#BRDM AA Damage Nerf

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dusty panther
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It is the only vehicle in the game where regardless of distance or speed, deletes your tail rotor in two seconds. It is a better AA vic than AA vics. It's been like this for awhile and common sense dictates that it needs to be balanced.

balmy nexus
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I 100% agree but ik that giving suggestions on this channel is talking to yourself half the time

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Like it was with 7.0

opaque pecan
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Its not that much better than other MGs, damage wiss that is. The difference is probably the lack of joystick sim for BRDM / BTR80 turrets, so it is much easier to hit a moving target.

swift cave
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Major thing that makes brdm good is 14.5mm having high ROF + excellent velocity compared to .50 cal

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I don't think it's oppressive, maybe adjusting its ballistics at longer ranges would be OK

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But with helis as they are now I don't think it's a significant problem

dusty panther
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i would rather it do more hull damage than kill my rotor in 2 seconds

opaque pecan
balmy nexus
opaque pecan
dusty panther
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yall have never flown a heli in game and it shows

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I ran BRDM many times, there is no skill involved in deleting a rotor of a helicopter in most engagement ranges

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you think a pilot's reaction in 2 seconds is a skill issue?

balmy nexus
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nothing about what you said is wrong

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straight fax

scenic narwhal
# dusty panther i would rather it do more hull damage than kill my rotor in 2 seconds

2 main reasons. number one is that the path of the rotor is the hitbox of the rotor. so instead of 15% of the area of the circle actually being the rotor, its 100% of the circle. second thing is that loss of tail rotor magically also destroys your engine or something. it is entirely possible to fly without a tail rotor because unlike what OWI would have you believe, losing a tail rotor while oging at 250km/h doesnt mean you start spinning out of control and immediately plummet

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the reason that the brdm is good against helis is because of its high damage compared to 50 cal(which is unreasonably low) and its high velocity making it easy to aim. the zu23 has an extremely high dps which doesnt fall with distance iirc(since its he), and after a combination of reading the manual for it irl other stuff, i can definitively say the zu23 is far superior. the brdm however, is alot more "noob friendly" because of its higher velocity, even if it has only 30% of the dps

dusty panther
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this doesnt negate balancing issues

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zu23 is balanced through it's scope and suppression, actually requiring skill to track targets

scenic narwhal
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the brdm has a longer ttk than the zu23? also the 14.5 is literally a juiced up 50 cal. it currently does 1.5x the damage, which isnt entirely off from how much more energy and momentum the round has.

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helicopters in this game are too survivable in certain aspects too. a 50 cal lighting up the cockpit should just put the bird down, but it doesnt

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not to mention, the secondary purpose of the kpv was an anti aircraft gun lol

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the ONLY reason the soviets didnt mount it on more tanks was it drastically reduced the amount of ammunition carried, as well as increasing weight

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the NSV wasnt put on btrs and brdms for that reason too. its intended purpose was to be able to engage anything that isnt heavily armored

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its a monster of a round

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the massive casing for the round is what gives it the crazy velocity as well

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"The Soviet 14.5mm(.57 cal) cartridge was created for anti-tank rifles in WW2. It has over double the case volume of the .50BMG and is loaded pretty hot for a Soviet load. It can propel a 995gr bullet at muzzle velocities over 3200fps(For reference .50 cal 650gr ball loads are fired at 3000fps)."

dusty panther
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the thread isn't about TTK

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it's about rotor damage