In short - Rao sux. Big time.
Hack doesn't disable LATV (itr also had insane splash size). In second video I didn't get point for destroyed heli after hack.
Rao needs to be at least fixed. His hack sux in first place and half of time it doesn't even work.
Yeah, Rao is pretty lackluster, I've been trying him the last few days to counter the stealth helicopters and so far I'm not impressed
I always thought rao sucked, you would be vulnerable and die hacking more often then at actually acomplished anything. hacking a vehicle should let you control it, even for just a few seconds, for example, giving you a chance to suicide a helo into a building/mountain side....whatever. the mechanics are in the game, if casper can operate a remote drone, same kinda thing here. now, to keep this from being OP and having 10 rao's try to chain control something, you would still have the firewall mechanic, just increase the time a few if not several min that vehicle can be hacked again.
Rao’s a great concept. Rao’s hack should disable flares and make controlling the vehicle that’s hacked extremely difficult.
As is, Rao is a waste of time compared to other Specialists that can bring a lot more to the fight.
Too bad DICE doesn’t create anti vehicle specialists with the same zeal they created the god like Stealth Helo. In 20 years of Battlefield I’ve never seen anything as broken OP as the Stealth helo.
@LlamaWithKatanaRao and Angel are probably the two most powerful specialists in the game with how they are able to influence the battlefield. You did get points for the "hack" 20 points for the disrupt and 5 points for the spot.
I just went into a tank superiority. Hid prone in a bush and just hacked all the enemy tanks so my team could take them out with no resistance.
But none for vehicle being destroyed. Also on first video I hacked LATV but it still killed me with gun so hack doesn't even work all the time.
@EA_Atic can we have some attention to that please? It's like if Sundance grenade just disappear or Dozer dropped his shield because it is too heavy.
DICE Team@LlamaWithKatana You are getting XP plus all the spots inside the vehicle.
The grenade was shot out just before you hacked it and it is was killed you, you dying looks like it stopping the the hack effect on the vehicle.
From personal experience Rao is very powerful vs anything flying, less vs any ground based vehicles. But ground based vehicles already have a lot of counters to it so it fits in.
/Atic
Rao is one of my go to specialists on anything other than exposure BT second sector (64 man layout). my mastery is 160+ and i use him to make life miserable for vehicles. i have caused SO many MAVs, tanks etc to be blown up because they over extend and when i hack them they are defenseless. i can't shoot down a condor or hind on my own but i can make it so if they don't run they will die because they can't shoot or use flares. He is also the best counter to stealth helos (some * actually sent me hate mail calling me a * because i hacked him then shot him down with a stinger lol, what else are you supposed to do to a helo that won't leave stealth mode?) rao is anything but useless if you know what you are doing and have somewhat competent teamates.
