They are litterally ruining the game for defending teams on Breakthrough. They need some sort of attrition on flares and repairing. Infinite flares with a quick recharge are turning helicopters into absolute farming machines that are unable to be taken down.Simply nerfing the damage they do is not going to fix the problem, the problem is they are nearly impossible to take down for a regular team when they have infinite recovery resources.Albeit they may farm at a lower rate, they are still going to be farming.

@Straatford87 wrote:Can confirm they are under review.We've adjusted the Transport helicopters in the last game update, and we have a change to the Stealth Helicopter 30mm currently scheduled for the next game update.Feel free to share what else you think needs to be changed to improve your gameplay experience.Yes, give helicopters attrition. That's it.Helicopters shouldn't be able to go through a whole breakthrough match simply popping flares, flying away, to then repair and wait for their short flare CD, an infinite amount of times, it's absurd.Helicopters having attrition on flares would result in teams being able to eventually take down a helicopter that's been running rampant for a good period of time. I personally wouldn't mind helicopters at all being powerful IF they could be taken down by a regular team, but right now flares are a major factor in making them overpowered by giving them such a strong and re-usable defensive action. If attrition isn't added, simply increase the CD on flares, dramatically.

@AJ_Clickz An alternative to a nerf is to give defenders something to defend themselves with. Attackers get all the vehicles, so an easy balance is to give them similar vehicle choices. It’s needed regardless.

@Straatford87 can we stop ignoring the elephant in the room?On reddit you "miss" the most upvoted comment while saying that there is a change to 30mm cannon. Lock ALL weapons in stealth including bombs and co-ppilot.For the reference https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield2042/comments/vzielo/comment/ig8nfv5/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 (120+ upvotes on the moment when I type it).

Can confirm they are under review. We've adjusted the Transport helicopters in the last game update, and we have a change to the Stealth Helicopter 30mm currently scheduled for the next game update. Feel free to share what else you think needs to be changed to improve your gameplay experience.

@Straatford87 Stealth changes I would like to see:1. Armor-piercing bullets can knock helo out of stealth2. HE Bombs have a longer cooldown3. 30mm dmg and splash nerf or quicker overheat

DICE Can you do something about the helicopters already?

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Straatford87
DICE Team
3 years ago
Can confirm they are under review.

We've adjusted the Transport helicopters in the last game update, and we have a change to the Stealth Helicopter 30mm currently scheduled for the next game update.

Feel free to share what else you think needs to be changed to improve your gameplay experience.
LlamaWithKatana
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@Straatford87 can we stop ignoring the elephant in the room?
On reddit you "miss" the most upvoted comment while saying that there is a change to 30mm cannon. Lock ALL weapons in stealth including bombs and co-ppilot.
For the reference https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield2042/comments/vzielo/comment/ig8nfv5/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 (120+ upvotes on the moment when I type it).
S3SSioN_SoL
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@LlamaWithKatanaNah dude... Then no one will use the stealth Heli. There's better changes than that, such as limiting the distance bombs can travel before exploding mid air and giving the flares to the Gunner. Reddit will always exaggerate imbalances beyond comprehension before considering potential ramifications in all other scenarios, such as the Stealth Heli's 1v1 potential against other Helis, you make its weapons useless in Stealth, people won't use it, because then the enemy Apaches will dominate them, simple.
LlamaWithKatana
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@S3SSioN_SoL Then leave stealth and fight back? RN bombs work in stealth which is purely vs ground. Vs other air vehicles it still have to leave stealth. So argument that it hinders in any way air vs air compatibilities is not valid at all. Maybe you engage vs air with bombs only then yes, it will affect performance. Otherwise it just will make it a little more fair for troops to fight back.
RMEChief
Legend
3 years ago
@Straatford87
Stealth changes I would like to see:
1. Armor-piercing bullets can knock helo out of stealth
2. HE Bombs have a longer cooldown
3. 30mm dmg and splash nerf or quicker overheat
BR-DuaneDibbley
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@Adamonic

100% agree on 2+3, but for 1) at least with the NTW-50 you can do that already. Not sure about other AP ammo though.
AJ_Clickz
Seasoned Hotshot
3 years ago
@Straatford87 wrote:
Can confirm they are under review.
We've adjusted the Transport helicopters in the last game update, and we have a change to the Stealth Helicopter 30mm currently scheduled for the next game update.
Feel free to share what else you think needs to be changed to improve your gameplay experience.
Yes, give helicopters attrition. That's it.
Helicopters shouldn't be able to go through a whole breakthrough match simply popping flares, flying away, to then repair and wait for their short flare CD, an infinite amount of times, it's absurd.
Helicopters having attrition on flares would result in teams being able to eventually take down a helicopter that's been running rampant for a good period of time.
I personally wouldn't mind helicopters at all being powerful IF they could be taken down by a regular team, but right now flares are a major factor in making them overpowered by giving them such a strong and re-usable defensive action.
If attrition isn't added, simply increase the CD on flares, dramatically.
BR-DuaneDibbley
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@AJ_Clickz

My prediction: they will reduce the rate of fire of the 30mm cannons slightly and maybe reduce the splash damage by 20%. But other than that, there will most likely not be any further changes.
ATFGunr
Legend
3 years ago
@AJ_Clickz An alternative to a nerf is to give defenders something to defend themselves with. Attackers get all the vehicles, so an easy balance is to give them similar vehicle choices. It’s needed regardless.
RMEChief
Legend
3 years ago
@DuaneDibbley yep can do it with NTW, but no other weapon, even with AP rounds does damage or break stealth (I tried almost all of them).