Paradrop in Silent Eagle

[LegioX]

German paratroopers have paracutes, nobody uses high altitude helicopter insertions??

[goguapsy]

Remember that only spawned kits have chutes (don't attempt to paradrop with a grenadier kit, for example... or a LAT or HAT...).

I believe you can rearm those after use, it takes a while on the main supply depot though.

I've heard some people doing high paradrop insertions... Basically works like this: Chopper flies HIGH... people paradrop, chopper does a low fly-by and drops a crate. And everyone's happy. Including the enemy, which might see those slow parachutes coming down...

[Lacrosse4Life17]

But, in Deployment only pilots have a parachute? Wouldn't you just fall to the ground?

[Smiddey723]

German paratroopers have paracutes, nobody uses high altitude helicopter insertions??

your point being?

if your asking why its because why doesnt anyone do it, the short answer is because there is no point when you can have a fast heli insersion onto an objective. or you could have 6 parachutes drifting through the sky for the world to see

[KEIOS]

had a parachute drop into an enemy firebase on yamalia once. it was fun and i can only imagine, how surprised the enemy were.

[LegioX]

your point being?

if your asking why its because why doesnt anyone do it, the short answer is because there is no point when you can have a fast heli insersion onto an objective. or you could have 6 parachutes drifting through the sky for the world to see

But, what about stealth insertions into a key chokepoint? Also, there's minimal use for limited kits, as there ARE NO LATS OR HATS

[Smiddey723]

But, what about stealth insertions into a key chokepoint? Also, there's minimal use for limited kits, as there ARE NO LATS OR HATS

like i said in my post "6 parachutes drifting through the sky for the world to see" is not stealthy and where are there any chockpoints on silent eagle that the para spawn covers, its a damn field

[Mora]

It is stealthy if you do it right. Choppers make a lot of noise parachutes don't. Its possible to jump with hat / lat kits as long as you have a medic with a parachute.

[Arnoldio]

Its quite perfect for 2 man spec ops or demolition squads, whole squad not so, but it isnt that bad.

[mat552]

Or, if you opt to not drop directly onto the enemy positions, and say, use your legs and sprintbar, you can put an entire squad down behind your enemy and use them to sew confusion amongst them.

Need a supply crate? No problem, get your pilot to do a nap of the earth extreme high speed run about 300 meters from your position, and drop the crate just as the wheels or skids kiss the ground in a clearing. No need to slow down, and you can wait for a few minutes to make sure no one comes investigating it, but normally no one thinks to come see, because they didn't hear the chopper slow down for any length of time.

Bonus points if you get the pilot to slow down about 600m or 800m away as if he's landing troops, and destroy the resulting investigative enemy force, then vanish into the early morning or mid day, depending on map.

[Freelance_Commando]

It is stealthy if you do it right. Choppers make a lot of noise parachutes don't. Its possible to jump with hat / lat kits as long as you have a medic with a parachute.

...because the enemy certainly won't notice a body falling from the sky, slaming into the ground and going splat

[PlaynCool]

Pretty sure that when you drop from that high you will be dead dead, also paradropping is cool i've done it a couple of times on yamalia, it's useful for chopper safety if you want to go somwhere around the flag the pilot just flies high and you drop it happens fast too, and the heli is not that vulnerable to ground fire compared to when landing.

[VapoMan]

When you land you can get the squad leader to request a supply drop with his radio.
A crate should appear on the ground where he requested it about 30 seconds after. You can only request kits off it though, and then it disappears after a while.

[ph0eniXcode]

When you land you can get the squad leader to request a supply drop with his radio.
A crate should appear on the ground where he requested it about 30 seconds after. You can only request kits off it though, and then it disappears after a while.

tq for good tips

[myles]

But, in Deployment only pilots have a parachute? Wouldn't you just fall to the ground?

On silent eagle all spawnable kits have parchutes so on silent eagle sometimes people go up on helicopters and parachute out of the heli.

[Sparkyninja]

Although pretty awesome to plan and execute para-drops are horribly impractical. Firstly the squad would have little situational awareness of the area they are dropping into, if info is known about the target from other sources then the squad should be able to move in on foot to attack if the source can observe without deadly consequences, providing a better situational awareness for everyone in the squad and in the entire team. Secondly while it can provide a big surprise to enemy troops players are able to adapt and counter very quickly in this game. Finally when the troops drop they always end up split up, a horrible consequence if one Russian looks the wrong way and is talking to his friends, meaning you will be by yourself for a few precious seconds in the opening seconds of a firefight which contradicts any military doctrine and also contradicts common sense.

[goguapsy]

When you land you can get the squad leader to request a supply drop with his radio.
A crate should appear on the ground where he requested it about 30 seconds after. You can only request kits off it though, and then it disappears after a while.

Wait, really?

[Smiddey723]

Need a supply crate? No problem, get your pilot to do a nap of the earth extreme high speed run about 300 meters from your position, and drop the crate just as the wheels or skids kiss the ground in a clearing. No need to slow down, and you can wait for a few minutes to make sure no one comes investigating it, but normally no one thinks to come see, because they didn't hear the chopper slow down for any length of time.

or you could just get that helicopter that is going to have to go basically land anyway to just drop you off along side with a crate

Wait, really?

Think hes trolling

[ytman]

your point being?

if your asking why its because why doesnt anyone do it, the short answer is because there is no point when you can have a fast heli insersion onto an objective. or you could have 6 parachutes drifting through the sky for the world to see

Here's the deal in my eyes.

People don't look up often. They definately don't look up if you don't give them a reason to. So if you can find a nice area to do a HALO you can theoretically have enough of a force for a massive sneak attack on many sections of the Russian terrain. The massive part comes from utilizing two squads with two people each in the helo and a rally on the ground giving a maximum of 12 people inserted without any indication.

The biggest issue will be the lack of specialized kits; normally airborne infantry are very specialized forces, we are not talking about Market Garden here. I'd much prefer it if the squad leader could spawn a crate on landing no matter what, but perhaps that would give too much of an imbalance to the airborne team.

In the end, I do think both Air Calvary (huey insertions) and Airborne operations have their merits. Air Calvary is a high risk type of operation where as Airborne operations are more stealthy and low risk but have a lower chance and slower at showing a result.

In my mind the best way to use Airborne Infantry is to let them drop, secure a forward area, and get a supply drop if secure. Its less risky to the helo, allows more time for the infantry to get their bearings, and if lucky enough will be 100% stealthy.

Another, potentially telegraphing use, is to have a crate drop predroped around a certain area.

EDIT: The changelog states that the SL has a crate dropped with him if he spawns from an airborne rally point with an SL kit. This crate lasts 5 minutes and can only supply ammo/weapons. I'm sure I had an air drop where it was from a Chinny and I got a crate but I'm unsure exactly.

[VapoMan]

EDIT: The changelog states that the SL has a crate dropped with him if he spawns from an airborne rally point with an SL kit. This crate lasts 5 minutes and can only supply ammo/weapons. I'm sure I had an air drop where it was from a Chinny and I got a crate but I'm unsure exactly.

Yep, not many people know about it. I only knew because I bothered to read the change log, its not in the manual.