Little Bird concerns

Lucky lobby? Did you even watch the video from JackFrags I provided in this thread? That footage was recorded by him in a pre season 2 launch capture event, which is invite only, so typically there will be people who know how to play BF and with that how to counter a helicopter.  

And I too have played 2042, and although I might not have spend countless hours in the Night Bird, I think with an overall playtime of 1506 hours, and 34 hours spent in the various helicopters, I immediately spotted and felt the difference between the BF2042 Night Bird and the BF6 Little Bird both from a pilot as an infantry perspective. Where I struggled to position the NB in order to get kills, this was not the case with the Little Bird. The latter is noob friendly in terms of handling and also in the way the weapons damage infantry. And yes it might be more vulnerable than it's predecessor but only to direct hits with RPG's and Tows, for which it compensates in maneuverability. You can get killed easily by those but only if you hover in place or fly in repetitive patterns, but any decent pilot who knows how to use the terrain and maneuverability to his/her advantage will have 0 issues in farming infantry.

Those little helicopters are not even remotely healthy for the overall sandbox of Battlefield. It's a vehicle that can be manned by one person and it's main goal is to simply hunt down and harass infantry. It's effectively one of these things that's fun for one person and unfun for everyone else, meanwhile not even really being something that can be that much of a match decider unless you're really good with it. And if you are you probably could have used a different vehicle that could have actually been helpful in terms of destroying enemy armor or destroying enemy air assets. The thing is basically a single player adventure, and it has been in every game that it's been part of. And that's exactly why I don't like it and why I don't use the little helicopters that often.