Anti-Air needs nerfing on 2042
I understand the need for a balance between helis and AA but the FXM missiles are too strong now. In the Beta test it was possible to dodge fxm missiles and avoid death, now it is impossible as they ...
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@Balegma i wonder if the reason that almost all use the FMX could be because helis are literally unkillable otherwise and would farm anyone and everyone without remore or pause....
how about we do it this way
remove the rockets and 20mm cannons from the "nightbird" and give it sidemounted MGs and increase the seats from 4 to 6 so it actually becomes a transport chopper that is fast and agile,
for the super hind and condor remove all Miniguns but one and keep the spotter but increase the passenger size to 8 so they become big transporters to deploy fast and hard...
but hey if we do that all the heli pilots woudl sharpen their pitchforks because their toys were touched
how about we do it this way
remove the rockets and 20mm cannons from the "nightbird" and give it sidemounted MGs and increase the seats from 4 to 6 so it actually becomes a transport chopper that is fast and agile,
for the super hind and condor remove all Miniguns but one and keep the spotter but increase the passenger size to 8 so they become big transporters to deploy fast and hard...
but hey if we do that all the heli pilots woudl sharpen their pitchforks because their toys were touched
A pilot able to thread the needle can make the stingers pretty useless though, yes, I have seen some rockets do some crazy tricks. Current state vehicles, both land and air, are a tremendous pain for every ground soldier so last thing I want to see is an AA nerf
I agree, I think it depends a lot on the map, who's flying and also how many players have the stinger. I've seen a skilled Apache pilot own the map.
- @TTZ_Dipsy Thank you. Thaaaaaank you. Helicopters are a huge pain, especially because you can't lock them at anything more than 400 meters. It makes hourglass absolutely awful. Buildings make the stinger easy to dodge and flares do actually come back incredibly quickly. I was surprised when I flew.
I’ve started trolling helicopters.
Every time I see one, unless I’m fighting or in danger, I lock my missile on it. But I never fire 🙂
(I only fire if the target is max. 100 metres away, otherwise they’ll just use flares and I’ll have wasted a missile + revealed my location to surrounding enemies)
By nerf I mainly mean make it possible to dodge, even doing crazy manoeuvres such as a full flip with the nightbird will not stop a missile from hitting you at the moment,
in the beta it was possible to at least dodge a few each game and feel rewarded. The only thing that can stop missiles is using terrain which is flat and vacant on the majority of each map and flares.
- @Balegma The only aircraft able to possibly “dodge” a Stinger is a jet… even then it is more likely it would out-kinetic the missile than dodge it. Helicopters are practically sitting ducks to manpads…
What needs to happen is make the flare / missile interaction look and behave properly. Otherwise, a good pilot is going to know the map and know where to seek cover (if possible).
