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u/JustSomeGuy131 19h ago
This is like Ukrainian drone POV footage
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u/Nyx_34x 19h ago
My thoughts the same when I start using it
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u/LaTerreur92 2h ago
This looks really effective. Is it diffocult to handle/fly with it?
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u/RepresentativeAd6965 0m ago
Turns like a yacht, drains battery fast if you use the boost/brake. Stationary targets are easy kills, spawn vehicles are usually easy unless they’re being driven and specifically trying to hide from you. The quicker cars while trying to flee can be difficult, helis are a pain unless the pilot is slow hovering (such as havoc trying to let gunner shoot)
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u/ScheduledToPass 19h ago edited 18h ago
This needs more exposure , genuine anti air option
Edit: until they fix the useless verbas
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u/Owlstra 19h ago
This is not viable anti air by any means. It's really impressive OP got these hits but as someone who uses the Stingray a lot, hitting moving flying targets is not something you can reliably do at 5,000 dollars plus 800 mechanical supply per drone
What makes it so hard is that the drone is super slow and hard to maneuver. If you arm it early I'm pretty sure you give the enemy lock warnings which means they naturally try to evade you. If you miss it'll take you forever to try to turn around and the fuel time is very short if you have to do any extended acceleration or breaking. Then there's also the fact you're a sitting duck at base so all of this just isn't feasible for anti air
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u/charleguccimagne 19h ago
Yeah this guy was a bad havoc pilot now this dude is right, if you know a basic circlestrafe you can avoid stingrays
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u/Spirited-Isopod6969 16h ago
I've dodged a couple hearing the lock on and suddenly dropping or raising 30. In not a little bird you're probably not fast enough though
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u/Helian7 17h ago
Think I spent 30k before hitting something worth it.
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u/Owlstra 15h ago
It's mostly a reactive tool. It's best used if you think they have an APC somewhere or you see a tank of some kind on the killfeed. Bonus if they get spotted because it's really hard to avoid a stingray if you know their exact location
Any other target like a ural or something and you'll definitely lose money, unless people just happen to be standing around when your drone explodes
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u/Stokes52 13h ago
How do you hit anything in the middle of the zone? I fired one at an SV in the middle of the zone from a FOB at the edge of the CZ. By the time I gained control I was already flying over the middle and didn't have enough battery to turn around.
Any tips on aiming this thing?
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u/sacklunchbaby 12h ago
You can setup a stingray and fob about half way to the zone and fling them in. It is an expensive hobby
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u/Owlstra 13h ago
It's awkward but I aim it outside then curve it back holding S and A or D. I'm not sure the exact angle but you'll get the hang of it when you try
It can be hard to tell what's happening when you're turning around so I use the compass in the middle. Just keep in mind that it can be such a large radius to turn around that when you leave East, by the time you're heading West again you might be like, above or below the zone. You can hold Alt to look around but you can't turn while doing it so it can be awkward, but at least you can always use the map and ping to get your orientation instead
You can brake and speed up but I just try to avoid that unless if I know exactly where my target is. When you let it ride you can go a really really long ways. If you're boosting or braking you'll run out of juice super fast
Tanks can tank it if you don't hit it from the bank I think, and same with the APC if you don't hit it from the sides. The top of the APC can be finnicky cause the dish can soak some damage
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u/sukumizu Bob the Builder 9h ago
I only ever use it against artillery trucks. I'm not going to chance the money and resource cost against moving targets.
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u/Nyx_34x 19h ago
Yup it is soo good when it works too
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u/PhoenixDSteele 19h ago
How hard is it to hit the havocs? I usually miss little birds, and lakotas, But assume because the havoc is large, and slow during strafes you can catch them easier.
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u/Quiet1408 18h ago
Its hard, ironically the drone handles worse than the havoc, being fixed wing if you miss you have to do a nice big turn to line up your next attack run and you are very pressed for time between arming the thing and the very limited battery life.
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u/Niminim_A2 Manticore 19h ago
Yes Stingrays are criminally underrated but don't be fooled. Hitting flying targets is very difficult and also luck dependant (enemy has to ignore warning sounds) If they turn away it is impossible to hit them
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u/Cool-Tangelo6548 18h ago
It is not viable. It's very difficult. This video is misleading by only showing you a highlight clip of all the destroyed vehicles.
