Decrease in Air vehicles/dogfights

Kikinchikin · 2003-11-10, 08:01 PM

I have been a pilot since pretty much retail, mostly with a reaver, now with a skeeter. I am very skilled with both, so I enjoy dogfights. Since CC, I have really seen a lack of Air power from my enemies. I remember in this one takeback from forseral a few days ago, I was riding tailgunner in franks lib and i didnt see one bird for over 15 minutes. I could see zillions of vanguards coming out, but no aircraft. I finally killed another reaver yesterday, my first dogfight win in over 3 days. Is it just me or has the number of air vehicles decreased like crazy?

Hamma · 2003-11-10, 08:14 PM

I still see plenty when Im on the ground. However I don't fly anymore so I dunno

Pendragon · 2003-11-11, 04:21 PM

I agree.

I see a lot less air - so much so that I forgot my SparrowMAX.

Not sure what it is.

MrVicchio · 2003-11-11, 04:26 PM

I have seen a alot of Air for NC side, 5-8 A/C over a base being taken, but only been in a few dogfights since I came back, and I used to rack up the kills in the air... it was the best part...

Maybe they should revamp the air side now?

Phaden · 2003-11-11, 04:29 PM

Well today on Emerald Cyssor around 1ish EST there was quite a bit of Terran Air cover, making sure out LLU did not make it at least 2 different times. PLENTY OF AIR, but us NC had maybe one Sparrow that i saw. hmmmm

BDMJ · 2003-11-11, 06:04 PM

I see a fair amount of air, but since I fly libs I normally avoid dogfights. Part of the problem is the base turret range. Flying a reaver near an enemy base is now a very dangerous activity. Also the percieved nerf on the reaver probably caused many n00blar pilots to give it up.

TeraHertz · 2003-11-11, 06:45 PM

My squad see and engage many aircraft of all types belonging to the TR. I don't see so many NC aircraft, but is it me or are NC aircraft more heavily armoured? Maybe its just my imagination.

BDMJ · 2003-11-11, 08:15 PM

Ok, for the record:

COMMON POOL VEHICLES ARE IDENTICAL, REGARDLESS OF WHICH EMPIRE FIELDS THEM!

Phaden · 2003-11-12, 01:29 AM

Thanks as he brought this up in another thread. And yes the same goes for non-max armour and for standard weapons.

ZjinPS · 2003-11-12, 12:55 PM

What I have seen lately, especially last night is..

1 or 2 enemy libs flying over head making 1 bombing run of the courtyard after another and a dozen Skeeters and Reavers just fiddling around hovering over the base letting them bomb unchallenged.

Myself and atleast 2 others were in our anti air max suits and we could not bring the Libs down because of the altitude they were flying at.

After the vehicle pad had been knocked out on the 4th or 5th time I just got fed up and left. Are you hard core reaver and skeeter pilots scared of the tail gunner of a liberator? If so I need to find a Lib pilot who likes to fly backwards.

HELLFISH_88 · 2003-11-12, 02:47 PM

im a reaver due so theres a good number of dogfights on emerald for me.

Unknown · 2003-11-12, 03:01 PM

I'm pretty sure I can account for this: FPS lag. It has probably been decreased now, but before the patch, the stuttering was making it very hard for me to play, and flying only magnified this problem because of the speed in which you travel (and consequently, the speed in which stuff needs to be loaded). I loved my mosquito, but had to give it up because of the lag. It's possible that I wasn't the only one. Now that it's running smoother for me, I may get my mosquito back.

Jagd · 2003-11-12, 05:18 PM

So true! Since the first CC patch (and still after the 2nd one, haven't got this new one yet though) the system freezes made flying anywhere near the ground basically impossible. You simply can't engage ground targets when you are likely to freeze for 2+ seconds and come back slamming into a tree, rock or tower. So you could either fly super high up and get no kills (unless you have a Lib) or not fly at all. I've been playing almost exclusively on Konreid since then, with no air vehicle certs.

Kikinchikin · 2003-11-12, 06:20 PM

yes i got mighty pissed yesterday. (no not just becuz of the whole recall thing). Got in my skeeter, found a reaver heading from helheim or w/e. They had been sending 1 or so every 3 minutes over for scouting purpoes and such. Well I engage him knock his whole shield off, kill him down to 1/3 health left and he retreats to helheim. I follow and i get slammed with lag. Next thing i kno im dead cuz of starfires. It's gh3y.

altho i must say i do not use air vehicles as much as i used to (used to be a reaver fiend)