You can't flare when hacked. So when the notification pops up, you flare and flee. It shouldn't be a promised kill just because you play rao. that's not op it's literally the only defense a helo has, imagine they couldn't flare so 100% of the time they get hacked some AA rocket streams up and 1 shots them. 100% of the time. That's downright special needs
Some heli pilots have found a workaround/exploit where they are able to flare after the hack. I sometimes see pilots dumping flares ~3 seconds after my hack finishes. When this happens, it's usually the same pilot doing it repeatedly (they've figured it out). Possibly related to seat-switching or somehow exiting and rapidly re-entering the vehicle which cancels it.
Before someone responds, note:
1. This is not due to lag, nor the pilot pre-flaring upon hack notification. It's a full 3 or more seconds of before the flares get popped after I've finished the hack. Not long enough for hack to have stopped, and too long to be a result of lag.
2. This is not because I've hacked a passenger or bailed soldier. The hack takes longer to complete, so I know it was the heli which was hacked.
@DigitalHype I've encountered a pilot recently who was locked, fired at, flared before the hit, and then by the time I had run a couple of metres forward to lock on again (immediately after their flare cycle ended), they flared again. I sometimes have missiles pass straight through flares I deploy. Radar missile seems to do this mostly, unless I use it, at which point their flares throw it off. Also translated to ground vehicles where I popped thermal smoke to avoid an AGM lock on, and still got hit twice, almost like they were dumb fired at me.
