Attack helicopter is absolutely useless on open maps
In BF3 attack helis was a real threat to ground vehicles. In BF4, it is almost useless.
1) it has bad maneuverability, but thats is ok.
2) Active radar missiles. They DAMN kill all interest in driving attack heli. It is impossible to evade them, cause warning sound comes way too late. Flying low means that being hit by these missiles will certainly crash heli to ground because of strong hit explosion. Flying high means slow death because of AA, which can damage it on any distance not allowing auto-repair to work.
3) in addition to all this ammo pool function appeared, cutting helicopter's attack power in half. But thats quite good, will not allow some people to camp with heli.
4) low rocket (pilot main weapon) damage to infantry. In addition with limited ammo pool makes pilot ineffective vs infantry.
5) well, heli HP is bigger, that is good.
6) impact effect from missiles is little less that impossible to counter. Almost any of these overturns heli and cause it to crash.
7) i still cant understand why 12.7 caliber guns mounted on vehicels can damage heavily armored vehicle like attack heli? Any tank can scare away heli just by damaging it with machine gun.
So, attack heli isnt something ground forces are afraid anymore. On any open map with jets or AA it cannot even get to center of the map. It crashes after any missile hit if flying low to ground, if fly high it becomes open to all stingers/AA/jets. Active radar is not something that can be countered (all AA drivers use only them) and attack heli is useless on any maps except for city maps where it can hide inbetween buildings.
Well, attack heli certainly needs a buff. Otherwise it will popular only between campers, who want to get themselves to higher position.
1) it has bad maneuverability, but thats is ok.
2) Active radar missiles. They DAMN kill all interest in driving attack heli. It is impossible to evade them, cause warning sound comes way too late. Flying low means that being hit by these missiles will certainly crash heli to ground because of strong hit explosion. Flying high means slow death because of AA, which can damage it on any distance not allowing auto-repair to work.
3) in addition to all this ammo pool function appeared, cutting helicopter's attack power in half. But thats quite good, will not allow some people to camp with heli.
4) low rocket (pilot main weapon) damage to infantry. In addition with limited ammo pool makes pilot ineffective vs infantry.
5) well, heli HP is bigger, that is good.
6) impact effect from missiles is little less that impossible to counter. Almost any of these overturns heli and cause it to crash.
7) i still cant understand why 12.7 caliber guns mounted on vehicels can damage heavily armored vehicle like attack heli? Any tank can scare away heli just by damaging it with machine gun.
So, attack heli isnt something ground forces are afraid anymore. On any open map with jets or AA it cannot even get to center of the map. It crashes after any missile hit if flying low to ground, if fly high it becomes open to all stingers/AA/jets. Active radar is not something that can be countered (all AA drivers use only them) and attack heli is useless on any maps except for city maps where it can hide inbetween buildings.
Well, attack heli certainly needs a buff. Otherwise it will popular only between campers, who want to get themselves to higher position.
