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 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!
@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.
@ragnarok013 wrote:
@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.
I still think changing the Fligerfaust was a mistake. When I was getting OHK by one it was usual because I was being lax with my flying and deserved to get smacked down. I think it added a nice element of risk too as SAA wasn't really much of a threat in my experience (I had the sites memorised and used to watch the minimap for icons disappearing, so either escaped them or killed them).
- @ElliotLH I agree. How did you like the BF1 flak-gun? The AT rifle that could shoot flak shells?
- @Wargame_Enj0yer I didn't get on too well with it when I tried using it, but I think that was just because you had to use the bipod. I'm sure I got shot down by a couple in BF1 though. How did you find it?
- @ElliotLH At first it was awkard becasue of how you had to set it up, but ultimateIy I find it pretty cool to use.
If you could find another engineer or squadmate to run the same setup you could down an ace pilot that was on a strafe vs ground. That actually worked. It had a good balance between chance of coordination in a pool of randoms versus aircraft farming infantry. - @Wargame_Enj0yer Nice, I probably didn't give it enough of a chance back then. Using it in tandem with someone else is a good shout too.
The Burton was my go to AA in BF1. Those incendiary rounds were great against low flying planes.
