Yes they are.
I am a player that enjoys heli rushing more than any other type of gameplay War Thunder has to offer. With that said it definitely IS NOT for everyone. If you care about your KD don’t do it because you will see yourself having a very, very negative KD while you are learning how to do it. I never cared about personal stats as I have been playing games long enough to know they don’t accurately represent a players skill at all. After months and months of learning I am just now able to consistently get 1-3 kills every attempt but I just wanted to express how hard it is to do successfully. The best heli imo to pull it off in the US tree would be the AH-6M and AH-1F. The approach itself is what dictates how well you will do 100% of the time. Stay low and stay moving and always utilize any hard cover you can to set yourself up for kills. Here is a quick clip of the AH-1G
Quick example of the “approach” I spoke of here.
I have the same problem: trying to hit enemy tanks with AH-1G rockets in staright line, and I always get detsroyed soon after or way before (being spotted by ZSU or other 2 kms away).
My adive: fly really low, approach , and at the last moment rise and shoot several rockets, then fly away as low as possible.
Use a new angle of approach and repeat this tactic. I managed to make 2 kills in one game once (but onlyu once, most of the time no kill or only hits and critical hits).
Target soft ground targets first to train, then MBT’s later on.
For the team? Bad, for you? Depends on if you have premium time.
Better to just use ground vehicles to research the helis tbh. Or use PvE.
The Helicopter grind is a universally miserable experience. It’s time consuming, unfun, and for a country like the US who has some of the worst top tier helicopters in the game, legitimately not worth it.
With that said, If you’re adamant about progressing in Helicopters, I would strongly recommend buying a premium. Not necessarily because the rewards are much better (although that’s a huge factor), but mostly because the gameplay is infinitely less awful than the starter Heli’s.
As others have said, you can click the check box to grind Helicopters with tank RP gain, but that’s not very helpful to someone who just wants to play Heli. So for pure Heli gameplay, I’d massively recommend sticking to PVE.
As you’ve already discovered, the Gepards shred starter Heli’s, but Premium Heli’s (with AGM’s) can shred them. If you’re wanting to do it with the starters, your best bet is finding someone willing to destroy the AA for you so you can mop up the easier stuff. (If I’m ever online at the same time I’d be happy to do that for you). Dumping dumb fire rockets into the bases that spawn is also more viable since the Roland’s defending them was removed, but they’ve also added a limit to how many bases re-spawn which sucks.
As for whether rocket rushing is effective, I’d say no. RP is ‘time gated’ so to speak. You can only earn a certain amount in a certain time period, and given this tactic is pretty much guaranteed to be an early demise, it’s not a practical way to progress.
No they arent
its rly isnt that hard to dodge them
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depends on what heli it is, ah-1g is an acceptable heli rush, however heli rushing in a ka-50 is pure cringe
Ok now?
And still if u have hard time against them its on u
the mi-8tb even has stock atgms
helis are truly the big threat in grb
To somewhat side track. If you get a somewhat suitable map like sun city or Alaska. Are there any good tactics a heli can use to use the buildings more effectively?
Maybe you can try to hide behind massive buildings and rise just for a few seconds to aim and shoot your missile or rockets and then get back in hiding.
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Bad the mode is called Grb not heli realistic battles
Is Good beacuse this game is CAS Thunder
-300sp for the heli and free air kill why not
ive seen some truely godly heli players do very good.
BUT 97% of heli rushes end up badly.
It’s a high risc, medicore reward type of gameplay unless you are really really good (and lucky)
i hate cas players is why
high risk is crazy