"Defender" mission?

[JÄGER]

I was talking to someone today who told me there is a mission called something like "Defender" or a similar name. Apparently you protect a helicopter with a buzzard or something. He also said it paid about the same as RR and wasn't too difficult, but apparently he had only seen it once.

 

Does this mission exist?

[wolfp212]

Yup. I do it all the time. Quick, fun job and decent payout.

[SmokeDat]

Yes it does.

 

I usually end up blowing up an enemy chopper just to watch it explode AND the one I'm supposed to be guarding.

[Shadow_Titan17]

It exists. I've only played it like 5 times. I believe it unlocks at level 70.

[singemfrc]

Yup. I do it all the time. Quick, fun job and decent payout.

It's an even better payout than it seems because the entire mission is done in the buzzard, therefore you use zero of your own ammunition. You don't have to purchase any ammo, so it's more profit.

 

You may not see it often because it's only 1 or 2 players. If you have more than 2 it doesn't show up.

Edited June 21, 2014 by singemfrc

[dvntsvnt]

Great Martin mission. He tells you to drive out to his rural lockup and there are two buzzards fueled and ready to go.
It is a level 70 mission and it is locked to 1-2 players, it is exactly right that if you are in a group with more than 2 people,
it will not show up on the vote screen.

My advice, if you can't get a head-on shot just wait for their enemy helicopters to turn their back to you. Their main objective
is the executive you are defending, so it presents an easier time for the missiles to lock on. With that in mind, keep your distance
from the executive and use him as bait, it takes a long time for them to kill his chopper. If you get too far away he can get overwhelmed
and even then sometimes they just ram his chopper to bits.

 

 

Edited June 22, 2014 by dvntsvnt

[JÄGER]

Yeah I'll definitely be looking for this in my text screen from now on. Thanks for all the info! sounds like a nice change from RR and coveted.

 

Just curious, does anyone know the exact payout?

[wolfp212]

I find the best tactic is to stay a little behind the guy you are protecting. Wait for the other choppers to fall in behind him, then you don't miss once you lock on (because they aren't changing altitude or direction at this point). Fire only one rocket at a time, if you spam the enemies with rockets you stand a good chance of hitting the guy you're defending.

 

A funny side note, one time I was playing this mission by myself and just before I could shoot the first chopper, the batteries in my XBox controller kicked out causing me to crash. I had to call in my Buzzard, but it spawned quite a ways away. I was sure that the guy I was supposed to be defending would be killed long before I got there. I arrived at my Buzzard, just got airborne and the job ended. I figured 'crap, I wasn't fast enough', but no, it was 'mission passed'. Not sure how he made it the whole way without help, but he sure did. lol

Edited June 22, 2014 by wolfp212

[Comandante-Olle]

Pays $17250 on hard.

 

From the time you get in the Buzzard too mission complete it takes 4-6 minutes depending on how fast you can fly too the airport.

 

Mission has three danger parts.

First is the third helicopter you have too take down. It comes in high and have a habit of crashing into the heli you protect if you hit it to early.

Second is over the Vinewood sign. Guys with RPGs.

Third is constant threat missiles that miss your target and hit the guy you are protecting. Most of my fails is in that way.

[Bradillac83]

Best. Mission. Ever.

 

Fly around for a bit, shoot down enemy Buzzards, land. Payout: $17,250

 

As Singemfrc said it's almost all gravy as you aren't doling out cash on stickybombs or RPG warheads. I have never died during this mission, and have only failed when an enemy heli got too close to the Contact when a missile destroyed it. This has only happened to me between Downtown and the Vinewood sign.

 

I am very surprised Defender has not been grinded to death and ruined tweaked like Rooftop did.

[JÄGER]

Best. Mission. Ever.

 

Fly around for a bit, shoot down enemy Buzzards, land. Payout: $17,250

 

As Singemfrc said it's almost all gravy as you aren't doling out cash on stickybombs or RPG warheads. I have never died during this mission, and have only failed when an enemy heli got too close to the Contact when a missile destroyed it. This has only happened to me between Downtown and the Vinewood sign.

 

I am very surprised Defender has not been grinded to death and ruined tweaked like Rooftop did.

That's a good point. Hope it stays on the DL.

[arcticvisions]

Best. Mission. Ever.

 

Fly around for a bit, shoot down enemy Buzzards, land. Payout: $17,250

 

As Singemfrc said it's almost all gravy as you aren't doling out cash on stickybombs or RPG warheads. I have never died during this mission, and have only failed when an enemy heli got too close to the Contact when a missile destroyed it. This has only happened to me between Downtown and the Vinewood sign.

 

I am very surprised Defender has not been grinded to death and ruined tweaked like Rooftop did.

Along with Chopper Tail, I'm praying people don't start grinding it. It's one of my favorites and I'll be pissed if it gets buffed

[mrkush90]

i done this mission once got payed like 30k done it by my self to

[KornbreadMaf1a]

A tip i always do. If you are playing with two people have one of the heli's hovee over the skyscrapers downtown while you go to the airport. That way the second person can destroy the heli's coming from the north before the escort gets there.

[DJ Kornphlake]

Another perk of the mission is you have plenty of time to fly back to the mission start area before the other chopper lands so you don't have to drive anywhere if you relaunch the mission.

[bloatedsack]

I was talking to someone today who told me there is a mission called something like "Defender" or a similar name. Apparently you protect a helicopter with a buzzard or something. He also said it paid about the same as RR and wasn't too difficult, but apparently he had only seen it once.

 

Does this mission exist?

 

So, what we're getting at is that I can expect both Defender and Trash Talk to be artificially raised in difficulty by poorly grafted on difficulty modifications because vast hordes of the people who own this game can't be bothered to just f*cking PLAY it the way it was intended?

 

Thanks, assholes. At least RR and Coveted were sh*tty missions.

[elfoam]

Defender doesn't show up in my list, hoping to get it to bookmark or something soon. I'm not sure I've ever played it and I'm level 240. There are quite a few missions which all have about the same time vs money ratio. Strange that most invites are still RR.

Edited June 22, 2014 by elfoam

[brose_sfr]

A tip i always do. If you are playing with two people have one of the heli's hovee over the skyscrapers downtown while you go to the airport. That way the second person can destroy the heli's coming from the north before the escort gets there.

you can have the second player stay behind, & rain death on the enemies at the radio station behind the VINEWOOD sign. pretty sure a couple enemy choppers spawn from there.

[Sir Michael]

i done this mission once got payed like 30k done it by my self to

The first time is always the most special.

Edited June 22, 2014 by SirMichaelRocks23

[Ai®a©ob®a]

Please don't let this mission become a grind mission...

 

There aren't many missions left that are easy like that one, Next we know we'll have jet's trying to blow up the helo instead of merryweather mercs

[JÄGER]

Please don't let this mission become a grind mission...

 

There aren't many missions left that are easy like that one, Next we know we'll have jet's trying to blow up the helo instead of merryweather mercs

I agree. The thread should be locked deleted probably. Too many people have probably already read this.

 

This is last post! Let the thread die

[Ai®a©ob®a]

 

Please don't let this mission become a grind mission...

 

There aren't many missions left that are easy like that one, Next we know we'll have jet's trying to blow up the helo instead of merryweather mercs

I agree. The thread should be locked deleted probably. Too many people have probably already read this.

 

This is last post! Let the thread die

 

If your serious, just report your OP and request it to be locked

[elfoam]

Yeah lock the thread before anyone mentions the other secret grinding missions. .

[Raavi]

We have a Q&A thread for this kind of thing.