Aircraft

[Irkk]

I'm hoping for some type of barrel role to dodge an incoming aa shot (maybe?) and only the right position (90ish angle to the incoming shot) and the right timing can avoid it. That way a 2 man team could easily take out an aircraft while still giving the pilot a chance to run away or take them out.

I thought of the role as an option after I saw the hover bike dodge those giant chain guns in the newest cg movie.

Just my idea, it's late so excuse my stupidity in this post.

[zeekgenateer]

there will probably be a dodge or barrel roll. So no need to worry.

[Switz]

lol, im a PS reserver. (and gal driver) the thing i hate most, is that you CANT get above the AA, there needs to be a max altu for every AA. However, each aircraft should have its own max hight, and of corse, limited ammo.

[Alpha Wolfgang]

hmm... no heat seeking missiles!!! AA should be for turrets or vehicles... kinda like the warthog on halo2.

well, if there is seeking missiles, make them come from turrets, not infantry... infantry can fire their guns at the aircraft and damage it, but its more practical using AA... or ATA...

missiles shouldnt turn on a dime (battlefield modern combat... yuck)
and shouldnt completely take your aircraft out, killing you instantly.. maybe making it fall, but not just go boom... especially for transports...

oh, and can dropships carry vehicles??? id love to haul vehicles back and forth.

[Decent_xVICIOUSx]

the aircraft so far is a 1 man assualt/ hover vehicle and a big ass chopper for personel your in the city and in a 1 man craft i would think it would be pretty easy to manuver it

[Jesus]

As we watch in the November video, we see a aircraft comming down and hitting someone, I am not sure if it got shot down and that's why it came down, or is it that the aircraft will be able to come down and charge? It will probably get destroyed in doing so unless your skilled, but may this me a stratergy?

[Div]

*Censored Word**Censored Word**Censored Word**Censored Word* this aircraft *Censored Word**Censored Word**Censored Word**Censored Word* gimme a big gun with a long range scope and im 1 happy bunny . ps ill snipe the pilot

[187 Phantom]

pilot sniping as a game feature < death
there is nothing more lame than being one-hitted out of ur vehicle when ur surrounded by glass (presumably bullet proof glass)

[Lucran]

Originally Posted by Shinta

rofl, who would even try to shoot down a full functional and very fast aircraft in real life with a hand gun in a battle situation? :shock:

Its tricky to hit aircraft in real life even with anti air weaponry

Lol watch the movie "Air America"
I vietnamese ricefarmer takes a random shot (with a crappy rifle) at an american supply plane, then turns around and walks away thinking he missed but in the background you see the plane smoking lol he hit an engine and didnt know it

[darkbatosai]

I think they should have if any,a invisible wall like in grand theft auto.Where if you try to fly away from the island (in this case the battlefield) you would just face a endless amount of sea or agian in this case a battle field. so you would be fling away from the battle field but all you really get is endless land until you turn around and go back into battle

[darkbatosai]

sorry posted this twice

[Ghos7]

I'm sorry, but no. This game will be a open ended FPS, seemingly on a planet, so it might be possible to circumnavigate the whole entire planet. So that means you can leave a battlefield, then if you travel far enough, reach the other side of the battle(it might take a while).

[Trigunner]

i dont know about that ghos7, i get the feeling there are going to be alot of instances in this game(i hope there is TOO many, open-ended is nice) and thats where the battleing will take place. Maybe from town to town you could travel.

[Ghos7]

I haven't played very many MMOs that have barriers(The only one's i've played were SWG and Planetside). I heard that with huxley, it will be difficult to tell when you enter a battleground and when you don't(I'm sure there will be a little pop up saying you entered a battle ground, but still).

[Rerg]

Remember, I think these Aircrafts will be pretty damn expensive.
I would say start small and do jobs for higher level players.

I might be a part time taxi driver in the beginning to raise some money for financial reasons. Although this would probably turn into scamming, don't worry.

I'll ask for small amounts of money after the journey.

[Grind]

Sorry if someone said it before or if I'm wrong, but i'm in a hurry and didn't have time to read this whole thing.

Don't the vehicles spawn on the battlefield like in BF:2? or are you guys just talking about transport vehicles you can fly/drive around the city? Does anyone know if you can buy sweet vehicles and use them on the battlefield?

[naggs]

everything in the game will be instanced. if you leave the instance you will leave the battle. the area outside of the main cities will be a series of instances that you can travel thru with load times when you hit the instance wall. i would imagine that there will be a way to instantly travel from the main city to some instances where fighting is going on. its a much better way to do it for multiplayer games than the open world PS type of thing.

[Grim_Reaper]

I don't see why there should be all these restictions on aircraft. There are tanks, rocket launchers, heavy snipers, other vehicles, etc. to take out an aircraft. Its not like its the only vehicle on the battlefield or anything. And there is cover, cloaking, etc. to use to hide from aircraft. In any case, if you realy need to take down a ship, you'll find a way.

[Grind]

Aircraft in UT2K4 don't really pose a huge threat, just as long as there are some kind of missles that track to vehicles or something and it should be fine

[baddb0y93]

I want a dropship kinda like the halo2 pelican that i can drive my buddies into combat with just amagine being under fire and u crash to the ground and pile out and find yurself in the middle of the battle