BF2S Forums AA sucks

an engineer with a stinger missle is on my wish list,I like the planes and choppers in the game ,I just wish they would be a bit less difficult shooting them down.

50 cal works better. Shame but true.

Don't nerf anything again, just leave it the hell alone before they completely ruin it.

In poe2 Ive shot down atleast 30 helis with that apc that has a tv missle. Got 1 jet, the euro fighter

I <3 Lineback. The rest other ones pretty much suck.

I believe that all AA sites should have chain gun and heat seeking missiles.
Its so funny that Planes don't care much about the AA sites because most pilots can bypass them without getting hurt. Putting that chain gun there would force pilots to think otherwise.
However, the chaingun might be a little too powerful against Choppers and Infantry for that matter. Therefore, there should be an angle limit so that the chaingun can only be aimed so low that it is not possible to target low altitude targets.

Even though I have said all this, I really doubt anything is gonna happen since BF 2142 is comming out and all that. Just a wish from a small player who enjoys playing BF2 over most other games out now.

HAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAH i thought we got rid of AA cryers back in 1.2

If you suck in mobile AA, then maybe it is you that sucks. My 25hours in AA and a 5.6KD with it says so.
All you gota do is wait for the flares to go away, relock on and stick 4 missiles in their face.
Well, for choppers anyway. It isnt gona work against jets that well - so you either catch them when their flares are reloading, or when they are dive bombing you - fill em full of cannon and put missiles in them. I have yet to come across a pilot who has flared my missiles when hes on a bombing run at me. I often take him out for about half my armour being depleted from the cannon it fires.
Keep an eye on the radar and UAV/spots picking up enemy jets and choppers. Face in their general direction and wait for your lock. If there are none on the radar, keep your turret spinning so you keep a good eye on the skies ready to take the bastards out.
Stinger sites do suck ass, I admit. They are only useful on Ghost Town - its the only map where they really pose a threat.

If you want AA to be ever so dominant, play Road Rage. AA absolutly kicks the shit out of A10's. You can take them out with the cannon and no missiles with a bit of skill and judgement.

What annoys me the most, is that this game is set in the modern battlefield (read the back of the BF2 case in case you hadnt realised this ingame by now). The moden battlefield has SAM sites, AA missiles and lockons.  Choppers and jets have flares/chaff to confuse and divert missiles away from them. You dont see flak cannons shooting down planes in the modern battlefield...thats WW2 era. I suppose you may have a few odd ones here and there, but its mostly SAM missiles.
So why the fuck would a game based on the "modern battlefield" even be designed with flak cannons at all?
Stop whining and learn to use it properly.

its not great, but it doesn't suck ... it takes a lot of antipation and understanding the enemy's flare dropping habits ... if they improved anything .... maybe the reload time of the emplacement.

=]-[f= ig88 wrote:

who needs aa's when u got a choppa?

Who can get the chopper? There's usually like 6 guys waiting in line and half the time, only one side has a good pilot/gunner, the other side sucks.

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

Don't nerf anything again, just leave it the hell alone before they completely ruin it.

Sgt_Bob05 wrote:

Its whiners like you that ruined this game

The game isn't ruined. It needs balancing work and to fix a couple glitches and exploits, but other than that it's fine.

If you consider it ruined, it's probably miss the bunny hopping and shit.

Last edited by Dex Luther (2006-10-06 23:34:35)