Attack Chopper has been Nerfed to Oblivion
I am writing this post to mainly describe the current state of the attack helicopter in BF2042 and provide my feedback based on my experience with this game so far. I have been a fan of BF3, BF4 and ...
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@MLJUCHere you go, down to 55 health in a few seconds by a chopper.
https://gamerdvr.com/gamer/zakrocz/video/150960929
And moving doesn't help, the chopper just hovers behind you and follows you still pounding away at your health.
The only hope you have is finding a underpass or a building to hide in if you manage to survive but then you just increase your chances of being C5ed by infantry.
In BF4 choppers couldn't really do this and had to descend to attack giving you a chance to get off a shot but in 2042 you don't get that chance.
Flying jets and helicopters was much more rewarding and a more mature experience in past Battlefields. Also contributing to the unlocks. And they were never overpowered.
And the superlong lock-on time to jets is also rubbish. Or that the lock breaks because there is a tiny dove in the way. Sadly they did not just take what they had in BF3/4. It sadly all fits the rather un-finetuned un-playtested rest of 2042.
Thanks thread opener. I dig your post. It‘s really about the mix of air vehicles.
- @MLT-THOR if i'm going to spend the time to kill a troublesome pilot that stays low i find it useful to knock over trees and/or poles that keep getting in the way. if you have your loadouts set up you can use angel with M5 and knock over the poles to prep and then switch to AA or just start using soflam. if you keep them locked up eventually someone will kill them or they will spend all their time hiding
- @Psubond Gotcha. I meant the lock within the heli. Not everyone is a heli god like Silk. Trying to fly really low (which fits the Apache) was a treat in BF3/4. Here I find the lock-on time and HUD dead zones really frustrating while being a constant slow flying „Shoot me!“-truck.
- @MLT-THOR ah, i don't fly in battlefield games, i find it more fun to shoot down helos but i understand what you mean. on a side note on the rare times i play as gunner in AH, i REALLY miss that box that shows which way you are pointed in relation to the direction that they helo is headed. makes it a lot harder to figure out where you will be shooting when you don't know what the pilot is about to do and you lose track of where you are pointed
