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stryyker wrote:

Im gearing up for a monthlong chopper whoring session

In BF2 or 2142?

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

stryyker wrote:

Im gearing up for a monthlong chopper whoring session

In BF2 or 2142?

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Just give it some practice and you'll be fine.

There not all that bad, I've spent most of my time on the demo learning how to fly them and yes they suck the proverbial left testicle, but they aren't as bad as everyone is making out.

First the missiles only do the auto lock on thing against other air vehicles and also only when you are going forward (IE full throttle), when you go into hover they become un-guided against everything. In "dogfights" if I dare to use the word if your right behind your enemy you probobly won't hit them, thanks to the missles not actually locking on, you have to move to the side of them to hit them properly. Only thing that really annoys me is that a full salvo of missles will not take down a walker even if they don't put their active defense thing on, unless you happen to land every shot on the legs of a walker, same goes for tanks and APC's, the missles simply do not do enough damage and unless your run at the back of a tank you'll do almost insignificant damage.

Next the handling, while I thought, "Shit no Dice, what you gone and done" again once you get the hang of it you can fling them around a fair bit, if it locks up on you in a turn just face the ground and keep pulling up, at about 10 degrees to the normal (straight line vertical to the ground) you will almost instantaneously pull up, 9/10 this can help you evade enemy AA fire including the dreaded EMP cannons now and then, also quite useful when your doing a backflip, you can actually gain altitude when you do one. Hovering is easy enough, circle strafing is very easy but not advisable considering the fact that AA is a whole lot better this time around.

Not had any good gunners as of yet, but the TV missles do seem to be near useless, but I'm sure people will get the hang of them eventually, the main cannon however seems to work ok agasint infantry.

In short, they're bad, but not awful. Makes a change from the way in which a chopper in BF2 could destroy the entire opposing team, for a while you won't see them doing well, but give it a few months from release and you might start to see a few decent crews making a bigger impact out there.

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

Please EA, don't make a game catering to the whiners who buy the game cause it looks cool, play it for two hours, get killed a few times, come to the forums to bitch about it and then never play the game again, in the processes not making it fit for real gamers to wipe their ass with. I may play 2142, but I sure won't be flying it.

1.) Its not BF2, so get over it.

2.) Don't whine, ADAPT(read this constantly on these forums, so it only seems appropriate).

3.) "real gamers"? Just LOL!

Volatile_Squirrel wrote:

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

Please EA, don't make a game catering to the whiners who buy the game cause it looks cool, play it for two hours, get killed a few times, come to the forums to bitch about it and then never play the game again, in the processes not making it fit for real gamers to wipe their ass with. I may play 2142, but I sure won't be flying it.

1.) Its not BF2, so get over it.

2.) Don't whine, ADAPT(read this constantly on these forums, so it only seems appropriate).

3.) "real gamers"? Just LOL!

With 45 hours in the year plus BF2 has been out, you apply to those that shouldn't have a say.

Your kidding right?
When you wrap your brain around how they actually work instead of trying to fly them just like a attack helo they are crazy agile.

In beta I lost count of the times I was locked on while strafing a flag, I ducked UNDER tree level, swapped end-for-end 180 and ducked behind a 1 story building to avoid incoming fire.

They are not jets. They are not helicopters.
They are a hybrid of both, and while not as fast as jets they are much better than attack choppers were.

EDIT: some constructive parts.

If you want to drop altitude, drop the nose and hit w to tilt your engines away from vertical.
If you want to gain it, lift the nose and hit w. Hold w and it will transfer to a more jet-like mode after lifting vertically for a few moments.

s is indeed "hover" mode,  but it would be better to call it "strafe" mode. Use it when you want to move sideways or spin really fast.

Be careful, you can get to flying sideways a LOT faster than attack helos could without flying outright sideways. Really easy to slam into something and splatter yourself across the landscape.

If you want to land, you are much better off tapping w to counter your fall just before you hit the ground.
S just tries to neutralize your vertical momentum without countering any lateral momentum. W tries to cancel horizontal component.

Last edited by dracul (2006-10-06 21:02:02)

<stupid flames to EA etc.>

Will just have to adapt, I'm looking forward to killing more people in BF2 as all the people with lag due to their PC will still be there as they can not  buy BF2142

I complained to hell and back on the beta forums about the choppers, they sucked then, and er oh wait. they still suck.

Teflonspray wrote:

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

They've been noobified to the poin that anyone can use them, but no one can maximize their potential like you can in BF2.

And that's a bad thing!? Ah, these forums cracks me up!

Yes, it is a bad thing when it doesn't take skill to play a game.

straz_mataz wrote:

bf2+constant noob whining= Noobfield2142

Got Call?

I actually like the gunships in 2142. The handle fine for me.