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Prshut's avatar
Prshut
3 years ago

Whats the point of Soflam if Rao is getting a buff.

Disabling vehicles is already one of the strongest abilities in the game and someone thought its good idea to make him even more broken. Most vehicles are already weak as it is and giving Rao ability...
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Adamonic's avatar
Adamonic
3 years ago
@Prshut it is going to be interesting to see what that really is because if his hack has two functions (paint AND disable), that is pretty OP.
UP_LordPlumber's avatar
UP_LordPlumber
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@Adamonic That kills the point of using Soflan though. Why bother taking Soflan if you can hack and paint at the same time? Unless they buff soflam in some way.

For example to keep the lock even through flares, now that would be interesting. But then they would have to add ECM Jammer back
  • AngrySquid270's avatar
    AngrySquid270
    3 years ago

    As a former Rao+SOFLAM main.

    99% of pilots worth killing will flare at the beginning of the hack.

    Even if the vehicle is hacked/targeted no one can take advantage of it due to the flares. It's not a doomsday scenario.

    That said I do agree that SOFLAM now seems rather pointless based on what we do know.  Lis seems clearly the best anti-vehicle specialist and cannot benefit from SOFLAM.  SOFLAM locks are still easily countered by flares, it's unlikely any M5/FXM user is sending a missile unless they suspect flares are still recharging.

    Lastly the re-introduction of the 3D spot mechanic is not only faster, but free version of the SOFLAM spotting feature.  

  • Psubond's avatar
    Psubond
    3 years ago
    @UP_LordPlumber wrote:
    @AdamonicThat kills the point of using Soflan though. Why bother taking Soflan if you can hack and paint at the same time? Unless they buff soflam in some way.

    For example to keep the lock even through flares, now that would be interesting. But then they would have to add ECM Jammer back

    Hack has half the range of soflam.  Also, flares act as an ecm in thin game

    • UP_LordPlumber's avatar
      UP_LordPlumber
      Seasoned Ace
      3 years ago
      @Psubond That's why I suggested buff laser-assisted locks e.g. SOLFAM. It worked well enough in BF4 where pilots could either take flares that would kill an incoming missles lock, or ECM jammer that would stop any enemy fomr locking on, and a had small chance of killing the incoming missiles if you used it too late

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