Why helo respawn time should be short (60-90 seconds)

No. They won’t fight each other… most of the time friendly and enemy helos will just farm. AA range needs to be increased in order to prevent high altitude helo farming - especially with attack choppers. Good pilots can dodge AA by using cover.

@steirerhubsiiSometimes I see helos ignoring each other but they are noob pilots. High altitude helos are noobs, too. They can't get many kills. Infantry doesn't need to be able to deal with them.

FXM can't kill good (or decent) pilots except when they are fighting each other... Managing the risk of FXM is one of the most basic skills of pilots.

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@steirerhubsii wrote:

No. They won’t fight each other… most of the time friendly and enemy helos will just farm. AA range needs to be increased in order to prevent high altitude helo farming - especially with attack choppers. Good pilots can dodge AA by using cover.

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Exactly right.

And we should not shorten helo respawn time.  They already are pampered with kills and XP with their vehicle dominance already in this game.  The aircraft to aircraft weapons should be strengthened, so we get more action between them and less farming of vehicle bums just farming infantry 24/7.   So we need better ground vehicle against air vehicle abilities.  And we need better heli+jet ammunition to take out helis.  This way the helis will need to focus more on other vehicles to stay alive then just farming infantry as they principally do now.

You can also add that infantry ought to have more options available to take out those heli infantry farmers than they have now.  Its too easy for just a semi decent heli pilot to keep dodging the infantry anti air we have today.

I added Edit 1 to the original post.

Tanks and Helos were gold in previous titles. They were an important asset that if lost could sway the game. Nowadays, with the respawn times so quick and the instant call-ins, they feel devalued. 

If a player is using AA, he is not contributing to the ground fight, or paying attention to it. This benefits the other team's ground forces, so even if the helo is not effectively killing anyone, they still are taking the attention away from the other team.

In a recent BT, it felt like I had 4x Lis's and several players with AA and a Wildcat all worried about me flying around in a helo. Most were even in their spawn facing backwards just to try to take me out. It was comical because while my team was easily capping all the points because their ground forces were outnumbered, this group was determined to kill me. 

This doesn't feel like a good faith argument.

Goal: To prevent infantry farming by heli.

Solution: Nerf infantry, buff heli.

Really?

Just be transparent and say that you are a heli main and find the respawn timers and stingers annoying.

@AngrySquid270I believe you will realize my post is actually true if you play helos (attack helicopter category) for just a few dozens of hours. I want to destroy enemy helos before they ambush me but FXM prevents me from fighting against them.

I want opinions from those who are good at both infantry and vehicles...

I added Edit 2 to the original post.

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@MZR_926 wrote:

I want to destroy enemy helos before they ambush me but FXM prevents me from fighting against them.

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Why aren't the stingers on your team effective in preventing the ambush?  If stingers can prevent you from engaging other heli's, shouldn't that also be true for the enemy pilots?

Also you signed up for a 64-128p game.  I don't think clean 1v1 fights should be an expectation/reasonable design goal.  You should always expect some degree of teamwork - both in your favor and against.