Well the best way to balance the CWIS would probably to do a few things.
First, increase the damage and overheat time of the 30mm, that way it's actually useful against aircraft.
Second, make the missiles track better. Currently the CWIS missiles don't track as well as those from the other ground AA and the aircraft, and seldom hit there target.
Third, the armor needs to be increased. As is it can be torn up by the 25mm on the jets, and the TV missile kills in 1 hit. It's also a large and static target, very easy to hit. So much so that bad pilots (like myself) go straight for it cuz it's an easy kill.
Now before you guys say that this would make it OP, think for a minute, wouldn't that actually be a good thing? I mean when the carrier is being raped there's no good way of defending it, and the guys who got left on top, even if they aren't trying to whore a jet maybe the UH-60 left, are fucked. The CWIS is supposed to curb carrier rape, but it's to ineffective and to much a death trap for it to do anything to stop it.
Edit: a problem might be on Iron Gator where the CWIS is actually useful for keeping MEC from boarding the carrier, but if MEC had another Mi-8 then it wouldn't be such a problem.
Last edited by DoctaStrangelove (2008-10-15 17:23:00)