Tac Mod and Jets

[ed_chiang11]

I never flied in Tac Mod till today. I think the dogfighting is awsome, but jets are now very ineffective against tanks in my opinions because it is hard for me to switch to one bomb mode (drop 2 bombs, reload just one, then reload 2 bombs) , and if one have to drop 2 bombs at a time, then one fly by is not enough to kill a tank. By the time one goes back to land and reload, the same tank would have been repaired. Other than that, i think the Jets are faily well tuned in Tac Mod. Admins and other TGs feel free to say how you feel.

Ed

[Kilrogg]

You can easily hit a target with 2 bombs if you just dive bomb it...

[ed_chiang11]

Originally Posted by Kilrogg

You can easily hit a target with 2 bombs if you just dive bomb it...

You can hit it, but not kill it, because 2 bombs cant hit it all at once

Ed

[Sergeant]

It only takes 1 direct hit from a bomb. Always has. If you know an engi is inside the tank you bombed. Fly back around and strafe it a bit, you have a good chance of hitting the driver while he tries to repair.

Though it could be different in the tac mod. Haven't had the chance to fly a jet in it yet.

[ChIck3nL3gz]

From a ground pounders perspective was the staionary AA guns weakend?

On Zatar last night Center Island I was on the roof of the little building in the AA gun and we had two MEC choppers (Cow and Attack) pestering us. I hit the attack chopper 3 times and the cow twice and while they did bug out for repairs they were not destroyed.

Then I was killed by a sniper coming up the hill. So I didn't get a chance to try it again.

[jepzilla]

Originally Posted by ed_chiang11

You can hit it, but not kill it, because 2 bombs cant hit it all at once

Ed

They won't hit at once, but you can get them to hit in a pretty tight area if you have a steep enough angle of attack. With practice you can kill tanks pretty reliably.

[Santa]

Since you have limited amount of bombs due to having to land each time to resupply, you should only be bombing targets that are about to be or are in contact with your teamates. Thus, the enemy tank will probably be unable to repair itself or a friendly AT rocket will finish off the armor. Also, if the bombs ALWAYS killed the tanks in one go, that wouldnt be fun as a ground pounder.

I forgot to start a thread about this before sunday, but if i remember ill start a "tacmod flyers gentlemans agreement" to stop people from bombing resupplying jets. In text i stated that i wouldnt bomb them on the carrier, and despite people seeming to agree at first, they didnt completely hold up to the agreement.