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@mfpantst: Well, in the attack helicopter if you coordinate with your flying buddy you can use both the IR Flares and ECM Jammer to avoid being hit and retreat. Even if you are hit you can hide and regen. If you're on fire you can land and repair. As long as you're not being chased. Pro-tip: you can land in the "out of bounds" area and hop in and out to repair without dying.

That said, good jet pilots can take you out pretty fast with guns and/or ramming. Tank shells are always a threat. And I've been sniped in the cockpit a fair number of times. Everyone is out to kill you!

@President_Barackbar: I'm pretty sure you don't start with 4 stingers... <_<

@Liber: My brother was complaining that the TV guided missiles will sometimes flip the helicopter when fired. And I think one actually blew up the helicopter.

@mfpantst: I don't agree that flying a chopper is 'accepted death'. At least not any more than getting in any other vehicle or even running around on foot.

@Liber said:

While in BF2 it was a valid tactic, in BF3 it feels terribly broken. In BF2 if 2 air vehicle collided they would both explode, In BF3 this shit is so fucking inconsistent and broken. The most common scenario is when a jet rams a chopper, the chopper explodes midair and the jet gets away with 100%.

Yes this is what I'm talking about. I saw my brother do this last night while playing. He clipped a helicopter as he flew by and it exploded.

Last night I also had two jets converge on a little bird that I was in and obliterate it. Then the two jets ran into each other in the middle of the helicopter wreckage. No survivors. :D

What other info are you looking for? I see everything that's supposed to be there.

@Blackout62 said:

Not gonna lie: I use it on my sniper rifle for some strange reason.

Saw someone doing this the other day. Had the hardest time returning fire on him because he was so far away and the laser was blinding me. I'd like to imagine he only turned it on when he started shooting at me, but who knows.

@Ubersmake: I was referring to jets ramming helicopters. Never seen a jet crash into a tank... well not on purpose... unless... hmmmmmmmmm

This will be fixed after the next deploy.

@dudeglove: Thanks, I'll take look at this today.

I thought you were going to say this:

To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings.

Oftentimes I will be flying around in an attack helicopter raining down destruction on the enemy only to be rammed by a kamikaze pilot hellbent on bringing me down. It's frustrating for me as the recipient of the jet to the face, but how do you guys feel? One jet pilot to take out 2 (or more if it's a transport helicopter). Also there are usually two jets spawning on maps with single attack helicopters. Also some people feel that the attack helicopters are overpowered anyway and if this is the way to bring them down, so be it.

It's nothing new, the same thing happened in BF2 as well. The only solution in the past has been for server admins to kick recurring 'offenders'. Thoughts?