ESSEX guns underpowered

[United States]

Re: ESSEX guns underpowered

I would like to see Planewhore come to my carrier now with the 1.2 patch. The paper (infantry) - scissors (Air) - rock (AA) system is now better. It operates much more realsticly, still not perfect but makes the game much more balanced. If planewhore(s) wants to kill me in my carrier he might have to take a boat out, take a heli out or even swim out to my carrier, it is just dealing with a more realsitic situation. Do planewhores really think that they can attack a fully armed carrier with a cheap Chinese J-10??

[Ghilleman]

Re: ESSEX guns underpowered

Yea, that gun is way underpowered. if they wont buff the bullets, at least increase its heat capacity so that fire can be sustained long enough to do more than tickle the jet (or copter).

[Cap`N Hagen]

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I was killed the other day on iron gator, just leaving the MEC island in a boat by the allmighty Essex. I think thats a little too powerful.

[« R²» P§I]

Re: ESSEX guns underpowered

I would like to see Planewhore come to my carrier now with the 1.2 patch. The paper (infantry) - scissors (Air) - rock (AA) system is now better. It operates much more realsticly, still not perfect but makes the game much more balanced. If planewhore(s) wants to kill me in my carrier he might have to take a boat out, take a heli out or even swim out to my carrier, it is just dealing with a more realsitic situation. Do planewhores really think that they can attack a fully armed carrier with a cheap Chinese J-10??

Umm you know this is a game right?

[<EsP>Fury]

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The Essex AA system needs two things.

1. Active Radar on all the time any aircraft flying into the area around the carrier should be picked up and identified.

2. The gun needs to be butched up alot 1.5 to 2.0 sec of contact should shred any enemy aircraft.

[TheGhost]

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Go into an empty server and shoot one of the F-35's on the deck. It takes about 10 bullets to blow up a plane. The Essex cannons are the most powerful AA piece in the game. Learn to aim. People that can shoot straight with that thing are a force to be reckoned with.

[Ghilleman]

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huh. takes like 100-150 to kill the chinese transport.

[-(PK)-DarkIllusion]

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Where Da Hell Were You Hitting It?

[<EsP>Fury]

Re: ESSEX guns underpowered

Go into an empty server and shoot one of the F-35's on the deck. It takes about 10 bullets to blow up a plane. The Essex cannons are the most powerful AA piece in the game. Learn to aim. People that can shoot straight with that thing are a force to be reckoned with.

I can aim :evil:

Shooting at a target sitting on a deck is not the same as trying to down a J10 coming in afterburners on with a half decent pilot in the cockpit.

Ghilleman is right under combat conditions the AA gun on the Essex is weak.

[Ghilleman]

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I was blasting a chinese copter coming in, we were on dragon valley, and it was flying in from the north end of the ship (near the radar, etc) and i was blasting it at more or less point blank in the side while it was moving. it just wouldn't die. (did after a LONG time, almost reached the ship.) Anyways, jets are near impossible to kill with the gun. hard to hit with minigun, and the missles always seem like theyre taking some sort of virus to get high.

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[LoKi.]

Re: ESSEX guns underpowered

Why should USMC be the only team to benifit from AA mods ?

All the Pilots will then just play USMC and rape China airstrip non-stop, AA is balanced as it is ....... quit whining

If anything the F-35b needs better performance to deal with the J-10's

Not the essex guns.....

But if you insist on making the Essex some kind of Fortress then it should also be made possible to sink the essex like in BF1942

[Ghilleman]

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How will the USMC "rape" the china airstrip from the essex? is there some sort of flying essex cheat i haven't heard of? Or are the bullets homing?

[LoKi.]

Re: ESSEX guns underpowered

How will the USMC "rape" the china airstrip from the essex? is there some sort of flying essex cheat i haven't heard of? Or are the bullets homing?

All the Pilots will then just play USMC

Idiot read before you reply...the good pilots that whore the j-10 now would just start playing usmc insted if they made the Essex gun some sort of super AA.

So there would still be the same situation only its reversed and all china would have is one crappy IGLA

This whole post is very one biased towards USMC players.... Think what it is like for MEC on Gulf of Oman with only IGLA's to protect you Airstrip or Kubra Damn where there is only 1 IGLA and the flag is cappable. The whole reason that the Essex should be left alone is that it has a fast respawn time and it is uncappable anyway.

[Ghilleman]

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Uh huh. hmmm..interesting parallel...the j-10 whores rape the essex for points....then when the AA can actually defend the ship...they switch over and defend it from baserapers...interesting. Super AA on the essex wouldn't be a problem, since the chinese have no buisness over there anyways. Only specops guys do, and they can swim. The essex AA can't rape the chinese air, if they stay away form the essex like they should. a simple solution to not dying from AA. And please don't resort to name-calling, you only degrade yourself.

[<EsP>Fury]

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It's not a good balance Inc|Loki.
To tell ya the turth I always thought the Chinese airstrip on Wake should be uncapable just like the MEC base in Oman.
I don't think sinking the Essex would work that would mess up the balance. Can you sink the airbase in Oman?

What we should have is active radar on all the airfields that way each side would have warning before an attack.

Understand I am speaking of an airel radar it would not pickup anyone on the ground just aircraft.

You could also make it like the UAV the radar could be destroyed for points make it a commander asset.