the area of coverage of the maps is horrible. You don't have direct view of the aircraft ingress/egress, no line of sight, and trees/buildings are *ALWAYS* in the way. I know it's designed like that on purpose. I just think it's a bad design descision.
Personally I think it would be a great idea to design more maps that are more limited in the way of vehicles. I'd love to see maps where the heaviest vehicles on the map is an LAV/BMP, with plenty of Humvees and buggies to get around in. You don't see anyone complaining about Humvees/buggies being overpowered. Everyone likes them. They're balanced, and it's fun.
A lot of damage can be dealt if you have a good driver/gunner in a Humvee. It surprises me that this is the only vehicle (not counting the MEC/Chinese counterparts) that requires a driver/gunner to be effective. I would have thought that DICE would have required at *least* a Driver/Gunner for the LAVs and MBTs.
A guy named Universal_Soldier and I were playing on Kubra Dam last night and we were both scoring over 100 each game by being a pilot/gunner in a Cobra. No voice comms, we just knew what we were doing and were both excellent pilots/gunners, so we knew what each other were thinking w/o requiring communication. I think that kind of teamwork should be rewarded. Jets don't need that kind of thing to be 100% effective.
Yeah, I know the F15s etc. have LGMs, but those suck compared to just using the bombs at low speed. By the time you can get a lock, you've already flown past your targets.
Anyway, jets suck. And not cause I get "pwned" by them. I can fly them and kill with them just as easily as anyone, but it's not fair and it's not fun.
You can't shoot them down with the Stingers/IGLAs except by pure luck. You can't kill them with helos and/or any other vehicles except by pure luck as well. Against tanks we have AT kits. Even though an M1 is extremely powerful, 2-3 AT guys can take one down almost instantly. The jets don't have a counter like this.
If there were an AA kit that had a Stinger launcher with 2-3 backup missiles, and the missiles were about twice as effective as they are now, I'd say it would be fair to include jets in maps. Currently, were the Stinger/IGLA placements are, the area of coverage of the maps is horrible. You don't have direct view of the aircraft ingress/egress, no line of sight, and trees/buildings are *ALWAYS* in the way. I know it's designed like that on purpose. I just think it's a bad design descision.
Personally I think it would be a great idea to design more maps that are more limited in the way of vehicles. I'd love to see maps where the heaviest vehicles on the map is an LAV/BMP, with plenty of Humvees and buggies to get around in. You don't see anyone complaining about Humvees/buggies being overpowered. Everyone likes them. They're balanced, and it's fun.
A lot of damage can be dealt if you have a good driver/gunner in a Humvee. It surprises me that this is the only vehicle (not counting the MEC/Chinese counterparts) that requires a driver/gunner to be effective. I would have thought that DICE would have required at *least* a Driver/Gunner for the LAVs and MBTs.
A guy named Universal_Soldier and I were playing on Kubra Dam last night and we were both scoring over 100 each game by being a pilot/gunner in a Cobra. No voice comms, we just knew what we were doing and were both excellent pilots/gunners, so we knew what each other were thinking w/o requiring communication. I think that kind of teamwork should be rewarded. Jets don't need that kind of thing to be 100% effective.
Yeah, I know the F15s etc. have LGMs, but those suck compared to just using the bombs at low speed. By the time you can get a lock, you've already flown past your targets.
Anyway, jets suck. And not cause I get "pwned" by them. I can fly them and kill with them just as easily as anyone, but it's not fair and it's not fun.
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