1.2 Death of Attack Helis

[Dilla_Incognito]

Re: 1.2 Death of Attack Helis

Alright...i just got done spending about 30 mins. in an attack heli on sharqi.... and very little problems with AA....yes i did get shot down....but my flares worked well...and i didn't have any weird glitches were the missile went for the flare then me, or did a 90 degree turn right at me, or anything

[x0pht]

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ironically, being number 5000 something in tank, I have higher KD than you do.

speaking of NEXAR, no wonder his stats got reseted

oh u mean he got reset for running over runway blockers? I see, i didnt know that.

[Brutus]

Re: 1.2 Death of Attack Helis

Did someone miss nap time?

[Hu.Z_of_PLA]

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oh u mean he got reset for running over runway blockers? I see, i didnt know that.

actually, he noob ejected me with a M95

[Kattspya]

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That summed it up best for me. Pre 1.2 the helos had no worries. They would die "once in a while". Now they die often.

How can you say that? There are very few gunners/pilots with a KD above 5. Most public helo users have less than that. Yes you could get a 10+ average KD in the helo if you knew what you were doing but I promise you I hade worries. For instance not staying still one goddamn second, constantly looking at the healthbar due to soundbug, being deadly scared of jeeps and constantly on the lookout for that wire guided heading straight for you.

[Kattspya]

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I played Wake Island yesterday and my gunner had 38/2 and Sharqi today and gunner had 32/6, 2 of the deaths were from the Stinger, others where fighting other helis, just goes to show you need to put a little more effort into using the attack helis.

That's not even a particularly good score with this patch. Remember that you have two persons in a helo and the pilot should rarely get more that twenty kills. Say that the pilot has 14 kills and the gunner has 50 kills. If you add those two you get 64 kills. Divide that by two and you have a score of 32 kills per person. That's about what a really good infantryman can get.

I don't know what your score was on Sharqi but lets say it's 10. That makes you and your gunner get 21 kills each. I can easily manage that as an infantryman and I'm not even particularly good. With that kind of low score you're basically wasting time in the helo.

[lSIlSERIALBUTCHER]

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noobs do a lil' campin' & think they "Big Dogs"

rotflmao

[pYura]

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dont forget to vote!!
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[HypnosisFX]

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Me and my chopper Pilots Strega and Tobacco havnt had a issue so far. we still get a good amount of kills with minimal deaths. Thats what a good pilot is there for to keep you from dieing.

[Zilon]

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Hopefully now attack heli's will be sued for what they should be. Long range backup, rather than just hovering right in the middle of the battlefield where they SHOULD get shot down instantly. Now they'll be used for their proper purpose rather than an infantry lawnmower.

[Ronin581]

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Hopefully now attack heli's will be sued for what they should be. Long range backup, rather than just hovering right in the middle of the battlefield where they SHOULD get shot down instantly. Now they'll be used for their proper purpose rather than an infantry lawnmower.

WAIT WAIT WAIT, you mean not hover in the middle of a firefight with tanks, apc's, jeeps and FAV's and expect to survive? the hell you say!

[Zilon]

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WAIT WAIT WAIT, you mean not hover in the middle of a firefight with tanks, apc's, jeeps and FAV's and expect to survive? the hell you say!

I know! You'ld have thought heli's should have uber armour and be able to take down anything one shot! Pah - and they say the games realistic.

[« R²» P§I]

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oh u mean he got reset for running over runway blockers? I see, i didnt know that.

Oh FFS, you know he uses the TK ejector, i guess thats why he has like over 1000+ TKs
Don't act stupid, he even is proud of it.



Oh yeah the AA is so great, i got -28 in one round just by team damage. Nice one. The AA went after friendly before but not this bad FFS.

I think its nice that you see no friendly in the air, you shoot the AA and kill them. Thats so awesome.

[whoster69]

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1.2 made it so you have to be a much better pilot to do well. Before 1.2, almost anyone could rule the skies with a helo. It's much, much better now.

[imported_xRandoMx]

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Stop trying to use reality as the barometer of how the game should work.

It is pretty stupid to talk about how attack copters are stand-off weapons platforms in real life, when referring to a game where the distances are much, much shorter than real life.

In real life, helicopters don't get shot down by tank rounds because the helicopter is never detected by the tank, much less in line of sight. Unfortunately, I can't stand off a mile and fire a TOW over a hill at a bunkered tank in BF2, now can I?

It is a game, they have to try to balance all of that, while using real-world weapons, but don't expect it to be completely realistice, or completely arcade. The worst part are people who argue realism when it supports their view, then ignore it when it doesn't.