Vehicle Balance has always been a topic of controversy in BF.

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@LlamaWithKatana wrote:

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@UP_Hawxxeye wrote:

@ATFGunrIn BF3 even now there is NOTHING you can do vs jet pros if you are not a jet pro.

Meanwhile they can empty the sky and BRTTTT and rocket pod the ground forces.

I remember that during BF3 and BF4 I was often saying that there should not had been jets because they have no (effective) counters other than themselves.

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Same in BF V. Stuka just bomb from the stratosphere and there are no real counters to that except another plane.

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Perhaps you have stopped BFV before they nerfed the accuracy of bombs that are not dropped from much lower down, well into the range of fliegerfaust

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@AngrySquid270 wrote:

That BFF Stinger video is from 2013... BF3 time frame.  Was there a period of time that Stingers dominated air in that game.  I can't remember.

BF 2042 stingers are balanced...against the top 60-80% of pilots.  Average and below average pilots get wrecked.  Ace pilots have solved the threat and are essentially untouchable.

That's the problem when you have a skillless lock-on weapon.  It has a tiny skill window.  There's little difference between someone with 1hr of experience and someone with 500hr of experience.

Planes are the opposite with massive skill windows.  The difference between a pilot with 1hr and 500hr is huge.

It's impossible to fairly balance the lock-on stinger against all skill levels of pilots.  Some pilots get screwed, some get a fair fight, others dominate.

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Which is we need in 2042 a greater diversity of AA types, especially those that are not lock on smart missiles which are either deflected or will 100% hit you if nothing is in the way.