PLANETSIDE FLIGHT SIMULATOR 2

Ok, this is what happens when you make one thing completely overpowered. EVERYBODY uses it. Was rushing a Tech Plant today and the sky was so full of aircraft that there were hardly any ground forces doing anything. No kidding there were literally 10 people defending the base, the same 10 people who were taking bases for the other team, and they had about 30 aircraft for support. I don't even think they had a tank.

It's a good thing they have AA in the game. I needed a good laugh!

Wonder how many people they actually lose because of stupidity? I mean the game is new now so the numbers probably look pretty good, but how many people have quit, never to return, because they don't like flight simulators?

I thought it was bad before I took a 2 day break, but I guess people are realizing that the AA doesn't do much so choose GOD MODE!! Hell that's easier then lag switching and you are not even considered a cheater when flying!!

I don't even know why we bother actually playing through this game and taking stuff. I mean it's basically paper-rock-scissors. Just count how many aircraft each side has and the one with the most wins! Why bother going through formalities?

Alternatively, you get 4 of your buddies, load out in 4 dual burster MAXes and 1 engie and go to town. We were doing that earlier on TR Matterson Amerish. NO ONE was getting in our sky and living to tell the tale.

Also, It's not "basically" rock-paper-scissors...it IS rock-paper-scissors. That's how the game was created. So stop whining and learn how to counter things properly.

Yeah:
Paper=soldiers
Scissors=vehicles
Rock=Aircraft

Except in this game, Rock beats everything. Real fun.

And because the developers decided to sit around and twirl on their thumbs isntead of fixing this problem, it's just going to make a lot of pilots mad when they finally nerf them. Turned a situation into Lose/Lose for Planetside 2 and that is unfortunate...

Hi there. Aircraft are supposed to be hard to kill. And I'm just a grunt on the ground not an air jockey so don't rage out at me and say I'm an air only guy or w/e.

If you are having problems with air, then load up AA. Coming to a forum to whine about it isn't helping anything. Have you tried telling pilots in chat to come to where you are en mass?

I for one have never been killed by an aircraft in this game, and I drive tanks and am a foot soldier, but that's because my faction usually has some good pilots attacking the enemy aircraft when we are defending or attacking.


I will leave you with this gem of advice: BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE. If you see aircraft think how can I take this on? Then go do it and tell others to do it.

Good luck.

They have fixed the problem, and funny enough, gave the fix an easy name: Anti-air. Funny ain't it

You know it's funny, Im pretty sure I've seen Planetinfantryside and Planettankside posts on this forum too.

Stop whining

I've been killed once by an aircraft in this game. Once. And I've taken part in some huge stuff

Oh look at ky3217 here. He's been killed "once" by aircraft and assumes that's all anybody else has been killed by them. Are you going for funny or stupidity?

I'm guessing they are flying around in fighters because they are not getting any kills right? Are they not getting kills or are you stupid? No really, I want to know. Which is it? Did you go around asking everybody or did you just assume your experience was the same as everybody elses and if even one person has been killed twice by aircraft it kinda blows your stupidity out of the water, wouldn't you agree?

Want to put a bet on that? You have about a Trillion to One odds you are right. Or are you just going to accept you are an idiot and don't really think before you type? Let's make a bet

-Yeah, Anti-Air is a joke in this game. True that!

OOO CAN I GO NEXT!

You've been killed more than once but you assume that that is the same for everyone. Did you go around asking everybody or did you just assume your experience was the same as everybody elses and if even one person HASN'T been killed twice by one is kind of blows your stupidity out of the water, wouldn't you agree? Want to put a bet on that? You have about a Trillion to One odds you are right. Or are you just going to accept you are an idiot and don't really think before you type? Let's make a bet


/sarcsm.

Not every pilot in the sky is there to farm kills from infantry. They are there to kill off enemy air support (which it sounds like your faction is lacking on your server).

got reasons for that? Earlier today there were 4 of us clearing everything and anything in the sky eariler on Mattherson Amerish. Probably wasted nearly 80 planes at one base.

Sure, I'll agree that aircraft need a nerf... just as soon as they nerf the respawn timer and aircraft resources. It's not like every time I die in my mossie I can just drop into a new one at the local AMS five seconds later.

I gotta sit around and twiddle my thumbs until I can fly one again, and that's if my resources have caught up.

Someone call the OP a whaaaambulance. So much baby girl crying in this game.

Here's the thing, aircraft rules out in the open, as they should. Otherwise if they don't rule out in the open, where would they go? They can only fly outside. So what the devs have done is to create most bases and many objectives where aircraft can't reach. No matter how many aircraft you have, you still need foot soldiers to capture Bio Labs, Tech Plants, you still need foot soldiers to sabotage generators. It's a war game, not a CS:S or CoD.

Speaking of tech plants, were you the attacking force or defending? If you were attacking, what were you doing standing outside? Tech plants can't be won by being outside. If you were defending, then what were you doing outside? You can defend safely free from aircraft bombs by staying inside.

I die plenty to planes, but then I die plenty to tanks, and I die the most to infantry. Majority of the battles are still going on inside, because in order to capture a base like the tech plant and the bio labs, you have to get in. And good luck on the "10 people" you indicated earlier to attack a base this large with opposing forces.

I just don't get it really, if aircraft don't rule out in the open, they might as well just delete them.

Yep I fly strictly anti-air attacking enemy aircraft. Trust me you cannot get up in the air sit in hover mode and rake in kills in a battle zone. You will be shot down very very quickly. 30 aircraft ? That's a zerg. Zergs of tanks or infantry will over run a base quickly too... I think most people are just mad because they get killed by rocket pods. This is also why they should of made every vehicle require certification to even fly/drive like PS1.

You control the air, you control the ground.

If aircraft are so ridiculously OP then why aren't you playing it? Oh, yeah...because it's not. The learning curve is so high on aircraft most people(myself included) don't really bother using it the majority of the time.

You claim tons of people are doing it, yet most people who aren't good at it crash and burn in minutes. Get real please. At best per battle each side has around 8 really good pilots who mostly focus on killing each other because they can't ignore each other.

There are also so many different ways to kill pilots that they don't last nearly as long as ground vehicles. I've had Lightnings and Sundys last many battles(at least 2 hours) while I've never had a Reaver last more than 8-10 minutes.

Even the best pilot will lose their aircraft due to locked missiles, lets get real please.

Idk, I manage to getshot down. Get a max equiped to handle air and they can take out a reaver or mossie in 2 seconds.

My longest time aircraft lasting time has been up to an hour. however, because like this guy said I get attacked from so many sides consistently and I don't have a squadron currently most time is spent evading/dodging/dogfighting/rearming.

Honestly if you feel aircraft are overpowered spawn one and try to last.

spawn gal
ram liberator with gal
land and repair
repeat

I tried, and I didn't last lol. I thought "Oh cool there's a zerg going on at the crown, I'm gonna go bomb them". First plane, I was somehow shot down before I was even halfway there. Second plane, I got there, but before I slowed down to aim, I had more rockets in my face than I ever had on foot. Third plane, well I crashed it while trying to get away from another plane on my tail.

It's harder than most people think, and people are likely not good at flying therefore they want them nerfed.