What is with Hot LZ's?

[FuzzySquirrel]

Originally Posted by jtdogblue

Ha. Confirmed clear. Who confirms it's clear? The SL calling in that 3rd crate?

One of your 31 teammates? I'm sure they're not all crazy.

[darkside12]

HAHA!!! Last night while playing (forgot the map, was USMC vs. Chinese), my squad was at the beach fortification and a huey landed right in the middle of my squad. I shot 2 guys before they even got out of the helo, and the pilot jumped out instead of flying off (???). Then the other 4 guys (including the pilot) tried to fight back, but 2 grenades later, 6 total kills and one down Huey. Wanted to try and use it to trade for some HAT kits, but a rocket Huey kept strafing out position (pilot sucked, kept missing) and eventually destroyed the utility Huey. Eventually, they brought in a LAV and it dropped off a squad and a utility Huey dropped off a squad to take the position. It took a good while for them to organize that, cause we seemed pretty well dug in (we even took out another squad that landed about 300m from our position on a beach).

This post sounds more like it should be in Tale From the Front, but it's related to the OP of the thread, so figured I'd post it here. Too bad I couldn't get a video or pics (my internet doesn't seem to like it when WeGame turns on).

[jtdogblue]

Originally Posted by FuzzySquirrel

One of your 31 teammates? I'm sure they're not all crazy.

You'd be surprised.
Haha.

[RedAlertSF]

It is a common problem, yesterday couple of our Chinooks were wasted because someone needed a lift and the LZ was hot: "oh sorry I didn't know about the enemy inf".

I've never fled any transport copter in PR but when I'm boarding one I never want to go to straight to the objective. Flags are never good LZs.

On the other hand sometimes you just have bad luck. While tanking my gunner have shot down many copters who never saw it coming, they were not landing.

[ralfidude]

The one thing i have learned over my time flying is this:

Any LZ that is not home base, is always a hot LZ.


Ultimately it comes down to the pilot. Just cuz he says he wants to go ->there, doesnt mean hes going to get 'there', instead you might need to take him 'over there'. If he starts bitching, just tell him hes lucky to be alive because he was in the presence of such a brilliant and smart pilot.

Losing some men, vs losing a chopper should never be an issue.

It doesnt mean i wont ever go to a hot LZ, but it means i will NOT stick around.

i touch and go, if ur too slow to hop out of the chopper, thats ur problem, if ur connection sux and u didnt know we were on the ground, then you probably shouldnt be playing.