Little Bird issues

Sabre_tooth_tigger · Post by **Sabre_tooth_tigger** » 2007-09-18 19:50

Problem there would be the lock isnt variable so surely a littlebird would lose its lock more easily then a great big A10.
They are allready weak enough I reckon, next time you see a pilot take off in one, time how long he lasts. Most pilots cant survive more then 5 mins

You can see this on kuffah oilfield, the heli doesnt respawn. Its really rare to see it any time but at the game start.
Thats a concequence of view distance which is about 500m on this map, they are cannon fodder

Post by **Dunehunter** » 2007-09-18 19:51

Nah, not if you fly them well. I've kept one up for nearly an entire round, until I landed too hard and hit a pipe, which caused it to make a frontal flip >_<

[EC]DR.NOobFragger · Post by **[EC]DR.NOobFragger** » 2007-09-18 20:00

i think the little birds are fine... and i think when u hit them with an apc switch to HE rounds.. whenever i do that on Jabal i take down blackhawks easy..

Brummy · Post by **Brummy** » 2007-09-18 20:01

Somehow the Blackhawk is faster than the LB :/

Post by **77SiCaRiO77** » 2007-09-18 20:38

firstly , LB are not used in usual combat because they are weak and can be easily destryoed by enemy fire (that incluy AA missils from hacovs AND sa7s) .

so yeah, make LB lockable .

Sabre_tooth_tigger · Post by **Sabre_tooth_tigger** » 2007-09-18 22:58

Heres a test video. Shows death from 80 bullets or a 2 second burst of the support gun

http://media.putfile.com/Littlebird-test-death

DarkTalon · Post by **DarkTalon** » 2007-09-18 23:23

Stray bullets will very often hit the pilot, as the cockpit is not enclosed. i often find myself getting hit by 1 or 2 rounds, starting to bleed just as I start descending on the helipad.

geek81 · Post by **geek81** » 2007-09-19 02:28

Sabre_tooth_tigger wrote:Heres a test video. Shows death from 80 bullets or a 2 second burst of the support gun

http://media.putfile.com/Littlebird-test-death

the little bird took alot more fire than that and didn't go down.

DarkTalon wrote:Stray bullets will very often hit the pilot, as the cockpit is not enclosed. i often find myself getting hit by 1 or 2 rounds, starting to bleed just as I start descending on the helipad.

I had a marksmans kit and was trying to pick him out of the cockpit once, he was hovering close to me and I had a clear shot at him, and couldnt take him out(took 6-7 shots).....and I had 12+ kills already with that gun, so it's not like I'm a horrible shot.

Sabre_tooth_tigger · Post by **Sabre_tooth_tigger** » 2007-09-19 03:16

Every heli in the video blew up apart from the (bigger) blackhawk which took 2 minutes of support gun fire to blow up so I didnt show that to the end, it is tougher then the LB.

You wont get a precise shot on the LB, try with a support gun next time.
There is your aim + the movement of the chopper + lag and hitboxes to consider so that is the wrong gun to use.

edit:
Unless by your comment you mean when you tried it wasnt this easy? Yes it will take longer for the 3 reasons I mentioned above, alot of the bullets will miss. You can double the times taken there, thats still about 4 seconds to down a LB with a support gun and its equally hard for him to hit you.
The LB miniguns have pistol splash damage to them

I always fly at altitude, you wont easily hit because of the bullet travels too slowly to be precise