BF2S Forums How to: A Chopper Pilot Reference.

Yea, that tends to work pretty well if your reflex's are sharp enough. If you have some decent altitude, a barrel roll tends to work well also.

Very good input.  This was the intent behind the guide.  Keep the information coming.  Maybe more people will have the chance to read this post in it's entirety.  I might post it over on a few other forums as well.

If you guys want to team up with some really good chopper pilots, whether in BF2 or BFV, our clan is based off of the chopper.  We've been around for almost 2 years now, and going really strong.  We are recruiting right now, so if you're not in a clan, we'd love to have you.  Our requirements for recruits is posted on our homepage in the news section.  Give us a visit at http://bf2.mercpilots.net

-Will

I consider myself to be a decent gunner (*yes, I have 2 accounts too before someone says something*) - what I hate is when the pilot takes it as a Rambo mission for himself and goes around from tree to tree taking stuff out with rockets...  Dude, give me a chance atleast - that's what I'm here for...

Great write-up dude - I look forward to the next edition. 

Prodie wrote:

fikraag7 wrote:

Excellent guide! I personally am a very good gunner (and rarely do I find someone better than me )

You don't even have 300 kills in a copter!

Bwned!

He did Say kill Assists is what you get..Pay attention.

My apologies for necro'ing this but I felt this should be included as well, taken from a post I made in another chopper thread, I just recently realized that the wiki for the chopper piloting guide had a thread here. My mistake! *Embarrassed face*





I'd like to add something if nobody objects, it's a piloting technique that I've not seen mentioned in the wiki guides for chopper piloting.

I apologize if this is common knowledge, but given my gaming experience in Battlefield 2, VERY few pilots know how to accurately use their own missiles!

Here's a huge tip to any aspiring chopper pilot. You see that horizontal line that shows your tilt? That's not all it's for. Play around with it and notice that it moves on a vertical axis as well. This is to show you where on the Y axis your missiles will end up. Use the target reticle to position the missiles, but use the bar protruding from it to judge where they're going based on the downward or upward tilt of your chopper. Now, moving horizontally, as any pilot who's used their missiles knows, throws all of this off kilter massively. The key is coming in straight at the target, slinging missiles in is a matter of pure luck if you're turning.

If this is what your reticle looks like


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                       0

Here is where you should end up landing your missiles.



----------------   X   -----------------


                       0



That diagram is about as crude as it gets, but due to CPU cooling issues I can't run BF2 right now to get screenshots .

Anyway, it's not a perfect science, but if you practice with it you open up a whole new dimension for your chopper squad. So many good pilots out there would be great pilots if they were better able to support their gunners with some extra firepower when the guns run hot or a TV guided missile misses its target. Rather than having to set up that shot again, you can finish the job in one pass.

[MERC]William wrote:

Once the TV missile is launched, the gunner's perspective is now with the missile, not the chopper.  Feel free to locate the next target, dodge radar, or whatever your little heart desires.  Moving the chopper while the TV missile is in transit will not affect the gunner's perspective or aim on said target.

Can't believe this never occurred to me, excellent observation.

Lt.Fury20 wrote:

Do you think it is better to use a joystick or keyboard for the Attack Heli?

I feel keyboard is better since you can control 2 directions of motion at once. You can veer left on keyboard while turning the chopper slightly the opposite direction with your mouse...

nice guide man

personally i suck in flying but i have my moments just wish it was simple as joint ops where you drop 6 guys behind enemy lines and get bonus for kills /assists .. flying littlebirds almost makes me buy AF strafing rounds with minigun  !! hmmmm enemy HOWLING MAD !!! WOOHOO !!!

fikraag7 wrote:

Excellent guide! I personally am a very good gunner (and rarely do I find someone better than me ) but I find that good pilots are hard to find, and I am not the best pilot (my chopper tends to want to make sweet love to the ground and trees). I think that this guide should be featured, or at least stickied ...I'll see you on the field

maybe we should join up ,because I on the other hand is pretty good att keeping the heli stable but I cannot hit anything with the guns. When I'm a gunner the pilot usually kill "my" targets with the missiles after I've overheated the gun...

alien-DSW-Gen wrote:

Lt.Fury20 wrote:

Do you think it is better to use a joystick or keyboard for the Attack Heli?

I feel keyboard is better since you can control 2 directions of motion at once. You can veer left on keyboard while turning the chopper slightly the opposite direction with your mouse...

Agree

polarbearz wrote:

Hmm. I'm going to start a flame war, but define good gunner? I find good piloting so much harder than gunning which seems so much easier. When you pilot you think for two people when you gun you think for one. Its not hard to hit armor and the like with a TV which can me manipulated relatively easily, and the MEC cannon mows down just about anything.

One thing about 'good' gunners, 1. They spot constantly for the pilotl. This is a MUST have. It cannot be the other way around.

Agree Again

*edit: Ow and if u wondering why so less kills but yet so much choppertime thats because im a giver I am a true pilot i give my kills to the gunner, how its ment to be played BAAAAAAAAAH (H)

Last edited by aTiLLa_NL (2006-11-07 01:35:45)

Just use the damn mouse and keyboard setup that came with the game. It works just fine.

lol that was a very nice guide......to freaken long, but good. I will keep this info in mind lol.