Flares for aircraft? - Page 3

Talek Krell · 2011-09-29, 05:22 PM

Originally Posted by Redshift

If you flew in a straight line yes, but any erratic movements or direction changes gave you a decent chance of avoiding it unless you were point blank. With the starfire, you could avoid it with terrain, the sparrow though you couldn't dodge reliably.

The trick is to fly low and then to put something between you and the origin point. Even a base wall is sufficient, but I always loved forests for that purpose. Duck into one of those and most of that clip is going to end up embedded in the 'ol concrete trees. You might take one or two shots but the only way to avoid that is to not take off. I got good enough at weaving through trees that I could usually lose mosquitoes with the same method.

Edit: It occurs to me that I fly a Lib though, which may color my view somewhat.

Captain B · 2011-09-29, 08:23 PM

With hit locations on armor (and I assume aircraft, too) plus gameplay being "faster" (more damage and/or less health), I think planes are gonna' get shot down a whole lot easier. No more fly in, shoot some infantry up, take some hits, fly off with a Reaver; I have a feeling air will have to constantly stay mobile or get dropped extremely quickly this time around.

Traak · 2011-09-30, 05:41 AM

Originally Posted by Redshift

yes if a sparrow got a clip off at you you were dead or dying soon regardless of what you did

Unless you bailed with your HA weapon

BTW, if you bail in a cloud of flak, you should get shredded instantly.

Traak · 2011-09-30, 05:48 AM

I would like to see some Flak 88s or similar. Sexiest multipurpose artillery piece ever.

Redshift · 2011-09-30, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by Traak

Unless you bailed with your HA weapon

BTW, if you bail in a cloud of flak, you should get shredded instantly.

i assume they'll remove bailing this time, or at least not let heavies fly planes

Talek Krell · 2011-09-30, 02:21 PM

They've confirmed bailing is still in. Not sure about the rest of it. I've got the impression they want to tamp down on the HA surgile thing, not sure exactly how though.

Captain B · 2011-09-30, 07:59 PM

They did mention you can drive in anything but heavy armor (no heavy assault/MAX), and that you'd need heavy armor for the big weapons (no agiles running around with chainguns?). Maybe you'll need a jumppack to bail??