Aircraft Carrier AA defence needs a massive buff

[Bastian]

Re: Aircraft Carrier AA defence needs a massive buff

Its great that DICE is improving AA considering how Ive only been shot down by AA twice or three times so far. However I find that the carrier is quite well defended, its just that the americans are so intent on hopping in their jet/cobra that they totally neglect to use it.
When the F-35s come to the MEC base, there is one AA with only 2 missles, whereas the carrier has a mini gun and 6 missles to shoot.

Correction - 8 missles to shoot and, yes, most want to get in the planes/choppers and don't like to defend but the Catch-22 is that if you don't get off the ship, your team is going to lose but you need to fend off enemy air power to get off the ship.

[Soffty]

Re: Aircraft Carrier AA defence needs a massive buff

i truly think tht 95% of people actually ignore the very existing of the second one.

Yeah i know it's there but in the heat of the battle i often forget to take advantage of this. I do find it rather annoying when 3 skilled MEC fighters come and spawnkill everyone on the USS essex though, regardless of how buffed the AA is, you will still die against a few skilled pilots

[Chris_Redfield]

Re: Aircraft Carrier AA defence needs a massive buff

Yeah i know it's there but in the heat of the battle i often forget to take advantage of this. I do find it rather annoying when 3 skilled MEC fighters come and spawnkill everyone on the USS essex though, regardless of how buffed the AA is, you will still die against a few skilled pilots

A skilled Minigun user is a rapists biggest nightmare. You wouldnt believe how easy it is to shoot down enemy jets with the thing.

[DrMcleod]

Re: Aircraft Carrier AA defence needs a massive buff

A skilled Minigun user is a rapists biggest nightmare. You wouldnt believe how easy it is to shoot down enemy jets with the thing.

No, I wouldn't.

[Harmor]

Re: Aircraft Carrier AA defence needs a massive buff

I think if you're inside the AA gun that you should get a personal radar for all airborn vehicles within 650m of you. It would work just like a UAV except only while you're inside the AA gun on the Aircraft carrier.

That alone will allow you to see incoming jets as they shoot you beyond your bullet's range.

[imported_TigerRei]

Re: Aircraft Carrier AA defence needs a massive buff

It's not that most people dont know of the second AA gun's presence. It's just a pain to get to. You have to run 3/4th the length of the carrier, backtrack up a ladder, and hop in. Now, this normally isnt a problem for me, but you'd be surprised at how many people jump on the other one just because it's more convenient. I avoid that rear one like the plague because it's usually a deathtrap. The second one, while having a much reduced field of fire, benefits from the extra protection. And it seems a lot of enemies just disregard this because of said reduced field of fire. However, it is good in one aspect. Enemy jets like to strafe the carrier perpendicularly. This leaves me in the other AA gun with a beautiful headon/tailon shot with my cannons.

If you havent done it, spend some time on that cannon. It's well worth it.


Oh, and one other benefit: It helps you protect those rear assets, and is fairly decent against those APCs which like to swim out to you.