Ground to Air missiles since 1.12 patch

[donpost]

Has anyone else noticed a HUGE improvement? I can now take down planes with ease with the IGLA/Stinger. It's amazing!

[WarGimp]

Re: Ground to Air missiles since 1.12 patch

I was playing with 'em a little last night... there did seem to be some improvement, but I couldn't tell if it was "real" or not. I thought I coulda just been getting lucky.

[CaptainPuffy]

Re: Ground to Air missiles since 1.12 patch

I've been having problems with CTD when I try to connect to a server. I could only connect to a server sucesfully 1/3rd of the time. After installing 1.12 I havent had the problem once. Also my verifying client data took about half of the time. Even if there isn't any real fixes in this patch, it seems to have stabilized the game some more. I might actually buy SF because of this. I'm not sold yet, but EA at least has convinced me to give them a second chance. We'll see how long it takes them to put together the next patch.

[imported_Psycho]

Re: Ground to Air missiles since 1.12 patch

Yeah your imagining it, i just score 34 kills to 0 deaths and then another 20 to 1 death and the death was from me hitting the other plane on my team.

[WarGimp]

Re: Ground to Air missiles since 1.12 patch

Well, that doesn't prove a whole lot, Psyc.
People don't use the AA emplacements very much since it's been an accepted fact that they are only really good for shooting down your own planes.

What we need is more people trying the AA, not the aircraft.

[x0pht]

Re: Ground to Air missiles since 1.12 patch

lol i still wont use AA much. everytime u see ur AA missiles vanish in the sky, u cuss a little and you are telling yourself "that goddamn missiles missed the enemy jet again", then u will see a "team vechile damage" msg popping out of nowhere. even worse - TKs

[imported_Psycho]

Re: Ground to Air missiles since 1.12 patch

Well, that doesn't prove a whole lot, Psyc.
People don't use the AA emplacements very much since it's been an accepted fact that they are only really good for shooting down your own planes.

What we need is more people trying the AA, not the aircraft.

The plane missiles and the AA missiles wrok on the same guidance system there is no difference i have my joystick set up so i can look behind and i watch them fly off my tail in to space today as every other day i have flown.

[WarGimp]

Re: Ground to Air missiles since 1.12 patch

Good point.

[Syx]

Re: Ground to Air missiles since 1.12 patch

View distance has a lot to do with it, sadly.
You can't hit **** if it's under 100%

[iewgnem]

Re: Ground to Air missiles since 1.12 patch

Has anyone else noticed a HUGE improvement? I can now take down planes with ease with the IGLA/Stinger. It's amazing!

nahh, missile still useless, trust me :)

[dragon159753]

Re: Ground to Air missiles since 1.12 patch

I've been having problems with CTD when I try to connect to a server. I could only connect to a server sucesfully 1/3rd of the time. After installing 1.12 I havent had the problem once. Also my verifying client data took about half of the time. Even if there isn't any real fixes in this patch, it seems to have stabilized the game some more. I might actually buy SF because of this. I'm not sold yet, but EA at least has convinced me to give them a second chance. We'll see how long it takes them to put together the next patch.

i would advise u to not buy it yet because the game sucks, especially the night maps, im lagging like hells no other compared to when i play BF2.......save ur money for now

[Jesse]

Re: Ground to Air missiles since 1.12 patch

The missiles don't see to have any significant improvement code wise. The sidewinder actually had a shorter tracking delay than the IGLA, and the agility of the missiles don't really seem to have been changed much. And with a max lock angle of 90 degrees, and it tracking the closest thing to it, within 90 degrees (as it's pretty much always been) is still a disaster waiting to happen TK-wise. My conclusion? Any improvement is all in the mind.

[SQUiB]

Re: Ground to Air missiles since 1.12 patch

The only huge improvement I have got is in safety. They don't do any damage anymore half the time (and I'm not talking about damage to planes since I can never tell when they hit). Multiple times I held a lock on a chopper for long enough for the flares to have dissapeared waited for a good shot and fired both missiles (and can even I see them hit) only for the chopper to fly away not even visibly damaged. Prior to this patch I had no problems taking down choppers.

[Moke]

Re: Ground to Air missiles since 1.12 patch

Well, that doesn't prove a whole lot, Psyc.
People don't use the AA emplacements very much since it's been an accepted fact that they are only really good for shooting down your own planes.

What we need is more people trying the AA, not the aircraft.

ill test....

[Spr1ngY]

Re: Ground to Air missiles since 1.12 patch

yeh since the patch ive found it a lot harder to take down choppers!! last night i had enough lock to wait for the mec transport chopper to drop flares and fire 4 SHOTS off only for it to fly away without even smoking
!! WTF!!!