It's really hard to tell what the reason is behind this change, afterburner now uses up extremely fast, which wont give you any meaningful advantage.Dogfight has become even more braindead than it had already been, after the update, both sides are flying slowly and bleeding speed at an unacceptable level, and if you use Afterburner, it will be burnt out before the FIRST turn is complete, in addition, if you press "SHIFT" to initiate the afterburner, the entire speeding cycle can not be stopped unless you let go the "W" key. By doing that, you are basically putting the jet into idle mode thus losing even more speed than what you gained from the afterburner.Ways to improve it is to greatly increase the duration of the afterburner and let it start to help you gain speed by pressing and holding "SHIFT" and STOP the burn by releasing the "SHIFT"

Best of all is the reason why they did it."Included a Jet Afterburner Meter so players are now able to manage how and when to use afterburners to gain air combat advantage."I was able to do that before by simply using the Afterburner. They should at least tell the truth.We did it to slow down the jets.Now it feels like you are faster on foot.

@SamuraiChopstickIt will be really awkward to get off the habit of using the Afterburner all the timeI believe the suggestion of the OP to make the afterburner turn off after unpressing the keybind to be a good idea. In fact it should had been part of this change because the current way the afterburner works assumes an infinite afterburner.

@UP_Hawxxeye "It will be really awkward to get off the habit of using the Afterburner all the time"Yes especially because everyone has the Afterburner also binding on "W". We will see. The idea from the OP would also make the most sense to me.

Anybody has any idea why they would change this?

IF the Lis TV Missle is flying faster than you jet, then you know something is wrong.I miss the speed of BF2 jets:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z73Hou1KVo

Jet Afterburner change feedback | EA Forums

28 Replies

UP_Hawxxeye
Legend
2 years ago
@PrecisionWing
So they managed to make dogfighting feel even worse?
SamuraiChopstic
2 years ago
Best of all is the reason why they did it.
"Included a Jet Afterburner Meter so players are now able to manage how and when to use afterburners to gain air combat advantage."
I was able to do that before by simply using the Afterburner. They should at least tell the truth.
We did it to slow down the jets.
Now it feels like you are faster on foot.
UP_Hawxxeye
Legend
2 years ago
@SamuraiChopstick
It will be really awkward to get off the habit of using the Afterburner all the time
I believe the suggestion of the OP to make the afterburner turn off after unpressing the keybind to be a good idea. In fact it should had been part of this change because the current way the afterburner works assumes an infinite afterburner.
SamuraiChopstic
2 years ago
@UP_Hawxxeye "It will be really awkward to get off the habit of using the Afterburner all the time"

Yes especially because everyone has the Afterburner also binding on "W". We will see. The idea from the OP would also make the most sense to me.
PrecisionWing
2 years ago
Indeed jets nowadays are flying like it's underwater and the duration of the afterburner is simply unreasonable.
sk1lld
Legend
2 years ago
Anybody has any idea why they would change this?
Joe234567891011
2 years ago
The jets feel so sluggish now. The nightbird 1v1 with a jet actually favors the nightbird. Without the burners to get away the nightbird guns just shred through the jet armor and there's not a whole lot you can do. The airspace is tiny and the jets are slow. No precision controls on the burner also took away a lot of the maneuverability. Now dogfights are even more so just circling over and over without a lot of thought. Need the burner control to change directions and shake the tail.
PrecisionWing
2 years ago
@Joe234567891011this patch actually took away the only advantage of the jet: Speed.
UP_Hawxxeye
Legend
2 years ago
@PrecisionWing
These jets are supposed to go way above mach 1 too
SamuraiChopstic
2 years ago
@sk1lld The only thing I can think of is to make them slower. Everyone has the afterburner binding on "W" so you just flying at full speed all the time.
@Joe234567891011 You are absolutely right about the heli. Every good MD pilot will shred you away because you lack speed.
@PrecisionWing Yes in the last patch the pods and now this. In 2 patches no one wants to fly anymore.