Attack Helis are unplayable right now

I’ve played a lot of attack helicopter recently, and it really feels like the current balance makes it nearly impossible to survive for more than about 30 seconds.

The attack heli is constantly exposed to so many one-shot threats that you can’t react to or counter with flares:

RPGs are one-hit kills and travel far too fast.

MRs are one-hit kills and cannot be flared.

AGMs are one-hit kills and cannot be flared.

TOW missiles are one-hit kills, fly way too fast, and are too easy to land.

Ramming should also count as a one-hit death. It happens far too often and is overly effective, as you’re slammed into the ground with no way to recover.

If that weren’t enough, there’s also the traditional anti-air to deal with. Stationary AA, the AA tank, and even small arms fire can significantly damage the heli. And of course, Stingers, which have an absurd lock-on range.

Heli vs. heli combat isn’t much better either. the TTK is far too short, leaving no room for interesting fights.

The jets also can absolutely easily kill the attack heli. The fighter jet has air-to-air rockets which two shot and cannot be flared.

In most lobbies, the attack heli feels almost unplayable. The moment you leave the spawn area, you’re instantly exposed to death from every direction.

At the very least, rockets that can’t currently be flared should be fixed. But even then, I still think it’s ridiculous that the heli can be one-shot so easily. It basically can’t tank anything at all.