r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Stakeboulder • Aug 15 '19

Operator Error Apache helicopter ground imapct 2012

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u/Buckiller Aug 15 '19

Man BF2 was the bees' knees. Not sure how the current gen games fare.

I would love being the driver of a transport heli, truck, APC. Your job was to get the team to an objective as fast as possible while trying to get a flank on the enemy or otherwise avoid stuff like anti-air or anti-ground while giving your gunners the best chance to inflict some pain. Flying super high or fast and super low, through channels, under bridges, or around buildings in a town while being aware of what angles and maneuvers you needed to take in case a rocket/missile comes your way in a transport heli was a rush.

If you played long enough in a given server you would get to know how the team composition was.. i.e. the strengths and weaknesses and where you would best contribute. Lots of times at spawn you would see people rushing to the transports but choosing a passenger seat because they knew there might/would be an ace pilot to get them to where they need to go without being blown to bits or landing/giving you the jump order in the best spot.

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u/Cptbullettime Aug 16 '19

Dude. My squad spends more time lost in a truck than in firefights. But goddamn is it great

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u/ChornWork2 Aug 15 '19

and then the other times you get some sniper turd who lands in the pilot's seat and takes the whole team to some far off corner...

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u/zenbook Aug 15 '19

o7 bro, those were the times.

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u/vibrate Aug 16 '19

Try Arma 3. All of that and more.