BF2S Forums Do You Need Skill

hell yeah - find me in a server trash and i'll rag ur ass

No. Even me and kylie, a long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, could pwn in a jetty-helo. And we suck

I always found flying in 2142 easy possibly because I have a fair few hours flying in BF2. Its not so much skill its how you can handle the gunship thats the main thing along with practice .

Rogue_granny wrote:

best is on Shuhia Taiba when the enemy try and camp silo 1 from the roof of the large round building, they are always perched on the edge firing rockets, throwing motion mines sniping and all the rest, you just come in in your gunship switch the shields on and run them all over, great way of getting tons of easy kills lol

I call that love tapping

Last edited by loonitic (2007-07-19 10:25:05)

When I played it was pretty east to just dominate everyone. It was at the top of the food chain.

fatherted13 wrote:

No. Even me and kylie, a long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, could pwn in a jetty-helo. And we suck

haha yep.

I disagree, it does take some skill if your up against an experienced pilot, you cant just fire and expect a kill(not on me atleast).  The missles to home in, but if your clever, a simple loop or something along those lines can easily throw your missles off, and then you just whip around and waste your chaser.  Then again, doesnt matter to 2142 haters, becasue its not BF2 therefore its worse.

Boy howdy... let me tell you there is a big difference between a skilled pilot and a complete neophyte.

There have been numerous times where me and my Gunner have literally been the defining factor in winning a round. You know when more engineers are taking SAAWs instead of Plums (Yes, Plums... Not Pilum, PLUMS!) or the AV rockets that you're really owning it up. A good Pilot/Gunner combo can literally shut down all vehicular activity, they can even do asset denial better than any Recon could.

Now, a gunship in the hands of a neophyte? Sure, he might be able to shoot down transports, maybe an errat gunship or two. Possibly kill a tank or APC that's pre-damaged enough to have wasted its shields. Include a neophyte gunner and you can chalk up a few infantry kills based on a certain timeframe. But you can bet that this gunship is gonna explode at the drop of a hat by a Rorsch or even a Sudnik, and will absolutely cry for mother should a Walker spot it.

Now, let us look at the middle grounds.

An experienced pilot, with a neophyte gunner. Assuming the gunner even attempts to use the RGMs, it's not a bad combo. More often than not, i'll take a bad gunner than no gunner at all. (I seem to go up against a LOT of infantry when I fly...) Granted it isn't too hard to solo RGM if you have gunner experience or the right technique (Or if your name happens to be FAST... -_- ) but it can stil be risky if you get overconfident.

The inverse... Neophyte pilot, experienced gunner. Because most neophyte pilots lack the 'gunner sense' of any experienced pilot would, all the gunner can really do is take pot shots at anything lighting up in the RGM view and mow down any targets of oppourtunity with the guns. Still, better than the Neophyte/Neophyte.

I've already mentioned the dual experienced combo above.

Now the roles. The Pilot, by far, has the hardest job. He has to worry about... *Deep breath*

The other gunship(s)
'Hunter' (Aerial) Transports
Ramming spite transports
Ramming transports in general
Walkers
Tank MGs
Tank shells
Plums
Mitchells
Sudniks
SAAWs
Titan AA
Titan ground cannons
Lightpoles (Best Gunship AA in the game)
Rorsches
Terrain hazards
Elevation changes
Pods (Both Titan and APCs)
APC EMPs
APC mortars (They can snipe you out if you're not careful.)
Hachimotos
Locating and lining up RGM targets
Maneuvering so as not to get shot down when hunting infantry
Shield managing
Accidental TKs (Both giving and recieving)
Motion mines (Both on the Titan shield (If applicable) and when flying low.)
AND Death locking.

If any one of those things above that doesn't involve offense isn't handles correctly? Boom, game over, please wait 2 minutes to get your gunship back.

/Rant?

Last edited by ZCaliber (2007-07-21 02:05:29)

HELLYES!!!! And if you don't agree come fly against me someday

which is why the game is more balanced - no vehicles dominate the whole game like in BF2 (jets, choppers)

I voted no.

Obviously, an experienced Pilot vs a complete noob who's never flown before is always going to be a one sided battle.

However the poll is 'do they require skill to fly', and the answer is no.

Hold a button to go fowards, hold a button to do a perfect hover, cant roll over, missles that lock onto other aircraft even if you completely miss them.

Easiest aircraft i've ever seen in a BF game. Obviously there's a lot of dangers, but the flying itself is easy as pie.

Nyte wrote:

I don't need skill because I AM skill.

ok post your leeeeetness link for all to see

ZCaliber wrote:

You can deathlock. Take a turn the wrong way and suddenly the sky looks a lot more like the ground. *Pacman death sound*

Oh man i know, you can't eaaily roll them over, but heaven forbid if you do. Once they're upside down you will die. Unless you were very very high at the time.

And as for the missles locking on, i was messing about in singleplayer Suez Canal, and the missles really dont have to be very close to other aircraft for them to lock on. I fired mine about an inch away from the enemy gunship on the screen, and the missles still got him.