Post: Useless flight unlocks?
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11-18-2011, 11:54 AM
#1
x-convict
Brute
Guided Missiles-Takes 2 missiles to disable a tank 3 missiles to destroy it.With out beam scanning on its real hard to get a lock and you have to do 2 passes to just destroy a tank while dodging other planes&missiles
Rocket pods-no use on jets.Jets are way to fast moving for you to get a accurate fix on anything long enough to unload all your rockets and have time to pull up
Fire extinguisher-Tried it once not worth it.If you get under 50% health you still have to wait a few seconds for it to kick it leaving you vulnerable and than the health restore rate is slow
Ecm Jammer-Last to unlock worse than flares-half the time it does not even decoy the missiles and the "jamming" function is broken and does not work
air radar-Bugged suppost to be permanent
stealth-Have not noticed any difference flying with it
Anyone else agree?
11-21-2011, 07:37 PM
#11
x-convict
Brute
Originally posted by xinfectedsoulx
I don't agree with most of what you wrote. You need to learn to fly better.. I run Air Radar w/ Below Radar, Extinguisher and Rockets.
Flares are useless IMO. You use them for the first lock, they're gone for at least 30 secs (?). Meaning, if you can't out manoeuvre the 2nd missile, you're going down. Extinguisher you can take both missiles (majority of the time) and use it to get back to 52%. Air Radar so you can't get away from me and Below Radar for my Rockets. 14 rockets, or 10 and a cannon, tank is gone.
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Sure, I don't have a shit load of kills, but if I can disable the jets/helos/tanks, that's good enough for me.
You need to practice with the Cannon more. It's by far one of the best assets on the jet. Only skill can dodge it, no gadgets.
Flares are useless IMO. You use them for the first lock, they're gone for at least 30 secs (?). Meaning, if you can't out manoeuvre the 2nd missile, you're going down. Extinguisher you can take both missiles (majority of the time) and use it to get back to 52%. Air Radar so you can't get away from me and Below Radar for my Rockets. 14 rockets, or 10 and a cannon, tank is gone.
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Sure, I don't have a shit load of kills, but if I can disable the jets/helos/tanks, that's good enough for me.
You need to practice with the Cannon more. It's by far one of the best assets on the jet. Only skill can dodge it, no gadgets.
alright first i am a good pilot already got 150 air kills and not even sure how many planes i shot down,also unlocked everything from the jets by the 3rd day the game came out.
Second it seems your misreading the whole point about this thread:this thread is discussing the unlocks them self.So dont come here trying to attack my flying as im not even mentioning stats how often i get shotdown or anythign to do with personal flying..Not trying to brag about kills ect were talking about unlocks so stay on topic.
Back on topic-yes almost all the unlocks are useless your comment on flares is wrong their gone for 10 seconds and if you use the extinguisher you still have to wait to be healed leaving you just as vulnerable at least with flares you are 90% sure of not taking any missile damage at all which there is lots of giving peole using the engineer class.And you seem to be using flares wrong as a flare fired properly will dodge all missile currently locked on to you if you know how to time when to fire them.
11-22-2011, 03:45 PM
#12
xinfectedsoulx
Daddy's home.
Originally posted by convict
alright first i am a good pilot already got 150 air kills and not even sure how many planes i shot down,also unlocked everything from the jets by the 3rd day the game came out.
Second it seems your misreading the whole point about this thread:this thread is discussing the unlocks them self.So dont come here trying to attack my flying as im not even mentioning stats how often i get shotdown or anythign to do with personal flying..Not trying to brag about kills ect were talking about unlocks so stay on topic.
Back on topic-yes almost all the unlocks are useless your comment on flares is wrong their gone for 10 seconds and if you use the extinguisher you still have to wait to be healed leaving you just as vulnerable at least with flares you are 90% sure of not taking any missile damage at all which there is lots of giving peole using the engineer class.And you seem to be using flares wrong as a flare fired properly will dodge all missile currently locked on to you if you know how to time when to fire them.
Second it seems your misreading the whole point about this thread:this thread is discussing the unlocks them self.So dont come here trying to attack my flying as im not even mentioning stats how often i get shotdown or anythign to do with personal flying..Not trying to brag about kills ect were talking about unlocks so stay on topic.
Back on topic-yes almost all the unlocks are useless your comment on flares is wrong their gone for 10 seconds and if you use the extinguisher you still have to wait to be healed leaving you just as vulnerable at least with flares you are 90% sure of not taking any missile damage at all which there is lots of giving peole using the engineer class.And you seem to be using flares wrong as a flare fired properly will dodge all missile currently locked on to you if you know how to time when to fire them.
I wasn't "attacking" you. I was just stating my opinion, like you stated yours. But apparently yours is more of a fact than opinion, seeing as though you have to be right. I was stating that when I use Heat seekers, the enemy always drops flares on the first lock. Meaning, in that 10 seconds that you have to wait for reload, flying past the already dropped flares avoiding locking onto them, I've hit you with my second missile disabling the jet. With the extinguisher I can take both missiles, more often than not, then repair to 52% so I can out manoeuvre the enemy and chase them, blasting them with the cannon. Running with Air Radar w/ Below radar I can get behind them, giving chance for my jet to repair, which with flares you can't do. Works perfect for me.
11-24-2011, 02:07 PM
#13
BigBlackClocks
Who’s Jim Erased?
Originally posted by xinfectedsoulx
I don't agree with most of what you wrote. You need to learn to fly better.. I run Air Radar w/ Below Radar, Extinguisher and Rockets.
Flares are useless IMO. You use them for the first lock, they're gone for at least 30 secs (?). Meaning, if you can't out manoeuvre the 2nd missile, you're going down. Extinguisher you can take both missiles (majority of the time) and use it to get back to 52%. Air Radar so you can't get away from me and Below Radar for my Rockets. 14 rockets, or 10 and a cannon, tank is gone.
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Sure, I don't have a shit load of kills, but if I can disable the jets/helos/tanks, that's good enough for me.
You need to practice with the Cannon more. It's by far one of the best assets on the jet. Only skill can dodge it, no gadgets.
Flares are useless IMO. You use them for the first lock, they're gone for at least 30 secs (?). Meaning, if you can't out manoeuvre the 2nd missile, you're going down. Extinguisher you can take both missiles (majority of the time) and use it to get back to 52%. Air Radar so you can't get away from me and Below Radar for my Rockets. 14 rockets, or 10 and a cannon, tank is gone.
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Sure, I don't have a shit load of kills, but if I can disable the jets/helos/tanks, that's good enough for me.
You need to practice with the Cannon more. It's by far one of the best assets on the jet. Only skill can dodge it, no gadgets.
flare reload is 6 seconds, not 30,'plus with extinguisher, you have to worrymabout getting away from enemys and getting your plane back to 100%.
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