Time to nerf Wildcat

@ImmutabIeDid they buff it recently? I didn't see anything in the patch notes and I've honestly been exclusively playing Redacted, but last time I played the Wildcat if anything was under performing. An attack Heli could just fly straight at you take all your shots and out damage the Wildcat no problem.

Not everything has to be a skill based thing either, there's plenty of examples throughout the game where that argument falls apart instantly. The Wildcat isn't meant to be a difficult vehicle to use. As a pilot you SHOULD fear it. It moves slowly and while it has decent range, it's not that far either. The maps are big and air vehicle are given lots of space to work with outside of the playable area for ground infantry and vehicles.

As a pilot you decide when and where you want to attack. The problem is everyone has gotten so use to just getting out of trouble and not having to worry at all about over extending, just flare and get out.

The Wildcat has been nothing but nerfed from the start. Excruciatingly slow turret speed which finally got buffed, but still pretty slow. The 30mm cannon now sucks and can get out damaged by an attack Heli in a head to head fight. It's slow to get moving with clunky driving mechanics that bounces you around everywhere. Smoke to break a lock takes far longer to regenerate then the flares on any air vehicle. Explain that one to me.

 If you have a jet and a heli going for the AA at the same time it stands no chance including those using Liz Missiles.

I am quite certain that the wildcat was nerfed to the ground as far as the attack helicopters are concerned

I agree with you. The only thing I am concerned about is the range to lock on. 700m or more is way too much range to use on a weapon that takes no skill to use and that deals 65 dmg per rocket.

I remember reading that the height for below radar is 30 meters. Range to lock on with Stinger, Rao hack or RAM third seat AA missile are not a problem. I would even say the RAM AA is pointless with its 250 meter range. But Wildcat is ridiculous. Maps are part of the problem as in that some of them do not have any viable cover to duck below.

I'm speaking with Attack Helicopter experience, not the Scout Heli. Nightbird is still overperforming and wills 10-0 against the heavy armored (?) Apache and Havoc. A non armored, machine gun wielding scout vehicle taking down heavy armored tank helicopter. Maybe the Wildcat is balanced on those good Nightbird pilots, which there are aplenty. Skill required to fly Nightbird should be commendable but even in the current state, Wildcat just fails against them and absolutely ruins every other air vehicles life.

---

@ImmutabIe wrote:

I agree with you. The only thing I am concerned about is the range to lock on. 700m or more is way too much range to use on a weapon that takes no skill to use and that deals 65 dmg per rocket.

---

It is 65 dmg that will almost never be inflicted between countermeasures, cover and bellow radar.

@UP_HawxxeyeHehe, what's the usage of Jet if you have to fly it below radar all the time. How can I deal with Wildcat camper and other vehicles to help my team if it can lock on me at any height or range.

Let's say I go for the kill and something with 700m range locks on me so I have to finish my attack and pop flares at the same time. I won't have enough time to fly to safety because flares don't last long and there is that stupid flares reload animation where animation goes down first and then starts filling up. But leave that aside Wildcat and any lock-on AA other than Soflam that needs team effor shouldn't be dealing more than 40-45 damage per rocket.