How NOT to be a bad passenger on a transport chopper.

[S.P.C-[Reality]-]

Originally Posted by wojing_rotorhead

lol dont shoot the miningun for no reason thats annoying

yap and also sometimes gives me a 5 sec lag and BOOM i crash
lol

[m0rdin]

Another add:

We know, that ya all want to reach your own and desired position from which you can win a match alone and without any help of your team, at least that's what you dream at night, but reality is different.

That might be the reason why the pilot of the armed scout-chopper might not be very pleased if you demand him, "Bring me to the east outpost." and your mate on the 3rd position asks, "Let me out at enemy main base.".
The ones I hate the most are the dumbasses that say, "Bring me to the front!!!!". Why the hell don't they use one of the APC's, their squadleader or whatever to get to the action? Those are the moments when I think, "A headshot mustn't be the worst thing I can do to them.".


Here are some demands I have for the average player in interaction with armed scout-choppers:

#1: An attack-chopper is no taxi-business, even if it has two empty seats. If you are a sniper and want to get to a position where there is no posibility to get into enemy fire, I'll give you the favor. Same goes for squadleaders.

#2: When you manage to get into the chopper be thankful if the pilot gives you the room to jump out somewhere in the pampas. Perhaps I'll have to let you know, that especially those small helis can't hover longer than absolutely necessary, because even a short burst of an apc-canon or another chopper can lead to an instant death.
If I always did what I wanted to, those shitty passengers would have died when I got shot down (which could take a long time, when I'm able do fly efficiently).

#3: In most cases you have less strategic value strategic value than the chopper has, when it's attacking properly.


And ... I noticed a phenomenon: Around 20 seconds after the scout-chopper spawned there always spawns a bunch of three to five teammates who run to it in the hopes to get the pilot seat.

And that leads to the fourth advice:

#4: Those helis are great and you can be sure that there is somewhere someone that looks at the time and knows when the chopper spawns.
- Don't believe that you get it, when you see it on the map after you died.
- Don't believe that the pilot feels responsible for your transport and your fun after you ran like the lemmings.
- And don't believe you are a better pilot than that guy who waited for the chopper. Mostly that's not the case.


And here is the last point:
#5: Shoot at my chopper and you are a dead man.

[carrack090]

yes. i agree. i hate when people shoot at their own helis then expect a pilot to give them THE best spot ever wile being shot at.... oh yea, tip #??= when you get in with your whole squad, it makes it so much easyer if u have the commander show the pilot where you want to go!

[[R-DEV]Falkun]

Best thing to do when people are demanding transport from a scout chopper, is to pick them up and then continue on your scouting duties. If you're lucky, you'll get to see them plummet to their death as they jump out of your chopper.

[Outlawz]

Yeah, there was nothing better in 0.5 Basrah than seeing a Blackhawk pulling out of the area due RPGs and a Marksman bails out and splatters on a rooftop

It still makes my day, when people think, they got parachutes and jump out of a chopper in mid-flight.

[Emnyron]

Rule nr 1
NEVER SHOOT or run towards any gunship that IM in.
If you do, and I think I see c4 in your hand..
You are DEAD!

[Outlawz]

This is about transport choppers, not your super 1337 ego....^^

[Emnyron]

Idiots still think they can get a ride in the gunship
And Me and ego?.. What are you smoking?

[Outlawz]

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[carrack090]

whatever it is, its not inhibiting his thinking, its easy to tell whos comin at you from the minimap, if hes not on it, blow him away, if he is, and has c4, he clearly is not thinking straight.

>< either that or hes gonna tk you. so yea, shoot warning shots