Belgero wrote:
Do you not see the contradiction between these two lines?
No, not really, what is the contradiction exactly between those lines? They are just two different statements about the same topic. Even good pilots will turn their back on the Stinger / J-10 from time to time giving you an opportunity to attack them if you are nearby. Like I said, it's a careful decision, most times if the heli is hovering at the maximum distance from the airfield they will also be engaged with other targets, it's about picking the right moment to get up in the air. If they are attacking airfield then AntiTank players need to do their job and jeeps can help too.
Belgero wrote:
You say it yourself, when a heli hovers at 400m you can not hit it by any other means than with a jet or heli HOWEVER, it's not a good idea to get in this jet/heli when he's hovering at 400m and targets these exact aircrafts.
That's just part of the game, it's not a problem as such. Airfield gets pinned down, it's up to the Chinese team to damage/destroy the attacker to get their aircraft back in the sky.
Belgero wrote:
Indeed, the jet missiles give you a chance to get in the jet and immediately attack the heli. The chance of him being stupid enough to hover right in front of the jet and his missile range is however close to 0. This leaves the TV lissile from the heli. The chance of you being able to start the heli and look up far enough to see the enemy heli and shoot him with tv (about 20 seconds) is however also close to 0. The enemy heli will see you start the heli from far and shoot you within 5 seconds
I have seen it a lot actually and have killed plenty of choppers with the J-10 or nearby Stinger it's very easy. Also, you are way out with the 20 seconds, it's much less to lift the nose and fire a TV if you know what you are doing. I have also killed many choppers & jets doing exactly that whilst on the helipad.
If a jet does the same, yes he has the chance to appear out of nowhere, but he has to dive in head first like shark says, giving you the chance to shoot him with stinger/eryx. If he's decent enough he can shoot it also from 400m but thats way harder and much less likely compared to a heli. A jet cant hover that easily so when he looks at you from 400m he will be at 50m after a few seconds. He has waaay less time than a heli hovering and shooting with tv missiles.
Missiles, Bombs, MG can all take out grounded aircraft with ease from distance. Stingers/IGLAs are pretty useless against any half decent jet pilot and jets have to be flying pretty low to get regularly hit with an ERYX, I fly low all of the time and rarely get hit with ERYX because I anticipate and dodge them. 2 strong Jets can terrorise an airfield much moreso than 1 heli over the course of a round on a no rules server.
Conclusion: I don't agree and I'm pretty sure most Wake veterans won't either.