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IIRC, you can restock from derelict/destroyed vehicles, not sure if that's intentional or a bug.

Stickied.

LB:

-Avoid hovering/landing as much as possible in hot zones as the LB bares little protection for its crew and passengers.

-Has very light armour and is easily destroyed by 50cal and up. Controlls are prone to 'locking up' (Beyond pilots controll) when damaged by AA guns.

-Are undetectable by missiles as they give off a low heat signature.

-Try to keep your sides away from the enemy as there is no side protection for the Pilot and Co-Pilot.

-Upon being wounded, find the most immediate medical attention. If the effects of bleeding are mild( your heart is not beating wildly), it may be advisable to land in a safe zone(carrier, Helipad) and use your own medical equipment(field dressing).

-Fly low in cover areas(I.E buildings, trees, mountains) and High in open areas(Ocean, Desert).

-NEVER touch the skids on uneven ground. They are prone to toplling over.

LB Gunz:

(All of the above LB tips apply)

-You are primarily a Scout ship. Perhaps making your own squad so you can give information to the CO and perhaps participate in the odd strafing run.

-Never come to a complete stop when firing guns. Fire them from moving and only at targets that you can see/see their fire or that have been marked by the SL's attack marker. Its a waste of time/ammo otherwise.

-Refrain from attacking anything with the strength of an APC or up, armour wise.

-Refuse passengers at every chance. Never land anywhere but your Helipad.

Cobra:

-You are CAS(close air support). Not a flying PWNXZOR machine. Work in effort for your side, I.E attack enemy assets than endager your team on the ground.

-Keep sideways exposure to a minimum. It's sides are broad and are an easy target for AT.

-Avoid getting shot by AT in the cockpit. 9/10 times it is fatal.

-Never engage when damaged as much as a single RPG would cause.

-Release your flares against MANPADS (Hand held AA) at approx 2.75seconds(just before 3) and move ASAP.

-Sometimes it is effective(but riskey) to allow an enemy MANPADS to fire at you, while releasing flares to see if you can find where exactly the shot came from and eliminate him/forward his location to friendly forces.

-The Pilot should avoid engaging with Hydras. Leave it to the gunner, thats his Job. For example, if the gunner cannot see hostile INF/Jeep, swing to it than open up at it, then fly away.

-Hydras are not for engaging any target with armour of that of an APC or more.

-Remember to line up the gunner and give him directions to the targets location. TV guided missiles have their aim centered at about 1mm below that of the Pilot's crosshair.

-Communication with the gunner/Pilot is crucial. Having the gunner as an SL and locking the squad can be effective in helping your team.
The commander can give you specific targets. The gunner can handle the comms and targeting, allowing the Pilot to fly most effectively.

-Even if you cant see the Target, remember that your gunner has a highly extensive zoom.

-Bug out when Moblie AA is in the area. Its not worth the extreamly high risk.

-Engage armour with TV guided rockets only, preferably at Long ranges. The TV guided missiles have a range of approx 1000meters. This is realisticly about 890 as you have to account for the hightr of the chopper.

-Hiding behind ridge lines, tree lines and building tops away from the battle, only to hop up and fire a TV guided missle, can be an effective tactic in a fight. Dont Camp for too long or you deserve to go down.

-Refrain from hovering completely. You never know when some cheeky Insergent gets his mittens on a 50cal sniper.

-When trying to aim the chopper at a downwards target, uses negative collective( S button, makes you go down) to reduce movement and speed.

-Refrain from flying Verylow. I have seen too many in flight Choopers lose to the wits of a suicide car.

-Coax hostile choppers'/Jets flares from them before you fire your air-2-air missiles.

Heavy transport:

-You are not a gunship. Those guns are for defence and occasional CAS.

-At high speeds, your use of pedals( A key and D key ) will be greatly limited. Bank(turn by rolling and pulling up using the Downward directional arrow) instead.

-The blackhawk has poor negative collective(S key). Come in low and flat to land instead of trying to use neg collective. You will spend a long time at optimum AT hight otherwise.

-Taking passengers that are not in the Merlin and are floating around in the back can be.....hazardous.

-You are a prime target for AA. The enemy will have in mind that you carry many troops onbaord and therfore the potential to take one of their CPs.

-Avoid confrontations with attack choppers. They are armed and you are scarcley or not at all.

-Refrain from landing directly at CPs as you greatly increase your chances of getting kill/shot down/ losing your crew and passengers.

-It maybe hard to tell which caliber rounds are hitting your chopper. Assume the worst, think it 50cal....unless it is exploding it is AA, APC or a hostile chopper/jet.

More will come to mind

...mongol...

