BF2S Forums Too much AA...

jord wrote:

Only problem i have with it,is most if not all Eu Toast servers have no raping uncap rules,then you get some guy in their uncap sat on an AA,untouchable.

one method I use is to become a squad leader (while either being pilot or gunner) and place an attack marker over the target (mobile AA, or enemy chopper pad, etc) then I have a marker to shoot the tv at, from a long distance away. It requires some communication between the chopper crew to get off a good shot though.  Its good for taking out that camping mobile AA hiding in the corner of their uncap, or the mec chopper pad on Gator.

Last edited by signa (2006-11-09 19:42:55)

Doktorbob wrote:

I havent played on Ghost Town.  Warlord is taking my attention lately.  But Snake knows what he is talking about...  He is a tough competitor too!  I can count on him fragging my arse if we are on separate teams!

I try, I try
How you know about the competitor bit...you played with me ingame? I dont remember
My strategy is flags, flags and more flags. More flags = win. At flags, lots of enemies = lots of kills. And lots of fun

Ghost Town is fun for choppers - the only bad thing about it is, in pub, you usually get a gunner who doesnt know a thing or a pilot who refuses to give you TV shots. Its so frustrating to sit there and do nothing while that AA takes you out cos your gunner is sitting there firing a cannon at it. But I do find Gator to be better since you get chopper combat and you get to rape RIBS
Its harder to stay alive in the Apache, but a few simple tactics can help ensure survival.

JOJOBA wrote:

i think AA has WAY TOO MUCH range.  ive been shot on the SAS heli-pad by an AA somewhere in the middle of the map, ive also been shot almost all the way across the entire map.  it really sucks and i hope EA will change that in their next patch.  you shouldnt have AA that can shoot something that is farther than the average view distance in the game, its stupid.

aa range is alright. Yes its frustrating when you get blown up before you take off the helipad, but once in the air you own everything if you know how to hide being buildings and above the river.

and AA has nothing to do with view distance, its a heat seeker.. in rl hitting a target that is hidden in fog is not a problem.

DirtyMexican wrote:

I think they are fine tehe : )

i hate you.

Gah. Just got off a bloody annoying couple rounds on Ghost Town. If you have a dedicated linebacker whore on the other team, and your armour section are being retarded and not killing it, it's bloody impossible to fly on that map. The range on them is insane, it's like 3/4 of the map. I mean the tv can do that, but you can't see them cos of the fog. So if you're lucky they're shooting up cannon so you can have an idea of where they are, or maybe they're on UAV. God! It's so fucking bullshit, all you have to do with AA is aim, wait for flares, spam missiles. Choppers actually take some skill, but noooo they made them weak as shit so they die from 2 sraws or 2 and a bit aa missiles.

Choppers on Ghost Town is something that can only be brought out for quick hits or when your team has established air dominance.. in other words, teamwork. Thus, you might as well give up.

My gunner went 35 to 0 on that map one round, once we get in the chopper maybe we'll die twice...

One thing I've noticed you do is fly very slowly. It means you'll be hit by AT rounds a lot more often, and flares don't do shit against AA if you aren't moving in the first place, so that means you have to be moving at all times (especially in the HIND) if you want to be able to survive AA at any given time. The ONLY time you should ever slow down is when making a TV run at armor from a very high altitude, but that usually means your profile is too  small to be hit by AT rounds and as soon as your gunner gets the shot off you have alot of speed to get down under the buildings and either go back to the pad or take care of the offending AA. IMO the AA sites are all so open and the roads are so defined for the mobile AA that they will generally only get the pilots that are either slow or caught completely unaware.

I usually go 35-3 with thelinebacker on ghosttown. Best was 50-0. Im a linebacker whore

Last edited by DirtyMexican (2006-11-24 17:51:59)

Flying on SF maps requires much more skill than any vanilla map, very close, massive amounts of AA, both staionary and mobile, if you can get away with less than 4 deaths choppering on Ghost, your doing fucking great.

commissargizz wrote:

Love Ghost Town,   the one thing I hate   not just for that map but all of them is that you need more than one tank shell to take out a helo.

Only happens with the hind, never with apache

Imagine dieing to a 'spin of death'