I disagree. I capture objectives, defend objectives, shoot down planes and hunt other tanks with it. And when I end up with 60-0 at the end of the round, people say no skill. On Sinaï desert I once destroyed 6 planes and 3 tanks with it, you really think that doesn’t help the team and that it doesn’t require any skill?
I’m 99.9% sure that most people are talking about the mortar variant rather than the ‘standard’ one, which I assume is the one you’re talking about since the mortar truck isn’t normally great for dealing with planes.
I play operations a lot. 2400 Wins. I have witnessed many “pro” arty truck players on Conquer Hell’s first sector which is the prime location for bads to use the truck. I’d bet the OP spends plenty of his arty truck time there, watching tv and clicking the button every now and then to get free kills.
Anyway, 99% of the time these “pro” players that are “helping the team” can’t push past sector one, but when their team actually does take the sector in spite of them, 100% of the time they either get destroyed immediately or quit immediately in sector 2 because they suck.
What are people’s feelings about the Anti-Aircraft truck?
I’ve started using it when playing monta grappa operation and other aircraft heavy operations (and once on Amiens :s ) when attacking, with the amount of aircraft on some maps it can soon turn in to a meat grinder for the infantry who have to face a constant rain of bombs. With the main focus on shooting down of aircraft I’m hanging back a bit but still in range of the flags so I can put up a umbrella of ACK-ACK fire to protect the attackers. When no aircraft are about, I’m using the cannon to suppress the defenders keeping their heads down and massing the spot button.
The downside to all this, it has no extra slot to act to as a spawn beacon, it’s very weak against enemy armour and to do the job of providing a shield against enemy aircraft I’m not leading the charge against a flag.
So is the AA truck a help or a hindrance to a attacking team?
Selfish vehicle should be taken out of the game, the only thing worse than a hill humper, is a hill humper that steals the team’s armor and set up a base camp - just know that if you win, it was despite you.
Go play a single player game and brag about your bot kills, quit ruining a team game.
BF is a great cultural indicator. Yees, more than half the players are narcissist K/D whores who dont use mics or work with squad so you definitely see these people abuse a few aspects of the game repeatedly.
That said, I have a feeling that the most anti-vehicle folks here are the ones who run Assault 90% of the time, SMG 95% of the time…play 95% Operations to rack up kills and points…again nothing wrong with that either if its i the context of a squad and team, but these joystick warriors who’ve never fired a real firearm, suddenly are military tactic experts who bash everything else because their ‘stats’ are better.
Dont be intellectually lazy. You often find good smart players playing unconventionally. Add them…if you just want a bunch of pray and spray SMG Automatico Assaults and Ammo Squatting LMG Supports to huddle together in a building on TDM, then do that.
None of the people I play with fit that mold and we all think the same way about the mortar artillery truck. Its also intellectually lazy to throw out made up stats with no basis in reality.
You should work on reading comprehension…too much gaming and internet and your left brain gets weak.
There were no “stats”.
A statistic is a fact or data from a study of a large quantity of numerical data.
I clearly said I just HAVE A FEELING…
It does seem most players abuse vehicles. A few use them wisely and constructively.
Some players are driven by scoreboard and KD ratio.
Some enjoy playing a role or different style…whether it be ninja recon flanking opponents and spotting…or utilizing vehicles…or a lone wolf assault that targets and harasses vehicles.
Your self worth and status seem a bit too tied to Battlefield “statistics”.
I would say it depends on the round. If the enemy team has good pilots that are ripping people apart (especially on operations) then yeah - the AA truck is a huge help. But, if the other team’s air is bad to mediocre, I would say it’s more of a hindrance.
The way I see it, if you are not sitting out of bounds just pressing a single key/button every other second, then you are doing it right.
Everything has its place and everything has its counter- i have had great fun with the AA truck, it clears the skies and sometimes is the only measure to counter good pilots.
If Dice does one last thing before dropping bf1, that should be to stop this madness. Operations games are negatively impacted because one selfish moron (or two) decide to drop on them unlimited bombs from out of bounds all game long.
I would like to say that I was helping, but then again I am biased about my gameplay and all my decisions. I do kill a lot of bombers using it on Monta Grappa letting the infantry concentrate on the ground war and helping my team pilots too rain death on the defenders, but as I said before I’m biased.
Accidentally picking the AS truck on Amiens was a possibly a bad move.
Your government education has again failed you. You’ve taken it out of context.
*Dont be intellectually lazy. You often find good smart players playing unconventionally. * Yes…if your teammate is doing something USEFUL or helpful to the mission, objective, squad, dont obsess over stats. Not a hard concept for most, but may be waaaayy too much critical thinking for you.
Besides…he was specking specifically about Operations.
