lol @ all the heli pilots rushing to defend their fav heli

I think that heli is ok because its very vunerable. Its slow (the chinese heli has a top speed that is twice as fast) and the cab is open at the sides. It can be downed with 1 pistol shot to the pilots head, in theory at least. In practise you need to fire on it with a splash damage weapon because of hit boxes, ping, etc.
That explains the crazy flying prehaps, its a slight exploit of hitboxes so fuzz has a point I guess

To be fair Ive also found running in zig zags when on foot can help also with avoiding distance shots. Bunny hopping obviously is banned but also effective for similar reasons. Ive even zig zagged in an apc & other vehicles to disappear into the mist and avoid enemy fire

I know there is a possible solution for the infantry side of this maybe but as to helis Im not sure. AA, APC guns are like a touch of death allready, helis are weak for sure if a hit registers. 50 cal is also effective
I dont think you could blame the pilots for trying to stay alive by any means, maybe less reliability or predictablity with their handling and damage.
Im not sure bf2 could do this but 1 shot in the wrong place should make it terrible to fly. At the moment its got the silly hp system and pr in their wisdom have tried to replicate systems failure as the hp is reduced. If theres any way to expand on that and make it less linear & more random, it might help
Or maybe the oppisite, make the heli slow and predictable or fast changes in direction less possible & less easy to control. I think bf2 physics may be reaching its limits and people are just playing it like the computer game it is tbh

My own conclusion ( I know I waffle on ) is that the AAA on firebases and bunkers is allready a good enough counter, its just not used enough by the team.
The only heli that can dodge or avoid a nicely placed AAA thats protecting a base, is an Apache by using hellfire from 1000m away

Reenable AA lock on Littlebirds?



It is harder anyway to use the helis tactically then the tanks which is one reason why the Qwai map conclusion is a bit predictable - a pet hate (not the map, the bias).
Kudos to any co who makes office a fortress to combat that










I will say Mountains are my #1 pet hate as its not ever going to change. That annoying thing when you can climb 90% of a hill then stall and slide all the way down like its ice or something and die from falling damage. Jabal is a good map but I hate it sometimes

#2 immediate spawn death -

#3 too few players for the map size. I guess I must be an arcadey player but I prefer compact maps like how pheonix is now and how kashan is not (except those two central flags). RIP Inishail Forest & steel thunder, casualties of an ever improving game

#4 engineers spawning on a damaged apc thats asking for repairs then changing kits immediately and walking away . To a lesser extent also, being surrounded by riflemen but cant get ammo


#5 insurgent mines dont have a warning marker. Carefull you dont kill your teammates..

#6 delibrately or extreme stupidly sabotaging your own teams chances. Driving a spawn car into the river Civilians who 'surrender' on purpose

#7 dying because my ping is one tenth of second or more then the enemy. I duck behind a wall and get shot after. It happens so often I have to account for it and use lots of distance attacks.
It is good practise though because you have to try to anticipate everything, rushing in is bad with high ping


#8 Infantry AA that gives a lock on tone when its 3000m away, its actual range is 750m