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AerialDominance
Seasoned Adventurer
24 days ago

Jets and helis seem terrible once again

The helis are seem obviously heavy, floaty, and extremely vulnerable to everything—stationary AA, AA tanks, Stingers, jets, even RPGs. Their weaponry is just weak, and the flight model just seems off.

 But as bad as helis are, jets are somehow even worse. Jets in BF6 are straight up atrocious. Sure, they can instakill other jets and maybe shoot down a heli (if you ever find one alive), but that’s literally it. The jet can’t repair itself (which might be a bug), its guns are useless against ground targets, and the laser-guided missiles are a complete joke. The bombs are totally ineffective too. The flight model is a near copy-paste of BF2042 which nobody wanted. People wanted the skill and feel of BF3 or BF4, but instead we’re stuck with another floaty, weightless mess with worthless weaponry and no effect on the battlefield. 

Every experienced pilot is saying a similar thing: the jets are bad, even the top players are consistently at the bottom of the scoreboard, game. If people like Silk, one of the best pilots of battlefield imo with 200+ kill games in bf4, is scoring literally last place on the scoreboard playing jets, there’s literally no hope for anyone else. I’m obviously basing all this on lots of gameplay footage and I may be making assumptions as it hasn’t launched but it’s not looking good.

It’s honestly like DICE wants air combat to be a non-factor. Ever since BF2042, jets are basically just toys to let players jump in, crash in 20 seconds, and go back to running on the ground. This is not healthy for the game, and if BF6 keeps going down this road, the game is doomed to repeat 2042’s failures. We use to be excited to fly the powerhouse in bf3 and 4 felt almost like a kill streak. Now it’s a cinema and the helis are following suit.

15 Replies

  • There are a few main draws to play BF over COD. Vehicles being one of the largest factors. Also not being able to play with more than 3 friends is an issue. I remember playing with my whole battalion on BF2,3,&4. Tanks and trucks feel great for me, but heli and jets are awful. I agree get physics and control feeling like BF3 and BF4 again. 

  • fghbe's avatar
    fghbe
    Seasoned Newcomer
    11 days ago

    Jets feel absolutely nothing like they do now in bf2042. I would even be fine if they were like 2042. 

    Bf3/4 also feels great although less yaw but generally more mobile which is nice. The yaw also is simply broken when using rifle aim for jets. Uniform vehicle aiming does not work at all on jets. Yaw simply does not exist anymore when using mouse.
    Just port over bf3 and 4 jets or atleast make it like it is NOW on bf2042.

  • Tanks also need to be improved, the projectiles have no ballistics, they are invisible and too fast, in BF4 you could see the projectile whizzing through the sky with a certain ballistics, here the projectile is a straight laser even at 1 km. Furthermore, hitting enemy tanks always gives 25 points, even if the damage inflicted is greater, consequently you don't really know how much damage you are inflicting, the score should correspond to the damage inflicted.

  • xGoD_Creg24's avatar
    xGoD_Creg24
    Seasoned Newcomer
    11 days ago

    The settings on the BF6 helicopters are absoutely attrocious. BF4 helicopter and jet gameplay are prime and need to be put back into BF6. As someone who has logged well over 20h in the open beta as of now, there are key factors that need changed and mainly just in the flying/Ground vehicles. MAINLY air vehicles. 

  • 999Impreza's avatar
    999Impreza
    New Scout
    10 days ago

    lack of weight compared to bf3 and bf4? vehicles esp helis has been feeling like feathers since bc2 just to cater to ppl using controllers on consoles. Nothing beats BF2 air vehicle feeling.

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