You can't balance helis without playing them
It's okay to complain that helis are annoying but you can't tell how helis should be nerfed if you don't play them. Attack helis (Apache, Hokum, stealth helis and Nightbird) have become less aggress...
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The experience of a novice heli pilot is much different than the experience of an ace heli pilot.
The anti-air experience is vastly different when going against a novice versus ace pilot.
Ignoring the obvious biases and bad faith arguments this problem isn't resolved by simply playing the other side.
@AngrySquid270There should be a way to become skilful enough that you could evade death in any vehicle for the whole match.
Now that involves not making risky plays you don't have an escape from. If a wildcat is patrolling near a flag but there are 15 enemies there that could be easily killed in a heli, you have to weigh the risk/reward. You could clear the point, but the wildcat may tear you up with it's AA gun and will lock you from a long distance if your flares aren't ready.
If you choose simply not to engage then you won't help the team or get the points for killing the players.
Right now many infantry players just seem to want there to be no good answer. Only risk for pilots. Risk of death at any moment and no way to evade it. That's what lis and the TOR tank, and Rao represent.They allow infantry to put the helicopter in a no win situation that emerges without warning. It is a constant risk, even when there's no reward on the table.
Why does it make sense that I am at risk of being one shot by a tank at any moment during the match, no matter what I'm doing?
Why does it make sense that 3 lis missiles can come flying at me at any point during the match, even if I'm playing safely and avoiding any reward?
@SpudBug wrote:@AngrySquid270There should be a way to become skilful enough that you could evade death in any vehicle for the whole match.
Why does it make sense that I am at risk of being one shot by a tank at any moment during the match, no matter what I'm doing?
Why does it make sense that 3 lis missiles can come flying at me at any point during the match, even if I'm playing safely and avoiding any reward?
While I think we can all sympathize with the trash deaths, I don't think there's a practical way to eliminate them. Especially when it comes to a many versus one engagement.
For better or worse the tension of being deleted in an instant by some unseen, unpredicted, uncounterable, no contest type of threat is part of the Battlefield experience - for infantry, for armor and for pilots too.
