I've realized that I've never actually seen one of my units deploy flares. I always assumed they would do it on their own, so I never tried to deploy them on my own. Will my drones deploy countermeasures? Or do I have to engage them manually?
It would be a nice way to give flares an actual purpose, if you are flying, and a sam site start to fire at you, you could use flares as defense against the rockets.
Not too op, as you should have a ton of them to survive a fully charged sam, but good enough to survive a couple of shots.
EDIT: wow, thanks for the gold, guess my idea is being liked a lot :)
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Between Chaff and Flare, which countermeasure is better for the Oppressor Mk2?
bugs or my error?
R* pls
EDIT: Can you please stop downvoting me? I'm just the messenger giving you this info, not the moron who made the decision to implement this in the game.
With a lot of powerful missiles and flares being introduced on the F-4E variants, I believe the MiG-21SMT (not sure about the MF as it is export variant but most likely could have it) should have access to it's SPS-141 countermeasure pod which houses 64 flares and a radar jammer which is a cool addition.
Info for the SPS-141 can be seen here:
Obvious downsides is that it is an extra weight and will induce some drag on the aircraft, making it slightly slower to accelerate or maneuver, but I think it's worth having AAM protection and if Gaijin decides to, slight radar protection.
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With all these stupid permanent SAM sites all over place, why the helis don't have flares in this game is beyond me!!!!
This has probably been brought up before. It's really hard to dodge missiles in a helicopter.
Edit: Also the Titan because
Turns out, putting guided missiles on literally everything down to Walmart shopping carts is kind of a stupid fucking idea from a gameplay balance perspective.
Atleast in the show, has there ever been an instance of a ship deploying chaff/flares to misdirect missiles? I read the books several years ago so my memory is a little rusty on that front, but nothing springs to mind.
I can see how they'd be pretty worthless on offense, your ship would just rocket past them. On defense though I imagine they'd be pretty effective, and probably more practical rather than trying to shoot down every projectile in a missile swarm.
Just thought it was curious, and wanted to know what yall thought about the absence of chaff/flares.
EDIT: I started rereading the books as it's been a LONG time, and during the battle of Thoth station, Holden orders Alex to deploy chaff to screen their approach and retargeting of the station. So while not used to confuse a missile, just sensors and the slow firing gauss gun the station is equipped with, I thought I'd update :)
Since the update came out yesterday (2-14-18) my flares will not release. I have re-checked my keybindings and everything and it all seems to be correct. I thought it was just me until a friend asked me the same thing last night. Has anyone else noticed this? Thanks in advance and good hunting.
I crushed the radio under my boot. The soldier stumbled on to his back as he frantically took his side arm out and promptly unloaded his entire clip into my chest.
9mm, not the brightest one this.
My exoskeleton armor absorbed the impact into nothingness. Horror crept into the eyes of the soldier before me as the click of an empty magazine filled the silence of the room. I crushed his gun and the hand still clutching it. I let him scream for a second before cracking his skull with my other fist.
"West gate secured, 14 targets down. Im proceeding further in."
"Roger that Black, keep on eye out for enemy Named."
My comms squawked silent leaving me in the wake of my own carnage. This resistance group hasn't really put much of anything to suggest their name. My Name grows steadily impatient. The surface of its appetite for violence barely touched with this opening act.
I gather my equipment and head further into the facility.
I reach what looks to be large holding area for their vehicles. A row of jeeps are parked on one side with surprisingly a tank at the very end. The room seemed deserted. Meaning that it wasn't ofcoarse.
"Come, jackasses. I've done this dance long enough to know what's coming"
I catch a glint of light to my right. I shifted my stance enough that the bullet that hit my shoulder deflected off my armor.
50 Caliber, now we are talking.
That bullet was accompanied by no sound at all. Aspect I decided. I readied my weapon to strike.
Longinus was my spear made of tungsten. It had a narrow anchor like head and the butt of the spear had a spool of nanofiber wire that attaches the spear to me at all times. Using the overwhelming strength of my Name, I launched Longinus towards the direction of the bullet and that area promptly exploded. I tugged at the wire and my weapon was in my hands again all within the span of five heartbeats.
Gunfire blossomed behind me. 45 caliber, more 9mm, but also some armor piercing rounds too. My armor is strong but it does have its limits. This especially, I can feel the power of another Named pushing these bullets to hit harder, to seek the life of the target before them.
I launched Longinus at my aggressors and dodge towards cover. The explosion Longinus made stopped their assault only for a heartbeat before they opened fire again. I used a jeep nearby for cover.
"Cunts"
The gunfire stopped. I could feel their presence shifting trying to reorganize for a better angle.
"Shadow"
The Aspec
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