DRAUGR is weak.
Im an avid jet player since bf2 and have always loved to fly instead of walk, i was very excited for the new bomber we are getting only to find myself quite unsure on what their idea was. As of now ...
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And so it begins. The pilots all complaining the new plane isn't OP enough. Expect DICE will buff it to almost impenetrable levels within days then. :/
I think it's perfect. The speed and stealth are it's natural counters, it has a jammer to prevent lockons from vehicles, and it's speed make it difficult for infantry to lock on anyway. If you hang around after a bombing run, expect to be taken out. Simple! It just requires a different way of playing.
What is it we're always getting quoted by pilots? Oh yeah, skill issue..... 😉
- @MADMAC50K I've only used it a tiny bit so far but I think it's pretty decent so far as well. Feels like it's a glass cannon and I think that's fine.
- @ElliotLH I'm not sure what pilots expect, but we definitely don't need another 87-0 air vehicle. Hopefully it's not designed that way, so if pilots are looking for it to be another NB killing machine, hopefully they'll look elsewhere and DICE won't pander to their pleas....
- @MADMAC50K Me too. I think it's in a good place as looks like it can be devastating but fragile. I've seen some screenshots from Twitter where a dev implied that they saw it in a similar way, so they might keep it as is for the time being.
- @MADMAC50K Well you were kinda right with this statement.
Next patch-Dice dev has stated-countermeasures to be fixed and kerosene loadout to be buffed.Due to this video I found out that the JDAM can be unleashed from a huge distance even if you do not yet see something and if there is a vehicle in that area the bomb will look for it on its own far in the distance. On this timestamp, this pilot uses 3rd person to aim a bomb at a very distant base symbol and a bit later a vehicle with a full crew blows up.
- @UP_Hawxxeye Homing JDAMs is so stupid, oh my god. I thought there was some actual locking on at least, maybe they only worked on laser designated targets. Wow...
@Hudson1531 wrote:
@MADMAC50KWell you were kinda right with this statement.
Next patch-Dice dev has stated-countermeasures to be fixed and kerosene loadout to be buffed.The least surprising thing ever. With all the faults in the game, DICE's priority is to buff the new jet for the pilots. 😕
Wow, what a shocker.... /s
@MADMAC50K wrote:And so it begins. The pilots all complaining the new plane isn't OP enough. Expect DICE will buff it to almost impenetrable levels within days then. :/
I think it's perfect. The speed and stealth are it's natural counters, it has a jammer to prevent lockons from vehicles, and it's speed make it difficult for infantry to lock on anyway. If you hang around after a bombing run, expect to be taken out. Simple! It just requires a different way of playing.
What is it we're always getting quoted by pilots? Oh yeah, skill issue..... 😉
Wow - I must be some sort of mind reader! Posted the above a month ago - and guess what - DICE buffed it because all the pilot sweats complained!
It's now getting INSANE killstreaks with the Kerosene bomb and you can't lock on to it because they added counter measures, and it's way too fast anyway. The DICE pilot fanbois must be happy - they're even posting videos about how OP it is now....
https://x.com/Battlefield/status/1801793604983177326
Seems all DICE really care about are OP vehicle killstreaks for their social media channels - forget all the bugs and inbalance issues everyone - they give zero *****
- @MADMAC50K I am definatley not a great pilot by any means and usually get taken out by AA or another jet after being in the air for about a minute...
BUT last night on 128 conquest playing orbital i went 85-4 with the Draeger using the kerosene bomb.
All i did was bombing runs on D then A rinse and repeat and i only died the 4 times because i got stupid and flew too low.
It is a little too OP with the napalm but it was pretty fun. @MADMAC50K The DRAUGR had absolutely no defense against infantry lock ons prior to the latest update; no skill required at all to lock onto a plane with a stinger that has virtually no limit on the vertical range. Now it actually requires a bit of teamwork - soflam is your friend. stop crying
@Metal_Daryl97so just to be clear - prior to the buff, dying in the Draugr was a skill issue? But now that DICE fixed it for you it isn't? So who was crying?
The Draugr is too fast to get any kind of infantry lockon unless the pilot is very careless or unskilled. With infantry lockons now being blocked, the stealth, and the speed of it - basically make it almost impossible to hit as infantry. But I guess that's what you pilot fanbois wanted?
DICE sold it originally as a glass cannon, then completely u-turned on that by buffing the hell out of it....
