Completely agree with this. They removed the MR Missile for the time being, so people have switched to just using the TOW and Guided Missile, and honestly, this feels even worse. At the very least you knew the MR Missile was coming, but now, you are just flying, and suddenly your dead from a TOW that you had no idea had even been fired. I had my own rant on the RPG already. The fact that a single dude with an RPG is the scariest thing for a tank to see is wild. And don't even get me started on sniping helicopters with RPGs. We just can't win.
For real, played attack heli a few times today and literally every death was from the other attack heli with no warning from their tow across the map after they respawned. Being good with the tow on attack heli/IFV should not give you guaranteed instant death against enemy helis across the map if they don't immediately know you've spawned. It also basically forces you into 3rd person constantly (just like the abysmal turret turn speed on tanks/IFVs does) which sucks because 3rd person is way less immersive and fun for me in vehicles, but it's now essential basically at all times.
It's honestly really frustrating. Especially because attack helis are ALREADY easier than ever to kill with even small arms fire doing damage to them and the stinger being stronger than it ever has been before. But the biggest threat is just constant instant death from an IFV/the enemy heli from anywhere on the map so why even bother equipping the stinger?
An underappreciated negative effect of all this is that it isn't even cool to kill a helicopter with the RPG or TOW anymore. In older titles I was impressed if someone landed a tough TOW shot, and excited when I did, now there aren't any tough TOW shots. Same with RPG.
