sometime AA gun is annoying , i suggest , in BF2042, it just need to increase /boost the anti air weapon dmg or alike gadget, so even a team with weak air units(players), it will balance from missing anti air AA gun . it should boost air fight experience in BF2042

There will probably be many threads about balance between air and ground as usual. It's not Dice's strongest side.

With more air vehicles than ever, it may be important to have a good AA

@stabbinhobo wrote:Gawd I hope the AA is not as anemic as BF5. Fixed AA does not stand a chance against decked out planes which is crazy. The planes in BF5 are so OP I stopped playing maps with planes. Flying circles harvesting kills just destroyed gameplay on many maps. The AA in BFV was a total contradiction.They were great at harassing passing planes far from the area that they are supposed to protect. Yet they were at a disadvantage at a head on attack from a good plane.So their role ends up being to be the primary target of the planes and distracting them from other targets

@GVlXxf I do think it needs to be a challenge to bring down the heavier aircrafts, and some way to boost certain characters for the task, like Support class in BFV had slower overheating. I was initially sceptical of the aircrafts OP after the Beta - which is typical of any BF title - but since i have seen videos of helis being taken down with both sniping and grapple hook. Sniping is fine, but grapple hook is a bit silly IMHO, and should be reduced/removed in favor of upping the AP ammo damage.A full string of LMG AP ammo in a Nightbird makes almost zero damage, and even if it prevents the self healing, it is just not good enough. A full clip of well placed AP LMG ammo should at least be enough to scare off a nightbird, after all it is supposed to be Armour Penetrating.

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GrizzGolf
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
But I like the AA
AverageTommy
5 years ago
With more air vehicles than ever, it may be important to have a good AA
TrasteTh
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@GrizzGolf Fixed AA is the best!
TrasteTh
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@GVlXxf I do think it needs to be a challenge to bring down the heavier aircrafts, and some way to boost certain characters for the task, like Support class in BFV had slower overheating. I was initially sceptical of the aircrafts OP after the Beta - which is typical of any BF title - but since i have seen videos of helis being taken down with both sniping and grapple hook. Sniping is fine, but grapple hook is a bit silly IMHO, and should be reduced/removed in favor of upping the AP ammo damage.

A full string of LMG AP ammo in a Nightbird makes almost zero damage, and even if it prevents the self healing, it is just not good enough. A full clip of well placed AP LMG ammo should at least be enough to scare off a nightbird, after all it is supposed to be Armour Penetrating.
SirBobdk
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
There will probably be many threads about balance between air and ground as usual. It's not Dice's strongest side.
Noodlesocks
5 years ago
One of the specialists can have infinite AA missiles so that will mitigate one of hte biggest problems BF4 had with AA.
stabbinhobo
5 years ago
Gawd I hope the AA is not as anemic as BF5. Fixed AA does not stand a chance against decked out planes which is crazy. The planes in BF5 are so OP I stopped playing maps with planes. Flying circles harvesting kills just destroyed gameplay on many maps.
m1k3ol
Hero
5 years ago
@GVlXxf join Portal, create game, remove everything AA related

that's it
TrasteTh
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@stabbinhobo Yeah AA balance is wonky in BFV, no matter how good you get at AA , you will never stand a chance against high altitude precision bombing in a 1 vs. 1. but the main purpose of stationary AA is to deter aircraft from an area, so to some extent it does its job.
SirBobdk
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@stabbinhobo wrote:
Gawd I hope the AA is not as anemic as BF5. Fixed AA does not stand a chance against decked out planes which is crazy. The planes in BF5 are so OP I stopped playing maps with planes. Flying circles harvesting kills just destroyed gameplay on many maps.
Everything was wrong in BFV around Air vs ground and it worked both ways. I'm usually a 50% pilot but left the game 15 months ago. First game since BF1942 where I did not think it was fun to fly.
Never experienced a game where Dice made so many changes without getting it right.
I may well be worried about BF2042 and how they are going to deal with it this time.