What was done to the transport helis speed?

[vast shoal]

February 2nd Playtest speed and maneuverability:
https://streamable.com/hw3owb

February 25th Playtest speed and maneuverability:
https://streamable.com/sdd3r5

There is no update mentioned/listed regarding anything around the blackhawk getting it's speed/momentum nerfed. Ferbruary 2nd playtest the blackhawk seemed to maintain its forward momentum much better, and was more sensitive to pitching of the helicopter as a whole.
Why was this change made, and why was there no mention of it in the updates channel?
Please bring the Blackhawk back to this state, overall it felt easier to maneuver around terrain and objectives.
Current state feels overly sluggish and not responsive to pilot controls.

[covert holly]

Are those even the same helicopters?
But I am not sure if there's supposed to be a stats difference between the Russian and the USA version.

[vast shoal]

Something was done and there was 0 mention of it. Almost like a shadow nerf. I want to know the reason for why this was done. There is no difference in helicopter physics between factions, only the graphical models.

What was done to the transport helis speed?

[covert holly]

Dunno, according to the logs, no change has been made to the speed during February at all. 🤔

If there really was a change, it's either a bug or an error.

[vast shoal]

Yeah which is why im confused because they do not feel the same AT ALL.

[covert holly]

Just assume it's a bug.

There's no mention of it nor is there a reason to nerf it back.

[vast shoal]

Here's hoping the devs see this because in it currents state its def a downgrade from february 2nd

[covert holly]

From just the videos I couldn't even tell if there even was anything or if you just had a bad day or some other issue. tbh

The speed (the number in the video, anyway) tells me that it's about the same, at least.

Responsiveness looks to be about the same. But again, can't tell from just a video, I didn't pilot it.

Yeah I just really can't tell a difference looking at it. There appears to be little drag on either. idk

[vast shoal]

I usually pilot exclusively every playtest, I am not one to arbitrarily write up something for the fun of it. I am 100% certain something was done whether it was intentional and unintentional idk. I also have asked friends who pilot and random people in game if they felt a difference. Everyone has confirmed my suspicion, that the transport heli does not feel the same.

[covert holly]

Hmm
Well, if there's really an unintended change, Oki will surely fix it once he notices.

But I do not believe he purposely nerfed this while wanting to be quiet about it.

Server issues could also mess with the responsiveness, since vehicles are server side. So that's worth considering.

[vast shoal]

He is pretty good about letting the community know when there is a change, which is why it was weird piloting it and the major differences in handling i experienced without seeing an update regarding it in the channel.

[covert holly]

Yeah, basically every tiny change is announced, so this has to be something else.

But an error in any case.

So it'll go back to how it felt before, I am sure.

[vast shoal]

I think hes working on backend server issues/upgrade at the moment, so heres hoping he circles back around and can give more info

[covert holly]

Yeah
But ideally, just report it as a bug. "Asking" in the feedback channel isn't really the right way anyhow.

Safe to assume it's a bug (be it code wise or a server issue) when this is not intended behavior, after all.