The problem I have with the AA gadget weapon is that it only seems to work sometimes. I played a Breakthrough on Renewal and shot down three choppers, I could see they'd already fired their chaff, so I timed my shot to fire after it completed. All good.
Today I played Breakthrough on Orbital, totally different story; I'd target the chopper by aiming the AA, but nothing happened, no lock on, no audio cue, it was just me looking down the barrel at the chopper, which in the meantime is oblivious to what I'm trying to do so just carried on bombing and shooting. This happens (for me) so regularly that it has to be a gadget glitch, where the game isn't picking up the fact that you're aiming at an air vehicle.
The flare does go on a bit too long though, just when you think it's done, another couple fire off. I so agree that a single player shouldn't be able to take down chopper after chopper (unless the pilot isn't doing a good job) but at the same time, the AA targeting can take an age, and everything from trees to other soldiers in the way causes it to reset, on top of the fact the sometimes it just won't target the enemy vehicle at all. The AA should be twofold, destroying enemy aircraft but also acting as a deterrent, so chopper pilots are kept on their toes.
This is what bugs me so much about the chopper that can drop bombs while in stealth, it's pretty much indestructible as nothing can lock on to it.
