Trust me, its worth it. You'll have a :carling: time every time you shoot down a Gunship.... It does piss me off sometimes too, but the question is "how is a pistol any better?"
Yea but you'd be helping your te...oh nvm, it's COD.
Well for one I think I help my team by getting Attack Helicopters(though they sorta suck), Chopper Gunners, and kills in general way more than by shooting 2 missiles at a Helicopter they probably gave up to begin with.
On MW2 I always had a Cold Blooded Class waiting to take out Harriers because people were too dumb to shoot ONE missile at it, and next thing you know Nuke....
Lastly, I usually pick up a secondary off the ground after I kill. That way I can have Assault Rifle and a SMG. That's my reason for not using the Strela.
You can play on my team and help all you want. I just feel like playing objectives and getting kills helps the team way more than being some noob staring up at a Chopper Gunner getting killed....Plus I know how it feels to get shot down as soon as you get in the Gunner, and it's usually by the worst person on the other team.