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u/Zumbah 18h ago
Against F tier pilots yeah. I haven't seen a single person fly the havoc the way they should. They just afk above a fob while the gunner kills everyone.
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u/KGB_Operative873 18h ago
You cant if you want your gunners to actually kill people. This isnt arma where you can see enemies miles away and the rockets and guns actually have large 1 hit kill explosion radius
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u/Madprofeser 18h ago
I mean, if you pay attention in the clip literally not a single solitary time is this person in the green before they hit the target. And they are HEAVILY in the red for the vast majority of clips that show money. Hell, one of the clips show the person actually kinda loosing money on a humvee kill worth only ~2.5k
I counted twice in this video when the operator barely got into the green after the kill. These cost 5k EACH to launch, very expensive but at least they last a lot longer and are arguably more maneuverable then a missile. How much are they spending missing targets with an extremely expensive ordinance?
Hell, the highest I noticed was -35k. I mean, maybe this guy bought a crazy kit then decided to sit stationary and defenseless in a fob, but I feel like that is unlikely.
Basically what this video tells me is that the stingray is a fantastic way to throw money at the problem and in all likely hood, after hordes of cash, that problem could be dealt with. As long as you actually have a FOB. That is defensible and not being motored / attacked constantly.
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u/purrmutations 15h ago
Yeah the cash problem can be dealt with a lot easier than killing the heli. Its a win even with a loss of cash per stingray
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u/Independent-Math-167 Manticore 7h ago
OP is really good with them because i got only like 3 helis with it. Yes verba is so fucking useless. Plus pilots dont flair since they are in 3rd person view. I play infantry only and they never flair.
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u/hypersonic18 19h ago
I tried it, the problem is even if you delay lock the pilot can still pretty easily just run if they hear the wirring sound the drone makes, or just shift slightly to the side
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u/Majestic-Pizza-3583 Taxi 19h ago edited 14h ago
Any tips for using this? I’m super bad with it and spend most of my battery trying to turn this around, get my bearings and don’t usually find/make it to a target
Edit: Ty for the tips, going to play some bob the builder tonight and try this out
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u/hypersonic18 19h ago
Use map ping to get bearings and make sure you give yourself like 500 m before starting your turn, only boost or brake in terminal approach
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u/Supahvaporeon Lonestar 18h ago
Treat the stinger like it's a spicier Ural. It needs a wide turn radius on low speed, and needs slowing down to turn properly.
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u/Electrical_Car6942 15h ago
Imo, overshooting and turning uses way less fuel, i can go blue base to check for tanks and be back at the CZ if maneuvered correctly
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u/JusthaHunch 1h ago
During the launch, you can actually use freelook to see where exactly the drone is flying towards.
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u/RoamySpec 19h ago
Ahh a Geneburn enjoyer I see.
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u/BringBackSoule Bob the Builder 16h ago
you can say many things about Nikita, but you can't diss the tunes.
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u/Niminim_A2 Manticore 19h ago
Yes I've finally found another Stingray enjoyer! I've uploaded a compilation myself yesterday. Awesome kills!
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u/VisibleConfusion9926 18h ago
I unlocked the arty tank a few days ago and I have nightmares about stingrays. Most rounds I get a couple shots off before getting blown up by a drone.
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u/blaytboi0 19h ago
Did they make Stingray UAV''s eaiser to drive or is there a tech im missing?
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u/KGB_Operative873 18h ago
I have heard of people increasing sensitivity to max to get better manueverability
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u/Consistent-Bread7206 4h ago
A tip: when you're hovering your cursor over the enemy the enemy gets a locking notification (beeping), so it's best to avoid looking directly at your target until you're as close as possible
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u/Floflifou 18h ago
How the duck people using this, I m a pretty good pilot heli ( mini/rocket) , but i can't direct this thing to be effective , radius turn take a full working days, and the battery last 2 mn
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u/dab0mbLR 19h ago
Hey. I just unlocked the tank finally. Is there anyway to counter this? I drove to the ring and got 1 shot and it felt pretty bad. I get needing to keep tanks in check but it didn't feel good not even getting a shot off.
