I have never ever gotten a downtier when playing a 12.0 lineup.
Hahaha, the fact the teapache on there shows that list is total BS. Teapache is one of the weakest top tier helis at the moment, only a few are weaker like the Japanese Apache.
Especially when spike and pars slinger exist.
But I love how much the soviets pretend their stuff is bad despite the fact it’s really not.
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I did.
I can and do use the Stormer HVM, but the Stormer HVM is at 10.3 and the Teapache is at 12.0.
So I have no idea what you are on about.
You spawn in a apache and you are killed by a Pantsir or pretty much any SPAA the milisecond you spawn in, quite frankly it should be 11.7 at a minimum but only the Ka-52 and FnF Helis are even remotely playable at top tier at the moment
IDK my stats in it are garbage, but I feel like there is a huge difference between a pantsir player that just uses the radar guide, and one that can predict and lead outside of it and use tells from the pilot what he might be doing and adjust to that, I’ve gotten some kills I was pretty proud of doing something like that, where just using the radar guide would have netted a miss. So id say these things don’t really play themselves so much, and there is some skill gap there that can come into play.
using sound and leading completely manually is probably also the only way you are gonna hit someone doing those lawnmow runs on you as well, waiting for radar lock and using it to guide is gonna get you killed. Same thing on closer range shots and firing with manual lead to account for the missile not maneuvering during the first second or so.
Teapache is incredibly strong thanks to first spawn Starstreaks which double as AGMs against SPAA.
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There absolutely is a massive difference depending on the user of course, but the missiles of the Pantsir simply can’t pull a lot of overload at the end of the day, and there’s no compensating for that if the target is in a high energy state and dodges well. With the 50G missiles we’re getting you can dodge all you want, if the missile has enough energy to reach you you’re dead. The Type 81 is already almost undogeable at some ranges, and that’s relatively tame compared to an IRIS-T.
They’re the fastest helicopter launched munition and the only helicopter AGM that lets you reliably push SPAA. Also very good against planes if you can use them right. It’s kind of surprising you only ever play Britain and don’t even know the strengths of the vehicles in that tech tree.
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It hasnt had first spawn Starstreaks in about a year, maybe longer
They now have full AGM spawn costs which means its actually the only Heli that cannot spawn in with its A2A missiles for free.
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They do no damage vs MBTs and can only be used against light tanks and SPAA.
they might be fast, but you are limited to only 4 and require you to hover guiding a beamriding missile within 6-7km of the target. I would have no issue dealing with a Teapache in any 10.3 SPAA let alone 12.0 SPAA .
Whenever I have tried to play the Teapache, I have been killed near enough the moment I spawn in and no matter what tactics I try, I never even get a shot off before being shot down by a Pantsir or Tor or FlakRad.
As for use againt aircraft. they are useless for anything that is turning hard and that is no different to the Stormer HVM. Though starstreaks are actually massively underperforming currently (2 recent reports (1 and 2) but there are additional reports being looked into for range as well.)
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No i mean the actual votes gaijin held for it to be added or not, was voted by teh base no, but it was a while ago so who knows may actually change.
cant argue with that man.
Think a big issue with the forum is most people are pretending their stuff is bad and want it to be super powered.
Having a debate with someoneRN about abrams acting like its one of the worst tanks in game
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Do you have a link to that thread ?
Ill need to do some digging but it should be on the old forum.
Got a way for me to get in about that?
I accept that some vehicles have legitamate weaknesses, like the Su-27s having a bad radar, or the Abrams having issues with the turret ring. But when people claim the KH-38MT isnt the best AGM in game and that its required to balanced against AGM-65 or SAL-Brimstone 1s its just hilarious.
Also drives me nuts the people that dismiss any and all reports about the Typhoons shockingly bad radar because the Typhoon can win most gunfights. Which is the most stupid argument I have ever seen.
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Dunno to be honest.
I know they held some event with only tanks a long while ago, but it was heavily limited to specific vehicles and BRs, so many didn’t enjoy it.
Was years ago now man xD that was one of hte trials of it as well BTW
Aye but the abrams makes up for it with a banger of reload and firepower.
etc etc not the post for it.
Kh38MT should be removed as well as the F16AJ and other falsified weapon systems.
Oh god yeah, Pretty much the only weakness of the Abrams at the moment is the turret ring, how they conned 5 second reload is beyond me.
Who said that ?
Once again, vehicles are entities that are getting balanced, not weaponry.
@An_Pigeon
If that was a trial, then it was a pretty shitty one as it was heavily limited.
And, oh wonder, its job in squadronbattles is to take out the Pantsir, which it is very good at. Maybe you should tell all the teams that use it to great success in that role that they’re doing it wrong.
10.3 SPAAs have missiles that go half as fast as the Starstreak and take multiple times as long to get to speed (booster burn time HVM: 0.58 s, booster burn time of your usual SAM: 2.5-5 s). That means you can just push most SPAAs and kill them before their SAM is halfway to you. Against the Pantsir that’s a much closer call, so you have to prefire to play it safe.
Then you’re very bad at using it. Can’t blame the vehicle for that.
They’re excellent to 3rd party people (which happens a lot in squadronbattles), or to murder people that are trying to gun you down. Would be nice to see them buffed, doesn’t mean they’re not already excellent right now.
Again, I do not see why this justifies paper weapons being added ot the soviets when they already have the best SPAA.
Su-34 with 6x KH-29 would still be more than what most could actually handle.