1.22 - The AA is dummied down again...sigh

[WarGimp]

Re: 1.22 - The AA is dummied down again...sigh

Yeah but they [F-15s shot down via mount .50 cal] were on the ground and already smoking....

Nope!

Got one down from full strenght, 'cause I caught him while he was doing a lowspeed fly over of the Comunications Center while I was parked up towards the backside of the hill... waiting for planes or choppers ('cause ya know they're coming).

The other was from the same spot, but the plane was smoking already. Looked like he was trying to rape our chopper pad.

Give mounted .50 a try as AA. It's hard but you can do damage.

[mlkmnz]

Re: 1.22 - The AA is dummied down again...sigh

Give mounted .50 a try as AA. It's hard but you can do damage.

Yes I suppose you can, but only if the Jet is flying directly towards or away from you, its a poor substitute for an effective SAM system.

Works wonders on choppers though.

[WarGimp]

Re: 1.22 - The AA is dummied down again...sigh

I've *dinged* planes quite a bit, even when they're flying at odd angles from me. You have to lead a lot and spam the hell outta their flightpath. It's not often that you can drop a plane with it, but anything you can do to hurt 'em helps out.

[Boojie]

Re: 1.22 - The AA is dummied down again...sigh

Wow... dude you need to just shut up..

dude, you just need to bend over and take it like you want to.

First off, you were on the CHINESE... yes.. J-10's were on your team... If they were THAT CRAPPY, then switch to the USMC.

AA is improved by switching to USMC? How do you know I wasn't already on USMC? I don't even remember what team I was on since I joined the session in midgame and the flags were evenly split. But you know what team I was on right? And the AA, available to both sides, somehow works better for the USMC?

NOW... dude are you fucking retarded..?

No...that would be your mom.

if you get killed in an AA turret... by the same guy.... 2 times in a row..... why in the HELL... would you get in it anymore?

To test a theory. To see if it was a single bad shot or a problem that would occur no matter how many times I mounted the turret.



Now excuse me. No time to get to the rest of your idiocy.

[mlkmnz]

Re: 1.22 - The AA is dummied down again...sigh

I've *dinged* planes quite a bit, even when they're flying at odd angles from me. You have to lead a lot and spam the hell outta their flightpath. It's not often that you can drop a plane with it, but anything you can do to hurt 'em helps out.

Yeah sure, lead their flight path, fire off a couple of hundred rounds and you're gonna put some damage on them, trouble is they can do a fly over their base, fix emselves and join the fray again, so really its a waste of time unless they are almost dead anyway.

What's needed is a way to take em out with one shot, which would be the case in real life too, not sure any plane can take a direct hit from a SAM and stay airborne. That way planes will still be a minor annoyance, they might get the odd kill or 2, but not go 50 for 0 on a map.

[exho]

Re: 1.22 - The AA is dummied down again...sigh

Ground forces should only be constantly pummelled by air forces if your air support is crappy. It's your team's fault, not DICE's.

He basivally just summed it all up, AA is fine now. Its not godlike in the air or on the ground, the way it should be.

[mlkmnz]

Re: 1.22 - The AA is dummied down again...sigh

How about finding another game to play. Maybe the BF series isn't your cup of tea.

Actually you'll find a lot of people hate the jets.

[machstem]

Re: 1.22 - The AA is dummied down again...sigh

So..like..what about the AA?

[Roger Smith]

Re: 1.22 - The AA is dummied down again...sigh

AA and flares are still busted.

-aa missiles can be dodged even if you are in the missiles flight path (it will fly up to your tail and then decide to miss)

-flares only seem to work when you are turning hard.

[mlkmnz]

Re: 1.22 - The AA is dummied down again...sigh

FYI I've started a poll to see what general opinion is regarding jets.

http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66201

[Boojie]

Re: 1.22 - The AA is dummied down again...sigh

AA and flares are still busted.

...and so are the bricks. :p


So I'm on Dragon Valley and a helo is approaching. I decide to hide behind a wall. He still kills me. All he had to do was shoot in the vacinity to kill me...while we're expected to fire the AA between the 2nd and 3rd bolts surrounding the 4th cylinder.

This guy is flying around with total impunity.

[Paas]

Re: 1.22 - The AA is dummied down again...sigh

...is anyone surprised by all of this?

Look. I don't know why, yet, for some odd reason DICE has seen fit to make Jets the end all. It's just the way it is. Sure, there are ways to "overtime" nip at a Jet, take it down, or even produce a lucky strike. Fact of the matter is though, if you stack up a Jet against "ANYTHING" in the game it's dominate.

Even the Essex doesn't compare to Jets. Since this has been the way it is from day one, we are all foolish to think it's going to change for the better (I'm as well).

I say we just leave it be. Let the Pilots have their game, just play on City based maps like the bulk of the community (Karkand) and eventually, when every server is devoid of a Jet map, DICE will get the picture... somtime in 2015.

...for the love of god though; let it go. I agree with the concept... I just think it's as losing battle at this point.

{WP}Paas

[PHPT]

Re: 1.22 - The AA is dummied down again...sigh

How about the most obvious solution is tried first: Fix the location of the stupid things. If I was an MEC general I'd issue chainsaws to every soldier so they could cut down those trees someone thought it was a great idea to plant near the stinger sites, since all they do is break locks and don't actually do a damn thing to halt incoming fire. Euro Forces actually put the stingers in sane places, go play Tabara Quarry for an example.

Excluding 1.20, I've shot more jets down with tanks than stingers. :P

[Brindled]

Re: 1.22 - The AA is dummied down again...sigh

...go play Tabara Quarry for an example.

i am not paying $10 for better stinger sites. lol

[WarGimp]

Re: 1.22 - The AA is dummied down again...sigh

If I was an MEC general I'd issue chainsaws to every soldier

Now why does that give me some ideas for some truely sick fun?

Sorry. Tangent.
Continue.
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