Homefront had one idea I want in BF3

A proximity launcher for helis. Something I can shoot on the ground that isn't guided or anything, that can hit or take down a attack chopper. I wonder why this isn't an idea I've heard discussed before because I think it could help with the balence of flying vehicles. what do you guys think?

I'm pretty sure we're getting more stationary AA placements and I've seen some official art that leads me to believe we'll have mobile SAM batteries.


Someone at DICE needs to confirm that vehicles have ammo again. The only thing that makes attack choppers ridiculous in BC2 is the infinite rocket salvos.

True just having vehicle ammo, or a diffent spot to shoot an AA from would be wonderous. I do want some way to defend myself if I'm on the ground though, and for the most part the impact detonation rockets have no chance against a decent pilot.

its better than being spawn camped because the enemy took your chopper

I'm hoping for SAMs and vehicle ammo from old BF games as well, especially with jets coming to the game. If I get the game, I look forward to absolutely raping people in choppers with the jets.

I look forward to absolutely crashing into choppers with the jets.

Fixed.

would you rather have something that locks on? that takes no skill, the proximity doesn't have to be big. I've had sooo many rockets just miss the lvl 50 heli whore circle straffing my base, it would be nice to get rewarded every now and again.

Your just mad that you don't get to chopper rape people for an entire map becasue you know where all the AAs are Frosty. I hate when WE play a map with attack choppers because that mean that everyone on the enemy team quits because the chopper is crushing them as soon as they spawn FOR THE ENTIRE LEVEL! Its not fun.

Just "Sir" will do wrote:would you rather have something that locks on? that takes no skill, the proximity doesn't have to be big. I've had sooo many rockets just miss the lvl 50 heli whore circle straffing my base, it would be nice to get rewarded every now and again.

Your just mad that you don't get to chopper rape people for an entire map becasue you know where all the AAs are Frosty. I hate when WE play a map with attack choppers because that mean that everyone on the enemy team quits because the chopper is crushing them as soon as they spawn FOR THE ENTIRE LEVEL! Its not fun.

What about something that locks-on, but doesn't have the best guidance? You'd still have to time it and position yourself correctly.

Frostbyrn wrote:Wouldnt mind something that locked on but was slow and if it missed you then kept going

That seems fair enough. Chopper whoring is a pain in the ass, but I dont want anything to be so overpowered that no one will fly anymore. That would just be no fun.

What about something that locks on, tells the pilot he is locked on, and the pilot must flare before the shots are launched?

How bought we raise the tracer dart's speed back to 600% and raise the time in between smokes? Like it used to be.
Or, like I've said before, have a Stinger that the Engineer (whatever it is in 3) gets that locks on after 5 seconds, takes two hits to actually take a chopper down (3 for heavier choppers like the Blackhawk), and the Engineer gets 1 rocket, two with the spec on.
I was also thinking this awhile back. How bought when an AT4 is in flight, you would press "fire" again to set off an explosion that is better against infantry and can take helicopters down that are in a 5 meter radius.

MEGA MILK wrote:

I look forward to absolutely crashing into choppers with the jets.

Fixed.

YES. Good pilots: meet your death at the hands of the worst pilot ever. I can't wait.

Battlefield 2142 did a good job with Aircraft IMO, they weren't terribly powerful, and there were several ways to shoot them down or at least chase them away. Engineers had portable AA launchers that were nigh impossible to pin point, but a skilled pilot would be able to get away from them (again harassment to keep the pilot busy) while the walkers had their machine guns and AA missiles on the roof. Even the stationary AA batteries were not all that bad.

BC2 what made it so god damn awful was how easy it was to fly a helicopter and the scarcity of tactics to shoot them down. In most cases, simply having at least one AA tank would have made it more balance, also the unfair advantage the American AA has of being a fricken mini gun while the Russians had this piece of crap burst AA. Against a reasonably skilled pilot, the only way you're going to shoot them down is by a lucky rocket.

TBH, trying to think of how to balance choppers in BF3 is kind of pointless right now, because we have no idea how jets will play in to things.

i want decent attack choppers that can kill at least 5 people. i dont want them over nerfed

ill probably spending a lot of time in air vehicles so they better be awesome!

cant wait for the first video of someone taking out a jet with a tankshell