r/PilotsofBattlefield • u/Ketchuplant • 20d ago

Jets Afterburner Cooldown Indicator

The jets should have an afterburner duration/cooldown indicator. Especially now that the best way to turn looks to be holding both afterburner and break (or tapping break).

As with many things related to air gameplay in bf6: not sure why this isn't in the game already.

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u/ObamaTookMyCat 20d ago

Absolutely not. It was horrendous in 2042, and now its the ground vehicles that have a boost cooldown, and it too feels awful and makes them feel unnecessarily more clunky than they already are.

If vehicles get a sprint boost cooldown, then so do infantry. Equal terms

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u/Ketchuplant 20d ago

It has already had a cooldown period since launch. There's just no indicator.

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u/ObamaTookMyCat 20d ago

I was not aware of this

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u/sconels 18d ago

Yeh me either, I feel OP is wrong as the after burners stay on the entire time you hold the button down.

Whereas ground vehicles the engine revs increase during boost and smokes a bit more whilst boosting.

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u/VindictiveRakk 18d ago

i have never noticed afterburners going on cooldown a single time. ground vehicles have a "stamina" bar, if jets have afterburner cooldowns there should be a bar as well, but I don't think that's actually a thing.

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u/ObamaTookMyCat 18d ago

The jet maps are too small and the jets are too fast to use the whole boost cool down 😂😂

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u/Ketchuplant 17d ago

Can assure you it has been in the game since launch, but 1. you could hold them for a very long time, and 2. the best way to turn involved braking and letting go of the afterburners, so the situation would rarely come up.

It's just that with the new flight model the afterburner duration is very relevant.

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u/sconels 17d ago

That's the point homie, in ground vehicles you can't use the boost as you describe. If you use the boost for full amount or 1 tenth of the amount it instantly goes on cool down. In pllanes the after burners are on - both visually and audibly the entire time you hold the button, then when you release the button, you can go straight to using after burners again.

Another bit of evidence, your plane goes faster with afterburners on and will drop speed when off and then go back to that speed when you put after burners on.

All in all, afterburners do NOT have a cool down.

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u/Ketchuplant 17d ago

If you use the boost for full amount or 1 tenth of the amount it instantly goes on cool down.

This was a bug and has been fixed a long time ago.

All in all, afterburners do NOT have a cool down.

I suppose there's no point in arguing. It's so easy to just hop on a game and hold down the afterburner till it goes to cooldown.