Miniguns suck now?

[[3SA]D|Sgt.Colinloves]

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thats how it should be. not fun that powerfull

When you was using them it was alotta fun. People always forget the other side of the coin.

[kaheiyeh]

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I played a bit of Mashtuur today and only got one kill with the BH gun all round, dunno about that other gunner but it's been nerfed alot - I mean, I couldn't even kill this guy who was lying prone on the ground and the BH was just hovering!

[specter]

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yup miniguns are pretty bad now

[-(PK)-DarkIllusion]

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lol.. now MEC wins every round i play.. lol....
and as somebody else said..
BH IS A TRANSPORT CHOPPER NOT AN ATTACK CHOPPER get that through your head.. and play on foot

[Eddy01741]

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lol.. now MEC wins every round i play.. lol....
and as somebody else said..
BH IS A TRANSPORT CHOPPER NOT AN ATTACK CHOPPER get that through your head.. and play on foot

Agreed, i've gone from BH whoring, to no capping flags in vehicles (except for the driver), to nerfing of BH, and i've never looked back since. It's how it SHOULD have been in the first place now.

[imported_Rafterman]

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As a recovering blackhawk whore, I have to admit that pre-patch was pretty rediculous. I've killed guys when my crosshairs were half an inch away from them and just had to laugh.

Personally, I prefer to aim my weapons. I guess some guys have a problem with that.

[Ghilleman]

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the black hawks miniguns are only less powerful from a points-intensive perspective. teamwise, they're still pretty strong as everyone will run from the wall of lead headed for them, allowing the BH to do its job of dropping guys in their respective LZ.

[-FaKe|Arson]

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While it's true that the Blackhawk's firepower was superior to the flying cow's 50 cal, there were other tactics that were used to make up for it, like c4 bombing. A good cow pilot was able to stay above the blackhawk most of the time. Do people still do this?

[LoKi.]

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While it's true that the Blackhawk's firepower was superior to the flying cow's 50 cal, there were other tactics that were used to make up for it, like c4 bombing. A good cow pilot was able to stay above the blackhawk most of the time. Do people still do this?

No because they changed it so you can only throw 1 stick of c4 per click so it doesnt lay on the hawk like it used too.

[DOX]

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Pretty sure the miniguns went from a splash damage radius of 3m @ 75dmg in 1.12 to 0.25m @ 60dmg in 1.2. Thats a nerf of over 12x+, in fact the splash damage is so small now, u cant get splash damaged while standing (cause lower legs dont take damage). So if your being attacked by a bh, you dont even need to hide much, just run around in circles (dont crouch or prone) and only direct body hits will get you. Its a spastic nerf, they should have tweaked the other transport choppers to be better instead considering the reduction in hitpts and improved AA.

In comparision, the cobra/z-10 attack chopper cannons splash damage are 3m @ 75dmg.. and the mec havoc is 5m @ 200dmg (not accounting for RoF)

And no im not a bh whore, i just enjoyed the thrill of killing a full one with a noob tube or 50cal, now its no challenge.

[tsh2005]

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I do this funny thing called "Testing", then I do something very strange indeed... I *think*.

One round, dead on, from the M134 does exactly the same damage as it did before. I tested this.

the reason that is seems to be doing less is because now you have to hit your target. Before, you could fire 5 rounds, have one hit, and still kill someone with splash damage.

Now, if you only hit with one round, the other 4 just aren't likely to do anything.

Damage per area has been reduced while the specific damage variable has remained the same.

Make sence?

Hmm i do this funny thing called reading the patch updates They already said less damage and less splash damage.. Whatever you want to call it.. but the fact is its less

[[3SA]D|Sgt.Colinloves]

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Hmm i do this funny thing called reading the patch updates They already said less damage and less splash damage.. Whatever you want to call it.. but the fact is its less

When did you start trusting EA?

[tsh2005]

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I thought they would just take the other chopper and boost up its armour and damge or fire rate to even it out between each chopper.. mostly just for fun. Isnt it better to fly around make some kills work as a team and cap some flags then just a 8sec transport vehicle to bail over flags?

Guess ea thought people would complain saying "its killing me a lot".... even when you have very good AA and damage decreased a lot


I always thought it was fun to take out the helis with anti tank or placing c4 on the flags.. Easy 6 kills. even without all the changes it would of still been very easy becuase of the AA and damgae changes

ahh well.. another fun thing changed

[Leeus]

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Its a TRANSPORT helicopter, not an attack one. The miniguns are used for suppresing the LZ while the troops get in there.

Yeah, but most guys can't hit the broadside of a barn with them anymore.

[Hoppum]

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Post patch the most effective way to survive an attack by a moving blackhawk is to stand still.