Handheld AA

badmojo420 · 10-20-2011, 08:07 PM

In the .96 changelog it says...

Quote:

Increased deviation for handheld AA

I'd like to ask why this was changed? In fact, why is there deviation at all on this weapon?

Dev1200 · 10-20-2011, 09:08 PM

So people don't use it as alternate higher splash damage RPG.

badmojo420 · 10-20-2011, 09:52 PM

I don't see how a deviation increase stops that practice.

Trooper909 · 10-21-2011, 11:59 PM

Every handheld AA is guided is it not?That note in the change log always confused me also.

Mikemonster · 10-22-2011, 12:30 PM

Like Mojo said, presumably so you can't stay on a rooftop and fire at squads below using it's huge [proximity based] kill/blast radius.

TheComedian · 10-22-2011, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mikemonster

Like Mojo said, presumably so you can't stay on a rooftop and fire at squads below using it's huge [proximity based] kill/blast radius.

Which is one of the most effective uses for it.

badmojo420 · 10-22-2011, 05:37 PM

My problem with the deviation is that you can still stand on a roof top and fire it at infantry below, you simply have to wait for the weapon to settle before firing. So, what's the point in having deviation to prevent misusing the weapon, if it doesn't even accomplish that? The deviation hurts the effectiveness of the weapons real usage.

A number of times since this was updated, I've hit objects and injured myself or others around me when attempting to fire into the sky at a helicopter who was locked. The cone is simply too big, it used to be good, but since .96 it's too much.

[R-DEV]Rhino · 10-22-2011, 07:26 PM

Its simply there to stop this kind of usage:

Xfire Video

There isn't any deviation to the missile is locked on a target and then fired afaik (and even if there is, the tracking will soon correct it), only when your not locked and you fire like in that video then there is a lot of deviation.

[R-DEV]J.F.Leusch69 · 10-23-2011, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badmojo420

My problem with the deviation is that you can still stand on a roof top and fire it at infantry below, you simply have to wait for the weapon to settle before firing. So, what's the point in having deviation to prevent misusing the weapon, if it doesn't even accomplish that? The deviation hurts the effectiveness of the weapons real usage.

A number of times since this was updated, I've hit objects and injured myself or others around me when attempting to fire into the sky at a helicopter who was locked. The cone is simply too big, it used to be good, but since .96 it's too much.

the deviation on the handheld AAs is not the same as on the handheld weapons. it does not settle.

~~Arnoldio~~ · 10-23-2011, 07:39 PM

Thef, allways when i fired any kind of AA on public servers, rocket went straight then up unto the sky, minding its own buisness... Only went straight in local. Was that changed? :S Confuzzled.

10-20-2011, 09:08 PM	#2
Dev1200 Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,675 Canada Location: Alberta	Re: Handheld AA So people don't use it as alternate higher splash damage RPG.
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10-20-2011, 09:52 PM	#3
badmojo420 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,445 Canada Location: London, Ontario	Re: Handheld AA I don't see how a deviation increase stops that practice.

10-21-2011, 11:59 PM	#4
Trooper909 Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,186 United Kingdom Location: London	Re: Handheld AA Every handheld AA is guided is it not?That note in the change log always confused me also.

10-22-2011, 12:30 PM	#5
Mikemonster Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,191 United Kingdom	Re: Handheld AA Like Mojo said, presumably so you can't stay on a rooftop and fire at squads below using it's huge [proximity based] kill/blast radius.
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10-22-2011, 05:37 PM	#7
badmojo420 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,445 Canada Location: London, Ontario	Re: Handheld AA My problem with the deviation is that you can still stand on a roof top and fire it at infantry below, you simply have to wait for the weapon to settle before firing. So, what's the point in having deviation to prevent misusing the weapon, if it doesn't even accomplish that? The deviation hurts the effectiveness of the weapons real usage. A number of times since this was updated, I've hit objects and injured myself or others around me when attempting to fire into the sky at a helicopter who was locked. The cone is simply too big, it used to be good, but since .96 it's too much.

10-23-2011, 07:39 PM	#10
~~Arnoldio~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4,150 Slovenia Location: Cerkno	Re: Handheld AA Thef, allways when i fired any kind of AA on public servers, rocket went straight then up unto the sky, minding its own buisness... Only went straight in local. Was that changed? :S Confuzzled.

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