Jet Pilots.. UNITE!

[Lothrian]

Its always that easy, don't be silly. Fly high, see target, fly towards, shoot, fly up high again.

[bigmoose332]

Originally Posted by Lothrian

Its always that easy, don't be silly. Fly high, see target, fly towards, shoot, fly up high again.

See the 'where have al the good pilots gone' thread. I shall carry on our discussion there

Bigmoose

[[DVB] TRIggS]

Ive got a question. WRT to the clouds on kashan, does being above the clouds mean you're out of range from enemy ground based AA?

---My Tactic for Ground Attack---
1) Mark target area with attack command.
2) Reach above clouds.
3) Within 500m I begin my nosedive
4) Attack objective
5) Fly a circular pattern back up to the clouds
6) Wait till target is 1000m away
7) circle around and hit it again, or recon the area.

Of course prioritize targets aswell.
-Highest threat-
Mobile AA- You cant protect friendlies if your dead.
Tanks/APC- The reason your in the air, take out armor.
Bunkers/buildings- Good hiding places for enemies. (I find it hard to take out the bunkers though.)
Troop locations- take out enemy positions before your troops move in.
-Lowest threat-

-Do not fly over enemy main bases to destroy their assets. If your being harrased by jets, ask a fighter to tag along or shoot up the runway ONCE IN A WHILE. At least they can repair that. It is bad sportsmanship to decimate the other teams assets before they can use them.
-Think of it this way; the more armor they move out, the more useful you seem and the more kills you get. Taking out main base assets make you look like a n00b, but taking out a tank that has been pinning down teammates makes you a hero.

[bigmoose332]

Hmm, I often avoid locks from enemy AA by going above the clouds.

But in terms of priority, I dont consider AA to be a priority to destroy by no means. My priority is..
armour/enemy pilots
Bunkers/troops

AA, is just something I evade or destroy if and when I have the chance ...Just my opinion!

BTW, had my first dog fight at 1000m today. Pure. Fun.

Bigmoose

[TF6049]

I like to go low to the ground (~100-200 ft.) with my LGMs armed and strafe enemy vehicles with my cannon. Alothough I know it is realistic, I hate the overheat time on the A-10's gun. I think it should realistically destroy a tank in one pass (you know how big those rounds are, about the size of a 20-oz pop bottle).

[dysin]

i'm most looking forward to guided munitions. having a sq lead call in a deployable lock box and launching a dead accurate flying pile of c4 is just awesome. i've used the sq lead hud for a long time for accurate infantry hits, and while it's effective, it's cheapens the deal a little bit. the teamwork and mega-explosion that results is where it's at.

discussed to death i know. as with the spectre, but c'mon, freaking sweet.

the funnest game i've played in battlefield period, after all this time, was piloting a blackhawk squad back when mini-guns were ruthless. gunners, some guy with his magic wrench (probably working hydro). we were just cruisin. bring that to a platform like an ac-130 and i'll probably lose my job.

[[R-COM]Outlawz]

Originally Posted by Lothrian

Its always that easy, don't be silly. Fly high, see target, fly towards, shoot, fly up high again.

Thats A10 on Basrah, where it carpet bombs half a city and has no real opponent, unless theres a skilled SA7 squad around. And even then, it can land, repair, while soemone spots the tracer, or comamnder finds them with his sattelitte view...

[TF6049]

Originally Posted by dysin

i'm most looking forward to guided munitions. having a sq lead call in a deployable lock box and launching a dead accurate flying pile of c4 is just awesome. i've used the sq lead hud for a long time for accurate infantry hits, and while it's effective, it's cheapens the deal a little bit. the teamwork and mega-explosion that results is where it's at.

discussed to death i know. as with the spectre, but c'mon, freaking sweet.

the funnest game i've played in battlefield period, after all this time, was piloting a blackhawk squad back when mini-guns were ruthless. gunners, some guy with his magic wrench (probably working hydro). we were just cruisin. bring that to a platform like an ac-130 and i'll probably lose my job.

Use the LGMs on the A-10. I think they're like TOW missiles, they'll follow your crosshair.

[[R-CON]Alex6714]

I just played in a pilot squad on kashan, and it rocks! I like jets/planes too. (I want to be a pilot when I´m older, play flight simulator etc...), but I probably need to practise a bit with the PR ones, and get a new joystick. mmmmmm x52 *drool* I probably like the A-10 best, but I haven´t had a chance to try in many other jets. I wonder if the devs could include an offline jet practise map, with all the jets and helicopters included, and targets, something like kashan with some rearranged objects.

One thing though, I HATE the blackhawk, the controls for me are horrible, I can hardly fly it, but the little bird I love!

[[R-DEV]Rhino]

Originally Posted by dysin

i'm most looking forward to guided munitions. having a sq lead call in a deployable lock box and launching a dead accurate flying pile of c4 is just awesome. i've used the sq lead hud for a long time for accurate infantry hits, and while it's effective, it's cheapens the deal a little bit. the teamwork and mega-explosion that results is where it's at.

bare in mind thats IF we can get it to work.