Pronin

When I am in armor, I never worry about the air assets until they kill me. When they do, it usually happens quickly and without warning. Approaching TV missile makes no alarm sounds.

There are some people out there who have figured out how to use gunships. As a tanker, I hate those people with passion.

Telorn

The biggest problem i see that makes this aircraft less useful is most pilots fly it for themselves...not their gunner. The point of this aircraft is the gunner. You can look at the pilot missiles as backup or to take on enemy aircraft. Other then that, a pilot should focus on giving his gunner the best shot possible. When a pilot does this, even with only a so-so gunner, the aircraft is formidable, and it makes those TV missile shots more of a reality.

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IMI-50AE

The only problem is when you try to give your gunner the TVM shot, he doesn't take it! I don't know if he doesn't know how to, doesn't like TVMs, is really bad with them or what, but when you are trying to line up a shot, you're extra vulnerable. Sad, predictable end result: smoking wreckage and two less tickets.

Barracuda_Magoo

I haven't really tried the 2142 gunships, but in BF2 I always use VOIP to call out targets I'm lining up for the gunner. When I gun, I sometimes get preoccupied with trying to hit infantry, and don't realize the pilot is lining up on an AA that is moments away from killing us. So I do my best to call out everything I see.

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IMI-50AE

Good point, I'd be doing that, but I don't have a headset. Yes, I'm poor and destitute. I am getting one, but until then, I guess I'll have to try for 'spotted' spamming, even though I use a joystick and it's tough to spot and fly at the same time without set keys on the joystick. That's a reason I always spot things, just so people know they are there and active. Personally, I think that the air assets could be 10 times more useful if the people on the ground would call for air support.

Telorn

Having VOIP for a pilot/gunner is key. It's best if you're in your own squad, too (just because you'll talk so much). You can get a cheap-o headset for $10 or less at your local Best-Buy.

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chaf3d

I LOVE the gunship personally. I find it very effective against armour. At first I was rifling off the rockets and wasn't doing much damage. The strategy is to fire off one or two, armour puts its active defense on, wait for it to run out, and then you fire off a rocket about once a second. I find the missles cause more damage that way. You have to be careful though again the Tiger, and the Hover Tank. Some people are VERY, VERY good at shooting you down.

ALso, as a hint to Pilots, flying for your gunner, make sure that when approaching a tank/Air Transport (Love getting 7 kills form loaded AT) that you make it so your Pilot Reticule is about 2-3cm above the target. The gunner reticule is about a 35 degree down angle off pilot. So raise your nose a pinch to give him/her better vantage on target.

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Thanatos

Hey everyone,

Since starting up the Engineer tree, I've become very interested in vehicles in 2142, especially the gunship. It looks fun. I found this picture online, showing the gunner's field of view as seen from the pilot seat:

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9467/gunshipaimzt8.jpg

The red box in the bottom of the pilot's HUD display is approximately what the gunner can see in TV Missile view. Line up those shots people and make the gunship deadly again!

Also - here is a comprehensive Gunship guide that covers many aspects in depth:

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=55161

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LuckyStrike

Nice picture of the pilot/gunner view.