BF2S Forums Is AF catering to "Mobile AA" whores?

I love mobile AA.  I got a couple of my friends so pissed at me that they were trying to hunt me down in the attack chopper last night.  Mobile AA is one of the hardest vehicles to play in the game.  You have to look for Air Threats as your primarily good for killing them.  But, you also have to watch out for infantry, armor, and at mines as well.  The moblie AA takes a lot of skill to use effectively.

Last edited by DSRTurtle (2006-06-08 03:45:59)

My favourite vehicle is the Linebacker! The MEC and PLA AA's you can't see a bloody thing infront of you! That damn radar dish. Also as the guns are on the side you can't shoot what's infront of you.

its a nice reversal,
all other bf2 versions the jets dominate ... in AF they dont

so all you jet whores , have a nice day you hear ?

Finally AA vehicule are worth to play... specially on Harvest and Midnight sun where you can hide under the trees...

I really enjoy hunting down little birdswith my big AA gun...

AF turned the world upside down, after the chopper whores we'll have now AA whores. LOL.

It's fair.

Stationary AA is aim to jets,AF jets dont have missiles.So if we will remove mobile AAs from AF it would be worse situation than in core BF2.

Well I've played a few hours of the new maps, mostly in a plane and apart from at the start I haven't had any real problems getting a gold medal at the end.  I think maybe a few people are having a problem because they are failing to adapt to the new hardware and what it is capable of.  Unlike flying a J10 you actually have to look and actively seek ways to take out the AA etc.  For example, instead of flying straight down the road on OP RR, take a route down the side of the map and high, then look towards the hills etc where you expect to find AA, line up up and boom!  Take a low route home to your Base along the water and you'll be safe from enemy fire, although you constantly need to watch your back for enemy jets because there is no missile beep warning that one is on your tail

Hope this helps.  If all else fails, just try not to make yourself a target by flying too far into enemy territory.  The Jets role is to expand your boundaries, not necessarily to fly as far into enemy territory as possible- you're just asking for trouble like that.

Last edited by Least_Weasel (2006-06-08 04:27:26)

Okay, well I guess there's not enough support to start a petition.  I'll just take spoonfuls of BS and take it like a man and be pissed.  Oh well, what the hell

Nothing wrong with mobile AA, but the fact stands that locking on to a helicoptor ensures instant kills. Those missiles hardly miss and it takes little effort to kill. You think people use the main cannon to take down enemy aircraft? It's fire 4 stingers and forget.

I use the main cannon quite a lot... to finish the job.

Thats how I play AA:

Wait to lock, firea stinger and wait for the flairs, unlock and relock, fire stinger til he dies...

I fire with the gun at the same times, just in case...

You can also shoot little bids down only with the cannon...

I can't believe that someone mentioned 'starting a petition' about this.

Yes, there's lots of AA on the AF maps.  There needs to be.  If there wasn't the 'planes would dominate the place, as they'd be nearly unstoppable.  It doesn't matter that they're slower than the vanilla jets, you still won't be shooting them down too often with the .50 on your buggy or whatever.

I've been AA-vehicle whoring for quite some time.  Long before AF came out.  And yeah, it's a bit easier to get kills on Road Rage than it is on, say, Daqing.  But honestly, I think that's simply because the pilots haven't figured it out yet. 

The maps are more than big enough for you to avoid the AA range, so go around them.  Don't attack the areas where there are AA sites or vehicles.  Or, better yet, try TEAM PLAY.  Coordinate your attacks, so that your teams armour takes out the enemy AA, clearing the way for you to sweep in and bomb their armour in return.

And remember this:  there's no point in being an AA-whore if the enemy aren't plane-whoring.  In the past, I've had rounds of Daqing (my previous favourite for AA-vehicles) where I've stymied the enemy aircraft so much they stopped using them.  Once that happens, you end up in a PGZ-95 while they're in M1A2's, and you lose.

So, if the amount of AA is bothering you, either fly better or *shock-horror* take a ground vehicle.  Tanks are quite useful, y'know.

Hehe, I have to laugh a bit when I read this thread.  AA finally gets an even playing field and the flyboys are disgruntled.  Not unexpected, but still funny.

Yes, pilots now have to use stategy to get from point A to point B and pay attention to threats that might chew them up. 

Is AA invincible?  Not by a long shot.  You just have to work with your commander and the rest of your team to negate or diminish their effect. 

I hopped in a mobile AA the other night in AF and owned for a while.  Why?  Because pilots are used to flying with impugnity - they never had any natural threats in the game.  I saw several of them get quite frustrated.  However, if the opposing commander was worth his salt he'd have a big red X on my head and direct a chopper or even an A-10 to squash me like a bug.  A chopper DID find me and one time he squashed me and one time I blew him into small pieces - just like Zarquawi. 

A tip to you Warthog drivers - use the altitude, terrain features, and cloud cover to your advantage.  If you mask your presence until the last possible moment to strike then there is a VERY narrow window of opportunity for the AA to nail you.  No, you won't rack up your kills as quickly.  Maybe you'll only get 2 kills for every death - but now you're more on a level playing field with everyone else and forced to be part of the team. 

Game on!

finally an easy way to kill jet/helicopter whores muhahahahaha