Thread: Gunships vs Commander Assets

While priming yesterday afternoon and waiting for FireDog to quit cowering in his titan, I was goofing around with the gunship. I parked it on Minsk and dropped supply boxes next to it my gunship, then started sending TV missiles at the commander assets.

I swear in a previous thread someone had definitively said that TV missiles do not hurt commander assets. I found that they seem to have the same effect as RDX. 2 hits on some of the assets = destruction, 3 on the others.

So, to test, I dropped supply boxes on the enemy commander assets and continued blowing them up. It was also good practice in trying to control those things. I kept blowing th assets up even though they were on the extreme edge of the TV missiles performance envelope.

Not that it helped, but I was also hitting the front of the enemy titan right next to where Firedog was standing (in the first step down off the flight deck before going left or right. I knew I was hitting close to him when on the explosion, I could momentarily see his body. I think he was AFK though, he never moved. You'd think a missile 2 feet from your head would still make you jump.

And the EA stats need to hurry up, I've been dropping gunships via SAAW like crazy lately. I want to see what level the carnage has gotten to.

the TV missiles from the back of the speeders also work to destroy commander assets

Originally Posted by DJ Mr. White

No, they definitely do. When I SL on NS maps I like order a speeder gunner/driver pair (one of whom is support) to go after commander assets.

Exactly - and who said that you couldn't teach an old dog new tricks?

Well...... 1st, I can't believe you are calling BigDog old. That's brave.

And I make use of my priming time. Such as the above. Or learnign to fly from chase view. Lot more difficult than you'd think. Especially as the POV finally swings around to show you in your turn smashing a building that was out of your FOV

Originally Posted by IRON MAN 2142

laggy flying??
stick to shooting them down, leave the flying to the people who can steer :P

LOL

Originally Posted by laggyNgroovy

Well...... 1st, I can't believe you are calling BigDog old. That's brave.

Ah deflection - interesting

Originally Posted by IRON MAN 2142

i think thats what a the little magical box thing in the top right of your screen that shows information like where teammates and BUILDINGS are is for

..... he says.... :P

Have you actually TRIED flying for an extended period with the camera behind you? It doesn't immediately track behind you. It slowly comes back to your longitudanal axis. Trying to fly between buildings when your camera is still off axis by 20 or 30 degrees is a little tough. But I was able to fly between buildings, under bridges etc, etc all w/o looking at the cockpit view.

And you shouldn't give me toooooo much flak about flying. You've generated enough wreckage from my SAAWs we could replenish the entire EU fleet of titans from recycling your downed gunships. :6