Can the miniguns become the go-to weapon for Littlebirds, rather than the pods?
I want to preface this by saying I'm someone who loves using vehicles, and what I love about them is the challenge that comes along with them. Pointing and clicking to get kills is not fun, nor remotely rewarding. Currently, there is simply no challenge regarding the Little Birds, except the unintended challenge that comes with their poor functionality. I'm making this post because essentially no one discusses vehicle balance on here outside of wanting nerfs.
The spread and convergence on them as they are right now is absolutely not good. Rather than converging on the crosshair, they converge on the trace of the barrels themselves. This makes aiming needlessly difficult, especially with the less than stellar flight model Heli's have. They are simply not fun to use and there is no incentive to use them in the first place. Not to mention, given how they function, the damage output is ridiculously low.
Rocket pods are really boring. There is essentially no skill in using them outside of positioning your helicopter to evade correctly. I fully believe it would be best this secondary should be removed from the little bird completely, and replaced with AA Lock-Ons. I understand wanting accessibility, but the rocket pods are too easy. There needs to be a limit. There is a reason that essentially no one complains about the little bird in BF4. It is not a point and click simulator with infinite Rocket Pods, you actually have to improve and practice your aim with the miniguns. They converge on your crosshair, and have little to no spread, and by product of this, you need to have good aim, and you need to know how to fly well. Combining these two is more difficult than you would think, but not needlessly so. This keeps accessibility relevant but also keeps the necessary skill ceiling. That is how you make rewarding Helicopter gameplay.
The current model is not rewarding, it's luck based (unless you use rocket pods), and is simply not fun nor challenging. Please, please, use the BF4 Little Birds as a model for how they should be in this game. It would vastly improve the little bird experience.
