Tyferra wrote:
I've been able to get attack choppers with it. The calls of "Hax!" was music to my... er... eyes...
And yeah, I do what DSRTurtle does too.
I had an excellent pilot once. He basicly just hovered there and let me do the killing. I was honoured that he trusted me enough to do it. He only fired his missiles if my gun was overheated and my TVs were re-loading. It was then I perfected my TV art, and stated getting the Blackhawks and Cobras and whatnot. Great fun!
That's what a good pilot is supposed to do. Its great to find a gunner who has the same concept of the whole thing as I have. I hover at an appropriate altitude, and both spot targets. I line up for the shot, and if the TV-missile doesn't take the enemy chopper/tank/apc/stinger/etc out, I either do a hellfire-dive, or fly to a "safe zone" for the TV-reload and reaquire the target. When the pilots and gunners minds work in unison, it makes for an enjoyable game. So what if the pilot only gets 5 or 6 kills? With some maneuvering, the deaths will be less, and driver kill assists make up a bit for lost kills. Because it's nice to see the medals at the end of the round distributed e.g. like this:
Gold: Gunner (e.g. 135)
Silver: Commander of the winning team (e.g. 88)
Bronze: Pilot (e.g 76)
OK, so the pilot doesn't get:
a) a good KDR
b) a good kill streak
c) supakool badges and ribbons
d) shiny Gold medals
e) His name on the enemy's "you were killed by"
So what?
IMO A good pilot tries hard to forget about his own ego, for it is exactly that, which will kill him and his gunner.
I do have some ego issues when piloting, but I try hard..
When choppering around with my
regular gunner, we have also sometimes been called hackers.. And yes, it's fun to read these kinds of commentaries from frustrated opponents!
Last edited by DonFck (2006-05-15 02:12:53)
I need around tree fiddy.