Re: Toggling Javelin

Only able to lock on & direct fire unless someone paints the target... which defeats the purpose of the javelin.

Top down is only painted targets (soflam or tracer)

Unable to lock on ground targets.

so javelin can't lock onto anything without soflam?  does it at least hit hard?

it can lock on but fires straight at the target not the usual top down shooting.

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@DeltaDude208 wrote:

it can lock on but fires straight at the target not the usual top down shooting.

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ok so it works like it did in other battlefield games.  how hard does it hit in direct fire and in top down?

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@DeltaDude208 wrote:

it can lock on but fires straight at the target not the usual top down shooting.

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That is the way it worked in BF3

@Psubondflares stop lock, yes. Jav ( if using IRL ) is a Infrared Fire and Forget system. controller programs the warhead and guidance for Direct seek or top down sense and then tells the seeker in the warhead "hey look here"

once that missile is loose, it can be stopped. now, if it was doing actual SACLOS guidance, you cant stop SACLOS unless you stop the spotting by LASER or you put a object between you and the missile.

but this is BF, so, using IRL references is pointless.


I havent had enough time to see how many it takes and the differences between spotted and self direct fire. 

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@AOD_CapStar362 wrote:

@Psubondflares stop lock, yes. Jav ( if using IRL ) is a Infrared Fire and Forget system. controller programs the warhead and guidance for Direct seek or top down sense and then tells the seeker in the warhead "hey look here"

once that missile is loose, it can be stopped. now, if it was doing actual SACLOS guidance, you cant stop SACLOS unless you stop the spotting by LASER or you put a object between you and the missile.

but this is BF, so, using IRL references is pointless.


I havent had enough time to see how many it takes and the differences between spotted and self direct fire. 

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cool, i was never a grunt, we didn't get to play with those.  sound cool though

Assuming that the 'top down' does more damage (haven't been on yet!) then I disagree that fire modes should be toggleable (sp?).

The 'top down advantage' should only come through teamwork with SOFLAM/Dart as it was in previous games.

@Trokey66well, i finally got a SOFLAM'ed target on a M1A5 - it DOES NOT do more damage, because my next shot was non-SOFLAM and it did the exact amount of damage to a direct shot to the engine bay.

So, by that, its not properly programmed for armor nor the mode and thus, should be made your "Weapon Firemode" button should toggle it based upon the situation you are presented with. if a target goes under a building or some kind of obstruction, top down would be zero effect. so the operator would logically switch to direct mode. and enable a direct to target shot under the obstruction.