https://youtu.be/0NWHrUvJ_aY?si=j8LtfyeP5EYp2GHJI quickly (and poorly) edited a clip to show what's happening all the time when fighting the Nightbird.Hopefully you can see what I mean, when the first missile simply flies a triangle around the Nightbird and even detonates on it (!!!) without any damage and the second one hits with merely 10 damage!And all that by simply doing a barrel roll or sometimes nothing in particular.It's a pain to enjoy the game when the most broken thing can additionally abuse bugs like this!(Also on a side-note most times rockets etc. dust on something, it happens especially often against the Nightbird aswell)

@XXXSELVERXXXYeah, I heard you could just roll out of missiles. And flying tanks is just ridiculous.

The way the NB has been implemented has killed the game for me. Too OP, buggy and almost impossible to counter. And despite huge calls from the community to do something about it, DICE just keep buffing it and nerfing any chance of a counter. It dominated many rounds I've played to the point where people start to leave. No incentive to team up and take it out (because that's what's needed), so the flybois are free to farm. Totally ruined the franchise and I've already vowed not the pre-order the next game until I see for myself what the infantry:vehicle balance is like - because in 2042 it's been all wrong since day 1 and DICE have done nothing to fix it.

I wonder if we get an explanation or reaction by a developer/community manager, since this plagues the game since release, but usually there's no interaction with the community.

I have looked through my clips of the game and found one from about a year ago and the same bug happens.And the Nightbird didn't "dodge" and didn't do a barrel roll so that's completely wrong as an excuse.And as you can clearly see in this clip here at the second missile they didn't "dodge" or do anything special and still got hit for only 10 damage.It is simply ridiculous!

This is clearly an exploit, plain and simple, I don't see what there is to discuss about it other than the fact that it should not be a thing in the game, and/or that DICE should probably stop trying to make lockons work by needing to physically touch the vehicle. Stuff like this was happening back in BF4, and is even more frequent with Pondhawks.This is no different than finding a hard to get in hole in Redacted that lets you go OOB and shoot people that can't shoot back.

It's still the Nightbird ... (bug-fix?)

12 Replies

sk1lld
Legend
2 years ago
@XXXSELVERXXX

Yeah, I heard you could just roll out of missiles. And flying tanks is just ridiculous.
Barbar67
2 years ago
I wonder if we get an explanation or reaction by a developer/community manager, since this plagues the game since release, but usually there's no interaction with the community.
MADMAC50K
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
The way the NB has been implemented has killed the game for me. Too OP, buggy and almost impossible to counter. And despite huge calls from the community to do something about it, DICE just keep buffing it and nerfing any chance of a counter. It dominated many rounds I've played to the point where people start to leave. No incentive to team up and take it out (because that's what's needed), so the flybois are free to farm. Totally ruined the franchise and I've already vowed not the pre-order the next game until I see for myself what the infantry:vehicle balance is like - because in 2042 it's been all wrong since day 1 and DICE have done nothing to fix it.
Man_iLoveFishing
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
Its not bug. Its dodging. You can do with hokum and apache also, on them its harder to dodge. You need to have precise speed and angle for that.
XXXSELVERXXX
2 years ago
I have looked through my clips of the game and found one from about a year ago and the same bug happens.
And the Nightbird didn't "dodge" and didn't do a barrel roll so that's completely wrong as an excuse.
And as you can clearly see in this clip here at the second missile they didn't "dodge" or do anything special and still got hit for only 10 damage.
It is simply ridiculous!
Man_iLoveFishing
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
@XXXSELVERXXXYou dont do barell roll, its the angle of vehicle, it might go pass you or explode near you, thats when you might get hit indicator.
Edit: And the movement for dodge needs to be done only after missile launch, in some cases it happens by accident before launch. Takes some good anticipation and for very experienced pilot chances are actually close to 50/50. Mostly wont work if caught off guard. In your clip he was following ur shots, cause you were predictable, shot n shoot.
Edit2: im telling that in my perspective of flying bird. Exactly how you hold lock on me and im ready for dodge. That means, im not shooting you and trying to hold that angle.
Episode applies to all lockons and expectations.
https://youtu.be/QDbGasU4Lbw?si=J2psOh9oQAbNci0D
ATFGunr
Legend
2 years ago
@Man_iLoveFishingYou can never go wrong with BFF! Just the other day my buddy said he wished when when we redeployed it would be like noob blowing his brains out, and he’s not wrong! RIP Recon *S*
UP_Hawxxeye
Legend
2 years ago
@Man_iLoveFishing
I still believe that this should not be possible. Countermeasures are there for this reason.
Man_iLoveFishing
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
@UP_Hawxxeye And thats what majority are using. I see no problem with this cause you rarely encounter that imo.
Lady_One
New Ace
2 years ago
This is clearly an exploit, plain and simple, I don't see what there is to discuss about it other than the fact that it should not be a thing in the game, and/or that DICE should probably stop trying to make lockons work by needing to physically touch the vehicle. Stuff like this was happening back in BF4, and is even more frequent with Pondhawks.

This is no different than finding a hard to get in hole in Redacted that lets you go OOB and shoot people that can't shoot back.