@SpudBugHow so? I mean, how’s he not contributing? Unless they’ve changed something since last weekend, the Heli can still use weapons in stealth right?
@SpudBug wrote:
@SleepyWeasel68the pilot can only use bombs which are pretty effective in a small area but have a long reload speed. The gunner can attack with their minigun but it's range is very limited
He’s dropping enough ordinance to kill me while capping a point.
@ATFGunr wrote:
@SpudBugSince the Soflam manually locks on, you’re physically aiming it after all, it should be able to defeat stealth. MANPADS being defeated by the stealth makes sense, however physically pointing a laser at it and holding it on target should negate the stealth feature.
This right here. Stealth doesn’t make the damn thing invisible. The weapon locking on is locking on the the laser.
@SpudBug wrote:
@9mgebypzbiszNo, this invalidates the stealth mode. It's usefulness is severely limited in stealth mode. A pilot flying around only in stealth isn't doing much to change the match.
Yes. It becomes less effective while in stealth. But it's not completely ineffective and the bombs can still do massive damage to ground. However it becomes basically impossible for ground to counter it, while it's stealth. That is the definition of imbalanced. It's simply too strong. Stealth, insane speed, flares to avoid damage. All while still being able to dish out damage to ground forces while they can only watch and hope air can catch it.
@DigitalHype wrote:
@SpudBug wrote:
@9mgebypzbiszNo, this invalidates the stealth mode. It's usefulness is severely limited in stealth mode. A pilot flying around only in stealth isn't doing much to change the match.
Yes. It becomes less effective while in stealth. But it's not completely ineffective and the bombs can still do massive damage to ground. However it becomes basically impossible for ground to counter it, while it's stealth. That is the definition of imbalanced. It's simply too strong. Stealth, insane speed, flares to avoid damage. All while still being able to dish out damage to ground forces while they can only watch and hope air can catch it.
Rao's hacking forces the stealth chopper out of stealth mode. One M5 takes the stealth chopper out.
Stealth choppers have enough time to pop flares before Rao's hack goes off, giving the stealth chopper enough time to fly away to cover/out of range while they're hacked. I was just playing with an annoying pilot who would decimate all our air and armor and even with a squad of three of us going after them with Rao and AA, we couldnt manage to kill him. Honestly I think the chopper would be better if the bombs were on the gunner seat instead of the EMP bomb (because why does it need that too on top of everything else) and if it was more sluggish to control in attack mode. its a straight upgrade to the attack chopper and scout choppers both right now.
Perhaps a compromise would be to either:
1) Increase lock-on time when targeting a heli in stealth mode
2) Remove the persistent lock feature. If you lose LoS with the SOFLAM the lock breaks immediately- no more 5sec grace period. Missiles fired with a lock assist still track even if SOFLAM lock breaks while in flight.
Also, allow Lis's launcher to benefit from the SOFLAM. Lis's introduction was a big nerf for the SOFLAM. Before 100% of launchers could benefit. Now only 66% of launchers benefit. SOFLAM users have significantly fewer people to partner up with now.
@SpudBug “ The stealth helo
is doing nothing in stealth mode” Except dropping bombs and clearing objectives. Not to mention the gunner taking out vehicles and infantry.
You must people on these forums are completely idiots to say something so insulting to our intelligence.
Do you think we are all that stupid?
