So whats the Tiger like?

[WarMace]

Re: So whats the Tiger like?

heres an interesting tidbit, its so unstable that if you hop in and let go of the controlls it will slide if on the slightest uneven ground, wheres a cobra wont. Its like they made it topheavy....

But im no expert.

[KickPhucker]

Re: So whats the Tiger like?

I think it's just got a higher learning curve than the other helis because it is SO manueverable. You twitch and the thing will do a barrel roll! It's also fast as a bat outta hell so that just adds to the piloting difficulties.....until you get used to it.
Just like the Typhoon, the Tiger will take any pilot awhile to get acclimated to. It's similar to someone who has only ever flown the BlackHawk suddenly trying to pilot the Cobra, a world of difference.

As for seat jumpers.....get a god damn gunner. If I see attack heli's that take off when a gunner is available and willing to fly I shoot them down. No questions asked. Too many times have I sat on the heli pad while a selfish pilot hovers out of reach to rearm and refuses to pick a gunner up. Now if I see it happen I blow them out of the sky and hopefully chase them out of the server (and even more hopefully, the game).

If you disagree with anything I've written here, you are wrong.

[imported_xRandoMx]

Re: So whats the Tiger like?

You can learn all you want, it won't make the rudder any more effective. I suppose you can learn an entirely new way of flying where you never need the rudder, lol. Good luck putting anything on target.

[Jensen]

Re: So whats the Tiger like?

Haven't really flown it enough. But it definitely is faster and more agile than the cobra. I fly the choppers alot, and am (amazing) pretty good at them. I think once I get used to it more, it will be the best chopper in the game.

Like people have already said, the thing is twitchy as all hell. I did manage to roll it on takeoff once. The more difficult thing is doing rocket strafing runs on tanks with it. As soon as you pitch down to start firing rockets, the power of the motor sends you way faster than you would go in any other attack chopper. The end result is that you generally don't have enough time to pull up after the attack run and slam into the ground. I managed to slam into the ground in this scenario 4 or 5 times the first map I flew it, and I never crash the choppers.

[imported_xRandoMx]

Re: So whats the Tiger like?

I bottomed out a few times too. It isn't like it is pulling up slower than other copters, it is like it doesn't want to pull up at all in some cases.

I don't strafe much with rockets anyways, usually only when the gunner misses the mobile AA with the tv and my only choices are strafe or die, usually ending up strafeing and dying, but at least taking out the mobile aa at the same time.

[Chowley]

Re: So whats the Tiger like?

Nobody has mentioned circle strafing. The reason I say that is for the need for the rudder. I cant get it to work at all.
Im not great at circle strafing but I can do it without issue in the normal helis, its a no go in the Tiger.
Anyone else have the issue ? :p

[old sch00l]

Re: So whats the Tiger like?

Because of the weight hanging over the sides, tis dead easy to roll on takeoff

Its a straight line speed hit and run more than mr maneuver vehicle.

You notice the rudder only works at low speed to standstill, you either go fast and rely on banking or nothing realy :/

[<EsP>Fury]

Re: So whats the Tiger like?

She is fast but she does not forgive any mistakes especially on landing come in to fast and BooM.

I do wish she had the AA missilies the discrpition say's the Tiger and most other Attack Choppers for that matter have that would give the fly boys more to think about

[old sch00l]

Re: So whats the Tiger like?

a pilot with your skill could survive more than a few mins

I know what you mean though its planes then choppers.

Should be a good anti-armor weapon though :)

btw the [GG]whatevaplayas who got my first tank to plane shot, you are welcome.

[Alcorr]

Re: So whats the Tiger like?

I do wish she had the AA missilies the discrpition say's the Tiger and most other Attack Choppers for that matter have that would give the fly boys more to think about

In armored fury the choppers will have A2A missiles...at least the attack ones, thats what it says....

But yeah, A2A for choppers sound....overpowered....if they get all the other goodies too like the tv missiles and the regular rockets....

[[GU]LIZARD{GEN}]

Re: So whats the Tiger like?

I agree with Immunity.. The cobra owns it..

Its not over powered, kind of fun to have a battle where it don't consist of which pilot has a good gunner, and pilot has some noob who don't know what he doing. Go try allied Intent, very nice mod.. Single Player is fun, and the helos have some nice A2A missiles on them. On the site it says the Tiger HAP is suppose to have A2A missiles but it didn't.

Also in Allied Intent the fact the helicopters get a target, in which it targets vehicles just like a plane... thats kind of cool. The helos don't own the map, because the other helo has the anti air craft missile on it to. I found myself constantly fighting the bots off with A2A I barely had time for tanks. What sucks is how powerful the missiles are in Allied Intent other then that its a very balenced mod.