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Name: AH-IZ | Z-10 | MI-28 |
Power: *** | *** | ***** |
Range: **** | **** | **** |
Speed: **** | **** | **** |
Overall: **** | **** | ***** |
+ Helicopters are the only other vehicle that can attack via the air, and the
only other one that does it well. Also known as attack choppers, these babies
come equipped with ground-designed missiles as a base weapon. There are mounted
machine gun cannons on them as well, but you need a co-pilot to control the
mounted cannons. There is also a third TV-missile weapon which acts very much
like the laser-guided jet missile. A co-pilot must guide these too, by clicking
the mouse after it has fired to change the direction of intention. Helicopters
are rare on maps, but sometimes you'll find a third/fourth spawn point for
them. They're the ultimate duo weapon for engaging multiple threats.
- The American & Chinese versions of the helicopters are practically the same.
They have the 3 base weapons, and good navigational skills. The MEC version
simply rocks though. As opposed to having a simple machine gun turret as a
secondary weapon, it has a grenade launching turret that does splash damage.
The damage increase is so much that you can do damage to vehicles, kill
infantry in a matter of one hit from a shell, and become the ultimate threat on
the battlefield. MEC attack helicopters rule.
~ General Strategies ~
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- TV missiles are extremely underused on attack choppers. Get a co-gunner to
right click his mouse to enter the TV-mode. Now, the tip of the chopper must be
elevated to a certain extent where the missile can be fired straight ahead.
After the missile is fired, the co-gunner must click their mouse to change the
path of the missile. Essentially, it must be guided into ground targets, air
targets, or anything that seems threatening.
- Make use of the MEC's grenade launcher cannon by hovering over populated
areas. Let the co-gunner do the killing while you accumulate assist points.
- If you run into another enemy chopper, prepare for a dog fight. Try to
estimate on when to fire your ground rockets at the opposing chopper so they
hit it with significant damage. Ground missiles are slightly slower than normal
missiles, so you have to fire ahead of the path of the vehicle.
- Attack choppers have fairly good navigational skills. If you're getting
attacks from behind, tilt the chopper slightly backwards and you'll really
accelerate backwards. Sometimes over-aggressive threats will pass by you. Be
careful though as it is tougher to recover from flying backwards than it is
from flying forwards. Use the low hover or high hover to proceed through
underground tunnels or tight areas.
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