REPTEAD TEAM SABOTAGE - Helicopter destroyed with RPGs at Spawn

I agree with what you say, if it is not a spawn protection, the aerial vehicles will appear directly in the air. 

I totally agree with you! This behavior is completely unacceptable and those who fire RPGs at the helicopter right after it spawns  are nothing but cowards. It’s disgraceful that there’s no spawn protection and no proper way to report this intentional sabotage. Hopefully, DICE/EA will step up and fix this soon!

Yes, that would be a proper solution as well. However, we do have maps where the match starts with everyone spawning on the ground at the same time. That’s why I believe adding a temporary 10-second protection for helicopters against RPGs at the start would work better overall.

Hi everyone,

If you contact EA Help via the webform in the guide below, there is an applicable report option - it's "game disruption or cheating". I believe there's a similar option in-game, but I'm not able to check right now.

https://help.ea.com/en/articles/security-and-rules/report-players/ 

I couldn’t find that option in-game, and let’s be honest, this doesn’t really solve the issue. It only adds more steps to an already bad experience.

Having to open the EA Help website, look up the player’s EA ID, and submit a manual report is just not practical in the middle of a game.

The solution is much simpler: just add a 10-second spawn protection for helicopters at the start of the match. That alone would completely stop this kind of sabotage.

I’m going to report him — will he actually be punished? Who can guarantee he won’t do it again? Trying to fix this without stronger measures is like covering the sun with a sieve. If someone wrecks a 64-player match, there should be a live in-game vote that lets all 32 team players decide the penalty; otherwise there’s impunity — though I know that’s probably impossible.

EA should add technical protections, for example a short invulnerability for important vehicles during the first 5-10 seconds, only in the beginning of the match. That brief protection window would prevent most griefing without harming gameplay.

I've experienced this too. However, I think the better solution is to spawn in the air. Spawning any vehicles on the ground makes them very vulnerable to spawn camping, especially with these tiny maps we have now. Enemy aircraft can fly over their opponents' spawn and attack unoccupied or newly occupied vehicles. If a pilot sees a newly spawned heli or jet on the ground, why not soften it up a bit before you have to face it in the air? This just opens up way too many opportunities for bad behavior.  Spawning in the air was not broken. I don't know why Dice had to "fix" it.