Wasteland.... I tested the commander single channel using B and it works.
Someone told be about it last Friday and I can't believe I have been yapping like mad for over a year to the whole team.

thanks mongol, keep it coming people

To elaborate Mongols tip about landing a chopper (in a hot LZ especially), start to slow down about 200/150m from the target by gently decreasing your pitch. It is not a good idea to hover in a combat zone.
This applies to taking off too. Never raise too high vertically and then set off. Raise enough to clear any obstacles and landscape features, then increase pitch and climb while you take off.

There is a wiki for a reason, why not just keep all this stuff there, make it utilized? Also, JP, as a commander if you highlight one squad and then use squad voip button, you talk to that one squad. See the commander wiki for further info.

Drayu, the idea is to brainstorm a bunch of good ideas, and then once that is over, put it all on the wiki.... so please contribute

'[R-DEV wrote:fuzzhead']your sure of it dirtyharry? please make some detailed testing and get back with the result

I've just found in game that if you're up against a non-armoured vehicle use HEAT.

How about using the caplock to issue commands as squad leader.

How about mapping your capslock screen to your home key, and using capslock for VOIP? I don't see how you guys can have your VOIP mapped so you can't talk and strafe right at the same time.

Also map your primary weapon (3) to your middle mouse button (the wheel). It takes a bit of time to get used to, but it's great, especially for switching firing modes on the fly.

As for that commander VOIP stuff, I couldn't get it to work.

I've got my squad chat mapped to capslock. So I clicked a squad so they'd show up as white on the map, and then hit capslock. Nothing.

when spawning of a rally point, if possible move laterally first before moving back into the fight to avoid making a nice line to you RP for the enemy to follow...

in laymens terms dont go from RP ---- enemy... should be RP -- left/right -- enemy...

really makes a world of difference especially in nonurban fighting,,ie desert/forest...

not to mention your team is spread across instead of coming in one after the other into the enemy kill zone...

Only Sandpeople would travel in a straight line to hide their numbers and these blasts points ...

True, always try to NOT to give away your SL's or RP's position by moving directly to the enemy.

casualtyUR wrote:How about using the caplock to issue commands as squad leader.

Without VOIP you mean?

Or, you could just use squad chat which is naturaly the L key, where the text appears in green.

Or do you mean the T key comma rose, radial menu? I just use T.

I have my VOIP as middle click which is nice for infantry but not nice when you are flying with pure keyboard and have to swtich to mouse flying everynow and then(even though i can do both )

...mongol...

JP*wasteland.soldier wrote:How about mapping your capslock screen to your home key, and using capslock for VOIP? I don't see how you guys can have your VOIP mapped so you can't talk and strafe right at the same time.

Also map your primary weapon (3) to your middle mouse button (the wheel). It takes a bit of time to get used to, but it's great, especially for switching firing modes on the fly.

As for that commander VOIP stuff, I couldn't get it to work.

I've got my squad chat mapped to capslock. So I clicked a squad so they'd show up as white on the map, and then hit capslock. Nothing.

Ive got a logitech G5, and i mapped my VOIP to the side button. Works great, i can do anything i want while talking.

xgayox wrote:Ive got a logitech G5, and i mapped my VOIP to the side button. Works great, i can do anything i want while talking.

That was suggestive

Tank Tips- Always have a 3 man crew if possible. Especially on Basrah. .50 Cal does wonders spotting and taking out jihads

Always use VOIP in armor

Designate a rearm point and call in some Supply Boxes on it

on basrah dont stay stationary EVER. Always continue moving. Shoot on the run. Try to take out vehicles behind lines too

These tips have probably been posted already, but who cares.

Check the minimap frequently

Alot of teamkills are the result of people not checking the map and therefore thinking they're firing at enemies.

Don't be a tardass

Yesterday, I was killed twice due to the absolute stupidity of teammates who accidentally fired their weapons on full auto while aiming at me from distances of a few meters. Do not be these kinds of peoeple.

Check your surroundings before proceeding across a street

You can end up very dead if you don't

If you don't want someone to be revived then...

...just wait for the medic to come and try to revive the guy and kill two birds with one stone.

xgayox wrote:Ive got a logitech G5, and i mapped my VOIP to the side button. Works great, i can do anything i want while talking.

I have the same mouse but use the side button for zoom/iron-sights. What do you use for that function?

I'd like to be able to map the scroll button for functions. (ie;scroll up = zoom, scroll down = grenade) Could someone PM me instructions on that? Maybe instructions you used that worked....I've seen some before but couldn't get them to work appropriately.

I don't see how you guys can have your VOIP mapped so you can't talk and strafe right at the same time.

Using your thumb for B, and index on D, middle finger on W+S, and ring finger on A.

Non VOIP users: Make sure your "squad talk" key is configured