There should be less .50 cal technicals in Insurgency

[Scot]

Aren't the undersides of blackhawks made to withstand RPGs? I think I remember it was you saying something like that Alex, I could be mistaken though.

[Alex6714]

Originally Posted by Scot

Aren't the undersides of blackhawks made to withstand RPGs? I think I remember it was you saying something like that Alex, I could be mistaken though.

Not me im sure? But rpg wise I guess it depends on what you hit. I mean helis in general have low amounts of armour, but this also means rounds just go right though and do nothing unless they hit a specific important part.

[Royal_marine_machine]

Ah yes, it is true that not many helicopters in real life are shot down by Technical's.

It is also true that very few of the Pilots in PR are well trained

A good pilot would be able to avoid being shot down, I think they should stay the same.

[unrealalex]

Originally Posted by octo-crab

Because 1/8th of the battlefield is not comprised of snipers.

Just replace snipers with technicals and it still stands true. You proved my point.

[unrealalex]

Originally Posted by Outlawz

PR is a game, not real life. Go outside for that.

That's not a valid argument at all. You can say that for any realistic change made in PR from vBF2. Hell you can justify vBF2 being the way it is with such an argument.

edit:sorry double post

[SFOD_F HaXXeD]

I think his point about realism is that you're constrained to the size of the map and the viewdistance, in real life you'd be able to see the technicals before they saw you and you would also have the ability to land farther away from combat and have the trooops go in on foot. You don't land on top of the cache building.

[Ace42]

Originally Posted by unrealalex

That's not a valid argument at all.

It's the best argument of all. If we wanted reality, we wouldn't be sitting behind a computer screen. I don't know about you, but I don't play PR because I'm too short / fat / gay / crippled to join the army for real - I play PR because unlike reality, it's a load of fun. Any correlation between realism and fun is purely coincidental, so I think gameplay decisions should be based on the latter, not the former. Realism is merely a bonus.

Don't let the mod's name confuse you, it's just a name.

[TJ-XRL]

im a very good pilot not being big headed but i only get shot down by aa's or somtimes rpgs but rpgs u can avoived and if u fly high they cant see you they can hear u but not see

[CodeRedFox]

Originally Posted by unrealalex

I'm not sure but in real life, isn't it rare for a helicopter to be shot down by a .50 cal technical? In PR, it happens all the time.

I'm gonna throw aside the "what is and what is not realistic in PR" as it doesn't matter in this question. If RL pilots were to fly around like the pilots do in PR I bet the numbers of downed heli's would go up.

I'm suprized the amount of time a pilot will fly right into the middle of combat. And you hear it from passengers all the time "Do get us really close"....BOOM, "what the hell you noob pilot. When I hear "Why the hell did you drop us here its so far away" that to me is a successful pilot. If the enemy can watch you land your doing it wrong.

[Spartan0189]

Well, if you look at the Vehicle loadouts on the insurgent maps, you can see a large difference...
Like Basrah,
Challenger II, Scimitar, IFV
Now, compare to a Technical, I wouldn't mind having a lot of Technicals on a map