Battlefield

[Hrok81]

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Mr_Inconspicous ha scritto:

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InfiniteStates wrote:

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Cringles88 wrote:

I've come to the conclusion that Jets really don't add anything to the game apart from a distraction from the objective. Yeah, they can take out a chopper which is handy if people on the ground can't get it. That doesn't happen that often anyway. Jets are pretty much, a none threat to infantry anyway. If more people used the SOFLAM & Jav, Jets wouldn't stand a chance at being effective towards anything.

More often enough, Jets stick to killing Jets. Maybe people use them better on the PC, but I'm finding, its just making the teams 10 v 10 on console. There pretty much a gimmick. Choppers are still the main threat in the air, for everyone.

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They can do - often jets just disappear off and play their own little mini-game of Ace Combat while the ground war rages on oblivious.

But good jet pilot can and do influence the ground war. Jets are very effective at anti-vehicle roles, as well as helping to distract enemy gunships. Also, I was killed while on foot a disconcerting amount of times by strafing jets on Kharg Island the other day. I don't know if it was skill, a fluke, a huge TV or what, but it happened too many times to be a fluke IMO.

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Jets can be useful in Rush http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH_doqty50M&list=UU16BeXfcf_aMbSBOoticKsQ&feature=plcp not much use in Conquest imo.

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It's always a matter of communication to me, I mean if the pilot and his mates on the ground do exchange info then jets can be a really useful support to the team, even in conquest. Probably choppers as many of you say are more effective, but jets are good too IMHO

[Cringles88]

The thing with communication though, is it doesn't work in this game haha. Many times I've had a missile lock onto me.Only for me & the gunner to both fire our flares. Then the 2nd missile would take us out...

It should be as easy as:

Me: gunner guy, use your flare for this

Gunner guy: ok, done, another lock in coming in, you got your flare ready?

Me: yup, I'll spin around & we'll try to take him out.

Instead it's more like this:

Me: gunn........can you.....***** these mics....flar....

Gunner guy:..what? we....used...flares..

Me:...*****K THIS GAME

Both dead.

[Hrok81]

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Cringles88 ha scritto:

The thing with communication though, is it doesn't work in this game haha. Many times I've had a missile lock onto me.Only for me & the gunner to both fire our flares. Then the 2nd missile would take us out...

It should be as easy as:

Me: gunner guy, use your flare for this

Gunner guy: ok, done, another lock in coming in, you got your flare ready?

Me: yup, I'll spin around & we'll try to take him out.

Instead it's more like this:

Me: gunn........can you.....***** these mics....flar....

Gunner guy:..what? we....used...flares..

Me:...*****K THIS GAME

Both dead.

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LOL you're right mate

I was assuming that the squad was only two members (in that case comms work fine here), my bad. When playing with friends we usually split in two teams with two people each, or when we can't do that we agree that just two of us turn their comms on

[Symonator]

The problem is there is only a few jet pilots that are any good.

I know a few good pilots, who take out the enemy jets/kill tanks and infantry.

Other "blueberries" (the people who are not in our squad) will jus fly around chasing the other jet for the entire match if they had to.

Not doing anything at all to help.

You see more useless pilots because there is only a handful of good pilots, so the ratio is much higher to see "useless" planes.