Why no Mobile Stinger kit?

[Cytrode]

I mean, stingers and IGLA are ineffective as is anyway. Why can't a class carry a mobile stinger kit?(Preferably anti armor, as they have the fewest weapons) This would give some land to air defense if a helo went to rape a base that didn't have its own stationary AA. I just don't see why EA didn't put this in.

[1Sgt.Kenny-R2K]

Re: Why no Mobile Stinger kit?

If the choppers let out unlimited flares with no reloading like in Joint Operations then they would of put the stinger in. Can you imagine if we had stingers with the slow flare realoding? You wouldnt be able to fly at all in a chopper and chances are in a jet you would be shot down most of the time with 10 stingers always on you.

[downthesun]

Re: Why no Mobile Stinger kit?

^ He has a very good point.

[BiG_F0X]

Re: Why no Mobile Stinger kit?

But there is a balance, if there are 10 people with stinger kits all trying to take down the helicopter, there are less classes that are best used against ground troops and so your team should be able to overrun the opposition on the ground. (possibly anyway)

[3Libras]

Re: Why no Mobile Stinger kit?

As cool as it sounds, I don't think it would work. I think in order to counter air superiority we just need better stationary AA. We have to remember that air-based vehicles fly for a reason- They are modern, and they are fearsome in reality. But it is just a game. We need a way to be able to take down jets if you really focus on them (other than hopping into another jet) but not enough so that flying is a lost cause.

[Brick Hit House]

Re: Why no Mobile Stinger kit?

I like(d) the poe way of doing this: Just a couple of aa kits dotted about the maps you could pick up. They were accurate too, & pilots never new where they were being shot from as you could move & hide.

I was the bain of many chopper pilots lives!!

[BirdKiller]

Re: Why no Mobile Stinger kit?

After playing BF2 for over 200 hours, I simply cannot believe how I could avoid missiles in PoE/BF:V without any missile/radar warnings.

[rtgbs7k]

Re: Why no Mobile Stinger kit?

I would like to see a counter measure to everything. And yes, by that I mean either funtional anti-air assets or stingers or whatever. Same goes for tanks, C4, birds, puntures etc........

I recon that by the time I'm tired of playing games this will, by then only, be in the games

[Krypp596]

Re: Why no Mobile Stinger kit?

imagine all the guys using the AA-kit, choppers and planes would have no chance...

[rtgbs7k]

Re: Why no Mobile Stinger kit?

imagine all the guys using the AA-kit, choppers and planes would have no chance...

yes and then imagine some assault team come in and role every aa-guy over and take the game. it will be like you say the first 5 min maybe...

[glasseye]

Re: Why no Mobile Stinger kit?

on average every 5th stinger shot will hit a chopper if it does nothing to avoid it and every 20th will hit a jet flying low and slow in a straight line that drops no flares.

[Talus]

Re: Why no Mobile Stinger kit?

I liked how it was in BFV...an anti-air kit makes sense.

I felt pretty powerless against infantry because all I had was a pistol. So if an entire CP is full of anti-air troops trying to take out one jet or chopper, than infantry can easily charge in and wipe them out.

I think it would be a decent balance.

At first..EVERYBODY would choose the anti-air kit. But then, only a handful of people would use it as their main kit.

[shadow_wolf]

Re: Why no Mobile Stinger kit?

they midas well put stingers in, if theyre as accurate as the stationary stingers then it shouldnt be a problem...they wont hit anyways lol

[The_Misfit]

Re: Why no Mobile Stinger kit?

The stinger kit in DC blew...it was basically a low-powered SRAW. The SA-7 in BF-V was much better...had plenty of fun hanging out the back of a trasnport helo firing the SA-7 at unsuspecting Cobras.

I would tend to agree with an earlier poster... Helos have a hard enough time with AA (yes, even those IGLA's can pwn a helo). The flares take forever. Between Jets, mobile AA, and stationary AA flying a helo can be tricky. A full 64 player Dragon Valley can be frustrating if there's people dedicated to taking the helos down.

I do think that AA has issues trying to take down Jets....any changes though will need to take in account the helos as well...

[viper1431]

Re: Why no Mobile Stinger kit?

imagine all the guys using the AA-kit, choppers and planes would have no chance...

But you could say the same for tanks, with all the people using the AT-kit tanks stand no chance. But the reality is than tanks can survive quite well in the game. So there is no reason why suddenly everyone would use the AA kit and wait for aircraft anymore than people who use the AT kit and wait for tanks.