Helicopters are too armoured

[Mikemonster]

^ POST OF THE MONTH

[Sgt. Mahi]

Late reply but... you should really be using the alt AA for the Taliban. The alt AA gives you a stinger missile which will kill the Kiowa on 1 hit, or make it blow up in 5 seconds. It's better than the Russian made AA because it's: Faster, locks at a longer range, deals more damage, and has a larger explosive radius.

lol I never knew there was a alternative AA... I'll keep that in mind, thx

[6Skrillex6]

You gotta be kidding me? Helicopters aren't flying tanks at all. Last night I flew about in a Black Hawk and with one RPG hit we had a massive engine failure and headed straight into the ground.

[mockingbird0901]

The problem skrillex isn't primarily the BH, but the Huey

[Von_Gnome]

Huey ingame is also known as "the flying tank" for those who didn't knew it.

[6Skrillex6]

Well, I realized that and I admit that the Huey is a hard target, but quite frankly, I don't see why they should nerf it. If the Huey is hit it is bound to crash unless it RTB's and also there is a large chance that the men being carried by said chopper will be killed.

[Drunkenup]

Well, I realized that and I admit that the Huey is a hard target, but quite frankly, I don't see why they should nerf it. If the Huey is hit it is bound to crash unless it RTB's and also there is a large chance that the men being carried by said chopper will be killed.

the Huey is a old, old design, it isn't as well designed to take hits when compared to the Blackhawk, Chinook etc. Plus nerfing it would only help the game in terms of realism.. no more inexperienced pilots flying in and out of fire unscathed. helps realism, and encourages strategy.

[Mikemonster]

Play Jabal against a full complement of CAS on the US side. We built a FOB in the middle of the desert with a good view, and had both a MANPAD AA covering it as well as the deployed/built Quad Launcher AA thing.

The enemy CAS heli basically circled round because he knew we wouldn't hurt him. He actually came back three times because he was a lousy shot.

Also play Barracuda vs the US

CAS Huey is more lethal than the Cobra.

[40mmrain]

CAS Huey is more lethal than the Cobra.

I can testify for this. Which in reality is seems unrealistic, but im willing to bet it has something to do with PR's draw distance.

Cobra's cannon and hellfires are good for a kilometer or two, the strela or quad cannon are not (of course you could theoretically hit something with 14.5 at that range, but the quad cannon lacks optics, and hitting something moving fast at such a range would be quite difficult)

ALso the hind, in real life is armoured to withstand up to 23mm, with .50 cal just bouncing off it (this includes the cockpit and rotors). The apache is nearly as well armoured. The z10, havoc, and zulu cobra are comparable.

[Mikemonster]

Oh absolutely. BF2's engine renders realistic assets impossible due to the view distance.. In 'Real Life' there is a standoff distance for tanks, ATGM's, 14.5 etc, at the moment that just isn't possible. CAS jets are ludicrous on such small maps.