Bunker Stingers on 16 Player Maps Overkill?

[SectorNine50]

I was hoping that stinger missiles at bunkers might be removed on 16 player or maps with transport helo only support (Kashan comes to mind). I know some might think this is a strange request, but seeing as 50 cals and small arms can really take a transport helo out of the sky rapidly, it seemed to me that the stinger missile at bunkers are a little overkill. However, on the maps with attack helo's and jets I whole heartedly agree with them being there.

I know I'm gonna take heat for putting this on my wishlist, it just seems that since the transport helos aren't a direct threat in taking out the bunker, that stingers aren't necessary. Also, since the 50 cals are dead accurate, they can shoot down helo's that are in the visual range quite rapidly.

What do you guys think? (No flaming please, would rather just have a discussion.) I also understand that it might not be possible to remove them based upon the map size.

[[R-DEV]fuzzhead]

I frequently fly on kashan and dont generally have a problem with these....

dont land in a hot area, and you wont have a problem

also either fly very very high, or very low, and ALWAYS deploy flares when landing, regardless of where you are landing or your threat level, you should ALWAYS deply the flares when landing in the field.

[SectorNine50]

It always seems to me that later in the round, the whole map becomes a hot zone, only reason I really bring this up. Maybe my luck is just poor, I consider myself a pretty cautious pilot too lol.

The flares on landing tip is a good one, I'll give that a shot. However, I can say that I usually get shot down in-flight, not on landing or take-off. In fact, it always seems to be from out of visual range as well hahaha.

Out of sheer curiosity, can the stingers lock-on out of visual range?