So far I've only been shot down in the jet once by Lizs' missile. I can say it does not destroy gameplay, her rocket is not easy to use.
I'm an all out Liz player and I'll admit some games I've hunted jets and helicopters. I can tell which pilots are good and bad. The bad ones are just garbage. They can be shot down anywhere at anytime basicaly. There's a lot of trash pilots out there that should not be complaining. It's fun to observe the good pilots, you really gotta wait to get them. They see Lizs missile coming they turn to the side and dodge while some just keep going. Some pilots will fly so low and not be mature which then becomes not a developer issue, but rather a skill issue.
How is that not fair that I just shot down that jet flying at 200 m going linear? Or snipe that jet or heli down at 475 m who's going 100 - 0 in the game? Farming infantry. What gives that pilot the right to complain? Those are clean shots.
The jets should be a one shot kill. They are weak as hell sometimes they even blow up while landing them in flight mode. It would not make sense to reduce the amount of damage. It's a good counter for those pilots that like to use rocket pods or who like to fly low for no reason. Also jets are tough to hit especially if there's a good pilot behind the controls. So, one needs to be rewarded for tougher shots.
The stealth helicopter there's a little bit of debate there. They are faster, slimmer, a bit harder to see depending on the map, and skin used. But, then having Liz is also a good counter while it's in stealth mode. Overall it probably wont make a difference turning it into a two shot.
The Apache helicopter, honestly I find it really clunky to use and slow as hell. I probably wouldn't argue if it turned into a three shot kill or just had a little bit more armour to it. And it takes forever to lock on. So, it's kind of trash already.
Mavericks don't complain about Liz. They complain about turn rates, flares being ineffective at times, lag. They watch their altitudes, they know when to pull up, when to turn to the side, when to strafe, dive back down to avoid the sky box, and will hardly eject. They adapt to lizs, they don't complain.
The people complaining are the ones that are crusin along in there jets like it's GTA or somethin. Then they get upset they have to wait for it to respawn after getting shot down. Cause they couldn't use their cheat codes to call it in again right away.
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