Helicopter balancing is Pathetic STILL.
I'm so tired of helicopters and air vehicles dominating. What is your deal Dice? Why do you have such a fetish for air vehicles dominating? Even Jets fly like Helicopters in this game! It's ridiculou...
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@RaginSam BF1 and BFV had issues as well. That was mostly because bombs and infantry are a very bad combination, but good pilots could farm infantry almost endlessly (especially in BF1). BF4 had issues with thermals on land/sea-vehicles, so it wasn't without problems either.
Combined warfare is BFs biggest strength but also its biggest weakness. Dice have never found the right formula and I think that now, new players just give up (it is stupid) and many of the BF-vets are just getting tired of seeing the same issues over and over.
Combined warfare is BFs biggest strength but also its biggest weakness. Dice have never found the right formula and I think that now, new players just give up (it is stupid) and many of the BF-vets are just getting tired of seeing the same issues over and over.
@cso7777 It was definitely an issue in BF5 as well, I skipped BF1 but played every BF game since BFBC2, and I’m sure it’s been a persistent issue this whole time. I’m just so burned out with air vehicles being untouchable. It’s not good game design.
- @RaginSam The stationary AA guns in both 1 and V were decent and when manned could pretty easily defeat air. Not every time mind you, some pilots are just good, but usually. Since they don’t give us stationaries in 2042, the only option is the Wildcat and as you’ve said, it’s nerfed into the ground. All we’re asking is a viable counter Dice!
@ATFGunr wrote:
@RaginSamThe stationary AA guns in both 1 and V were decent and when manned could pretty easily defeat air. Not every time mind you, some pilots are just good, but usually. Since they don’t give us stationaries in 2042, the only option is the Wildcat and as you’ve said, it’s nerfed into the ground. All we’re asking is a viable counter Dice!You bring up a good point. You could capture a point and then defend that area with a stationary AA gun. That's what good game design looks like. It was an extremely boring and tedious task to sit there and wait for a plane to actually get close enough to shoot it down, but it was at least an effective tool. What would usually happen is that pilot would avoid that part of the map. Not the perfect solution, but more then we have now it feels like.
Everything that was effective in 2042 has been nerfed or just taken away. The class system limiting who can carry stingers was a huge misstep. Nerfing the Rorsch into oblivion against any vehicle. The nerfs to the Wildcat...
They did add that new turret to Reclaimed, but it's in a pretty awkward spot and still can get out gunned by a heli if you just blink at the wrong time. I also noticed that helis can lock onto you before they're even visible on your screen or through structures somehow. It also shoots the slowest projectiles, seriously It's like paint ball velocity. It's just really bad game design forcing someone to sit still in one spot, just to stop 1-2 people from completely dominating the entire lobby. Waiting on them to make a big mistake, which even a slightly above average pilot won't put themselves in that situation.
- @RaginSam
Either Boris or Crawford should had been the ones to be able to deploy a manned stationary specifically for vehicles
@ATFGunrThe AA in BF 5 did not stand a chance against any half way decent pilot.
Pilots could fire their missiles from an out of range position!
@VOLBANKER_PC wrote:
@ATFGunrThe AA in BF 5 did not stand a chance against any half way decent pilot.
Pilots could fire their missiles from an out of range position!@VOLBANKER_PC true and when the Fligerfaust came out it was actually balanced and gave infantry an actual counterbalance but DICE nerfed it into the ground after the pilot's wailing and gnashing of teeth. Even now in 2042 if you get a lock on and fire the pilot simply flares, runs away and returns once it recharges. Flares at a minimum should recharge much more slowly for balance reasons.
