@Justinian
lol I have done this several times to the amazement and gratitude of my team mates. Jets aren't that hard to hit but you need to set your controls up to be able to do it and find a sloped bit of terrain to get elevation. I have dueled tank v jet and usually lose but not always. Once I died 5 times but I finally got the poor bastard and his copilot. Moving fast at the jet and slightly to one side then veering or stopping, depending on the drop being long or short, when I see the ordnance drop/launch seems to be the best way to throw off targetting. If I have the angle I will take a shot just as the jet is dipping and headed back into the safe blue sky. If the jet stays low I will whip the turret around and take a parting shot with alot of lead added. 2 Hits - 1 kill (sometimes 2 kills)
and the jockey has to go face the whoring TK pit back at his airbase. Hopefully my engineer machinegunner is popping rivets out of the airframe the whole time too. I should have taken screenshots of the numerous "WTF???" messages just after jolly johnny jet jock sees the elephant.
Usually taking out jets is a team effort - as a jet flies low after his bombing run if everyone takes a few potshots it will damage him. A good support soldier can knock a few points off. Any skilled vehicle gunners take out bigger bites and finally you get rewarded with the jet disassembling in mid-air.
This is no aimbot its just ballistics. While the probabilities are low its not all luck. This in no way reflects reality, I would never waste several $8,000 rounds on a 1:500 chance for bragging rights on the real battlefield.
It's all in good fun.....except the whoring TK pits.
Last edited by OpsChief (2006-02-07 09:13:43)