This completely nullifies the Night Bird's place as an Air Attack Vehicle if it the Pilot has the same survival rate as someone in a "Light Vehicle".
Maybe it's a bug, look at the video and see for yourself. All I know, is that this should not be happening if the Night Bird is in the Air Attack Vehicle category.
@Adamonic Not gonna lie... that's super harsh... I'd totally agree if the Night Bird wasn't in the Air Attack Vehicle category but because it is... Why would you ever take the Night Bird over something that can survive at least 1 stinger missile. For instance this "bug", I'm never taking the Night Bird, because its pointless if there's a chance I just get knocked out the cockpit.
@ATFGunrIt's also possible to snipe and shoot out pilots in other air craft as well, the same is also possible with the Bolte despite it being in the "Armored" vehicles category.
The Stinger seems to have splash damage that goes through the Nightbird it self, when a Stinger hits a Hind/Condor, the passengers take damage but not the Pilot or Gunners.
@Adamonic wrote:
@S3SSioN_SoLOK for the game, it should take two. IRL one Stinger is taking it down.
I think they nerfed it too much before and it should be in its own scout category.
ok, put it in its own scout category but then it ONLY gets miniguns
i have shot pilots out of a HIND and condor with SMGs and DMRS when they are stupid and try to hover near an objective (shoot at the back seater in the hind, that's the pilot and you can get them to crash if you cap him)
@Psubond That's absolutely fine, but I see this, like in the video, the equivalent of firing a RPG at a Tank and killing the Tank Operator from outside.
There's no point in taking a Night Bird when the Stealth Heli can survive for three times as long and impact the game twice as much. Even the Apaches can survive twice as long, solely because a Stinger won't kill you, the pilot whilst flying it.
@S3SSioN_SoL wrote:@Psubond That's absolutely fine, but I see this, like in the video, the equivalent of firing a RPG at a Tank and killing the Tank Operator from outside.
There's no point in taking a Night Bird when the Stealth Heli can survive for three times as long and impact the game twice as much. Even the Apaches can survive twice as long, solely because a Stinger won't kill you, the pilot whilst flying it.
the difference is you can't shoot the tank driver with a smg. you can in aircraft. if a bullet can pass through the windscreen a surface to air missile definitely should be able to. it all depends on where the missile hits
I got shot out of a Hind last night by a Lis rocket. Everyone else survived....
