TempesT wrote:The Littlebird needs to be changed in its role. Using Ramiel as an example, there seems to be no reason for this Attack Chopper. I would prefer it to have no guns, so it can be used for more effective troop inserts.
The Littlebird is too weak in its functions. The Miniguns have NO deviation, which makes killing infantry difficult and technical drivers/gunners are far to protected. Overall the Littlebird is a waste of space in a map like Ramiel. I understand its role is for scouting but if you strap two miniguns on the thing then people, quite rightly, think it is for anti-infantry.
If I strafe infantry it almost ALWAYS requires a second pass, which leaves the helicopter amazingly vulnerable to small arms. I have no issue with the health of the Littlebird, it is realistic. However the helicopters weapons systems are not powerful enough for such a ticket heavy, and spawn heavy asset. This is no longer a realism issue, its a gameplay issue. The same goes for
I agree with what your saying about the little bird, there mini gun's are ineffective, And on map's like ramial there extreamly ineffective due to the amount of 50cal roming arounld, They whould faction a lot better if the majority of 50cal where removed and there mini gun's where removed and converted into a troop transport.
ether that or increase the rate of fire on there mini gun's, and increase the deviation.
TempesT wrote:Attack Helicopters, they take 20 minutes to respawn and a very valuable but they are not worth their weight. More often than not it is better to just let these assets sit and rust
The attack helo's are Ok they are inherently weak in PR due to the view distance,
Only way
THE ATTACK choppers WORK is when you use them in conjunction with a squad. people flying CAP in this game constantly screw them self's over and there team by creating there own squad. if your flying in a attack helo you should alway stay in a infantry squad (make sure there Vet players) and use them to be your eyes and ear's, they can then inform you of any AA threat's in the area and then laz them for you to take out. (AND KEEP YOU SAFE IN THE PROCESS!!!)
The best defence in a attack chopper is information and intelligence, the other problem with how people use them is people are too aggressive with them, i see pilot's constantly charging in with them, which is the worst thing you can do. you got no armour, the only defence you have is staying out of trouble and staying out of range of it.