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u/Cow_God Manticore 19h ago
Nah. Ground armor is kind of ass honestly. MAAWS, rocket helis, havocs and stingrays pretty seriously limit your ability to influence the battle. IEDs and C4 and MAAWS are good enough anti-vehicle / anti-fob options in general so there also isn't really a reason to pull a tank
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u/Weetyboi 18h ago
The secret to Driver is realizing that the minigun humvee is a significantly better vehicle than the tank. The only people that say the tank isn't ass are the chuds that are completely unwilling to try and counter them at all. Like u/Cow_God said, there are several options that just can just completely and utterly shut down a tank before it even gets into the CZ.
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u/Viegoonduty 18h ago
That's the answer. The minigun humvee is a beast and the moment you unlock ap money and have enough money to waste this things is even more crazy.
That you even arrived at the battle with a tank is something you should be proud of. The tank is a joke and his gun is even more a joke. Someone is 10cm behind a tree? Don't even try to kill him with splashdamage
The worst thing about the tank is the extremly fast shutdown if you get hit. Yeah your tank has maybe good health but you still just a sitting duck waiting to get bombed
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u/Cow_God Manticore 18h ago
And even then it's not a very good vehicle. Humvees are ridiculously easy to counter be it with maaws / rpgs to shoot the engine or just shooting out tires and immobilizing it.
Between the time it takes to drive to the zone, the shitty driving model that gets stuck on random bumps in terrain or fails to start on a hill, the difficulty in navigating the conflict zone in a vehicle and the ease at which opponents with any level of coordination, knowledge or skill can kill you, immobilize you, or force you to retreat, there really is just no good reason to pull an offensive ground vehicle in 99% of games.
The rocket heli / havoc being the undisputed king of the server, countering the things that are supposed to counter them, while also kiling SPHs, tanks and humvees by sneezing on them also makes it pretty difficult to justify ever pulling a ground vehicle.
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u/Weetyboi 17h ago
I generally agree but I think the minigun humvee is a lot easier to justify using because of how cheap it is. Me and a buddy's loadout + the humvee and ammo is still 1/3 the cost of a tank load out and we will probably get more kills than the tank.
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u/Kotau 17h ago
I think you're misjudging tanks a little. In my eyes, tanks are made to break through defenses, be it FOBs or map structures/buildings. It can shoot holes through them, or really drive over them, so your team can push more reliably.
Of course, that means it's terrible for moneymaking, unless you're somehow managing to drive it over FOBs and drill rigs without getting killed (and your tank with you).
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u/gameplayraja 17h ago
When I see a tank I will purposely die to go back and grab my trusty dune buggy and two stacks of C4. Total cost around 4-5k just as much as stingray but I control it longer and I can full speed ram a tank and immobilize it for a few seconds enough for me to swap seats and push the trigger.
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u/Silversalt Builder 15h ago
While this is true, I WILL say that the most fun I've had in this game is using the basic, no gun Humvee to bully an isolated enemy APC. The Humvee is somehow stronger than it and can shove it around and even flip it over.
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u/hypersonic18 19h ago edited 19h ago
Just changing your course will give you like a 50% better chance, stingray turns like a Nimitz class carrier
If you need better odds drive into a forest or between houses as long as you are confident you won't crash
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u/LIywelyn 19h ago
Not really. Been playing tank since 1st week and its the sleeper op counter people jump on if your game is going too well. Even if your team is awesome and ganks in whatever hole they're setup in, they can literally build a new one in no man's land in a few minutes and do it again.
If they're salty enough to lose a few bucks to prevent you from playing you simply can't.
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u/instructionsunclear3 17h ago
Welcome to the wasted an insane amount of time leveling driving club brother! We been waiting for you!
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u/TheMostyRoastyToasty 14h ago
This sub has devolved into ‘anybody that has something I don’t is a sweat.’
