Soma you do realize that maps having larger and more prominent cover (like large buildings) is what makes Helios even more difficult to deal with right?
The wide open maps are the ones I have to constantly bail on and run away while piloting because theres no buildings or hills to duck behind to avoid locks and direct fire.
Helios were fine - people just dont want to adjust playstyle to address them.
I guarantee most people complaining have never spawned an AA tank or equipped an AA missile.
I'm not talking about tall buildings that helos can use as cover. I'm talking about smaller buildings that you can hide from rocket fire in. I'm guessing they're nerfing the nightbird aoe damage because people are getting too many multikils with it. Because when a nightbird does a run on those hot spots like I'm talking about, they can hit 20 people at once. If the infantry had more options, those cover spots wouldn't be so crowded and attractive to helo pilots.
@soma_poggers its not just the nightbird that got nerfed.
Again, look at maps from BF 3 and 4 that had vehicles, objectives had buildings like they do in this game currently - its really not any different.
Those cover spots were the same places helio pilots had to go in previous versions of the game to get kills - the objectives where people were...
You also literally have double the players on each team with the ability to get into an AA tank or have AA rockets