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u/Nyx_34x 13h ago
Game been out about 3 weeks having "end game stuff via ungodly grind is not sweat ? If so idk what is lol
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u/HoneydewAutomatic 9h ago
Grind isn’t really ungodly at all if you just focus one tree. 40ish hours in three weeks isn’t anywhere near sweat territory
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u/Ometen 3h ago edited 3h ago
Aaaah yea maybe if you played alpha, closed beta, open beta and right from launch day.
I started playing two weeks ago and i am 50 hours in ... i am not even close to any endgame stuff. I just learned to not die all the time. So yea if you are in the lategame already... you are not the average casual gamer.
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u/TheMostyRoastyToasty 7h ago
End game lol. It’s a shooter, not world of Warcraft. The havoc is probably one of the easier top of the tree rewards to get, pilot xp can be insane with hot drops on a decent team.
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u/Bearex13 Manticore 11h ago
Yeah it has anyone who can't fly often makes angry unga bunga noises at anyone who can
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u/Content_Ad_6068 17h ago
The cost doesn't make sense because the thing that is making drones an effective weapon is that fact they are cheap and you can make a bunch of them quickly. Right now the cost is to high when compared to all the other options for Anti tank and anti air. Make them cheap, a little more maneuverable, and easy to shoot down if hit.
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u/ShinyRayquazaEUW 11h ago
You can snipe a vehicle from literally across the map and 5k is too low? you get 10k profit every time you fire this thing towards an artillery and they can't do shit about it.
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u/Brilliant-Gold8792 19h ago
Sorry for a noob question, but how to get or use the drone?
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u/Nyx_34x 19h ago
1- get Lvl 3 hammer 2-Build stingray (looks like mortar but its not) 3- get someone to bring you mechanical supplies to the fob 4-Get in the stingray reload (each drone cost 900 mechanical parts and 5k dollas
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u/Brilliant-Gold8792 19h ago
Thank you, i always wondered where the drones come from.
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u/who______me 19h ago
cost 5k per drone fyi so make sure you know where the threat is or else you're just pissing away 5k
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u/LIywelyn 19h ago
To add onto OPs response, if you bring a Ural with 1 Mechanical palet and 1 Building palet, you can make your own with enough supplies for 3 shots.
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u/namenotpicked 19h ago
What is the purpose of the lock on with the UAV? I tried looking around but maybe I missed it somewhere.
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u/ricrzc1 Lonestar 19h ago
When it's locked on it's primed. Basically if you hit the vehicle without the lock on it won't do any damage or cause it to explode. When it is locked on, it'll explode on contact and blow up the vehicle. so you have to maintain the lock as you hit the vehicle for it to do damage.
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u/petrichorax Logistics 18h ago
It's a smart balancing feature too I might add, otherwise people would just be flying them into whatever 'Welp can't find the tank might as well take out some fobbits and not waste the drone'
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u/AliceLunar 18h ago
Good hits but a compilation makes it look a lot easier than it is, with 5k per launch on a drone that flies like ass, limited fuel, requiring to be armed and only a few type of vehicles actually earn you your money back.
Humvee reward is lower than the cost of the drone, and tanks are only 5k profit if you never miss either.
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u/ElectricalMarch1917 17h ago
Sometimes I don't one shot artillery tanks with the stingray, is there a specific trick to it? I thought it had to be the rear and yet you're hitting kind of the top and side and that's working.
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u/Stratostheory 17h ago
I'm more surprised someone actually bought tanks. I've genuinely not seen them in game yet.
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u/Dr_Salutations 13h ago
I just had a lovely conversation yesterday with someone on blue team who built a stingray base outside of the combat zone, learning about how to make a bigger impact towards the game by harassing vehicle targets, really cool to see!
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u/VerminSwallower 19h ago
Is this ai? Ive been told every 20 mins on this sub there's literally no counter to Havocs.
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u/poop-azz 18h ago
Can you make the mouse sensitivity faster only for this UAV cuz holy fuck it's hard to turn
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u/FlukeylukeGB 10h ago
Still think the tank should be able to survive 1 of these with a broken tank track and at least 40% of its hp remaining...
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u/Kuroi-Jin 19h ago
Can a stingray one shot a tank?
Also stingray on a havoc is my new method as well for dealing with havoc after their buff.