"Flaring" Anti Homing Missile Tactic

[AH-6 _BirdTurd]

Another forum member brought my attention to this video, by a YouTube user named H8mEx. I thought other Valkyrie owner would LOVE to see. This tactic may be a dick move, but, its the best thing since we don't have legit flares on our helicopters to defend against the Homing Launcher. I've used this tactic a lot lately and it makes the Valkyrie pretty much unstoppable. Its seriously almost 100% full proof. So gather your buds, hop in a Valkyrie and terrorize freeroam.

 

 

Edited March 21, 2015 by AH-6 _BirdTurd

[Alec Skorpio]

"I stopped playing because the homing launcher ruined my griefing, but now I can just turn on passive mode whenever and it's cool."

[AH-6 _BirdTurd]

"I stopped playing because the homing launcher ruined my griefing, but now I can just turn on passive mode whenever and it's cool."

YES! Its a wonderful thing is it not? ALL HAIL THE VALKYRIE!! Its seriously that much fun and makes my $2.85M investment worth every penny.

[minifat]

It works 100% for the Savage too, it's almost impossible not to go into Passive if you tap the sh*t out of down.

[Psoloquoise]

Bitch video, learn to fly.

[DannyMan]

 

Really?? 360p??? I didnt know this was 2005

[AH-6 _BirdTurd]

 

 

 

Really?? 360p??? I didnt know this was 2005lol yeah that quality is a bit old. But the passive tactic he speaks of, works so good in the Valkyrie.

Bitch video, learn to fly.

I guarantee I would bitch slap you in a heli vs heli battle stfu.

[Psoloquoise]

 

 

 

Really?? 360p??? I didnt know this was 2005

lol yeah that quality is a bit old. But the passive tactic he speaks of, works so good in the Valkyrie.

Bitch video, learn to fly.

I guarantee I would bitch slap you in a heli vs heli battle stfu.

 

Ok pussy mode, keep being bad.

[TxBountyHunter]

If you can't avoid a homing launcher you can't fly.

[AH-6 _BirdTurd]

If you can't avoid a homing launcher you can't fly.

I guarantee I would shoot you down everytime with the homing launcher. Edited March 21, 2015 by AH-6 _BirdTurd

[Gridl0k]

Didn't you realise the flare gun breaks the lock?

 

 

lie

 

[CrysisAverted]

I can't have fun in the Valkyrie because no friends join me and the randoms think the best position is on the miniguns and don't know about the explosive cannon

[Gridl0k]

Top valkyrie tip btw - fly it in first person and use the altimeter to keep the altitude around 700ft, where the explosive cannon still reaches the ground but you're rarely in lock on range

[CrazyHandz]

 

If you can't avoid a homing launcher you can't fly.

I guarantee I would shoot you down everytime with the homing launcher.

Uh oh, we all better watch out for you.

[AH-6 _BirdTurd]

 

 

If you can't avoid a homing launcher you can't fly.

I guarantee I would shoot you down everytime with the homing launcher.

Uh oh, we all better watch out for you.im not bragging at all. Thats just how effective the homing launcher is. If you wait for your target to pass, you'll never miss. The folks who say they always miss.. You're doing it wrong. This thing doesn't miss if you shoot from behind. It can't stay, I actually like it when I do take a jet down, but against helicopters, its too powerful. Edited March 21, 2015 by AH-6 _BirdTurd

[livejoker]

Why are people posting videos with explanations to what the video is about? I'd rather read something that takes 2 minutes than watch a 5 minute video. But I didn't want to appear as a bitch and looked at it. Basically, pilot, who does nothing anyway, keeps his finger ready to press the passive mode option once a rocket is launched on him. The guy says that it may be a bitch tactic but in his defense the homing missile, which does exactly as it's f*cking named, is too overpowered.

Right...and you're in a flying machine that has explosive rounds and machine guns that fire at the same rate, if not near, a minigun..two of those. Here's an easier and less bitchy tactic to anyone out there wanting to avoid getting hit by rockets:

f*cking fly away.

[JokerSmokerToker]

they need to remove the homing launcher - and this is coming from someone who has been griefed countless times by 2 man buzzard crews.

 

i like to fly a lot, and have since been banished to invite only freeroams if i feel the urge to fly, seeing as how everyone with the money to buy a homing launcher has one and will not at all hesitate to shoot you down while youre flying your harmless Velum -_-

 

 

or sh*t, just nerf the homing launcher to only target weaponized air/ground vehicles...

[LukeMayhem]

I thought this topic was about the flare gun being used by a helicopter passenger as a legit way to deflect the homing missles?? Does this work?? I know that the NV goggles and the air breather actually work in freeroam once they are unlocked. So why not the flare gun?

[#UpgradeOrDie]

This tactic is useless when the person on the ground realizes they can put a bounty on the pilot by calling Lester, effectively losing the ability to turn on passive mode until they get shot down.

 

Well, just for one round anyway. With Pegasus billing you $200 to order ANOTHER Valkyrie with no cool-down timer, they can go right back at this like nothing happened.

[Privateer]

I thought it was going to talk about the flare gun but it turns out that it was just a guy crying about everything being unfair an op while exploiting a passive mode trick to grief everyone. The only thing missing is a wall breach and it would be the perfect bitch combo.

[Dale Earnhardt]

I want to grief, but I stopped playing because a certain weapon stops me from griefing. GTFOH

[AH-6 _BirdTurd]

I thought it was going to talk about the flare gun but it turns out that it was just a guy crying about everything being unfair an op while exploiting a passive mode trick to grief everyone. The only thing missing is a wall breach and it would be the perfect bitch combo.

Well, maybe if the HL wasn't so OP people wouldn't resort to shady tactics.

[luisniko]

OP is perfect bully mentality.

 

He likes to disturb others. But when others retaliate, he run and hide. lol.

[nikkor801]

"I stopped playing because the homing launcher ruined my griefing, but now I can just turn on passive mode whenever and it's cool."

My intention is friendly debate not a flaming forum war.

 

1. I can understand this being your point of view.

 

2. I can say that when the homing launcher came out I thought it was the best thing ever. We had an amazing tool to use against jets and Zentornos. I still love it but I have grown even more frustrated with the lack of level caps on the DLC weapons. the whole fun of unlocking weapons as you play and level up is gone.

 

my opinion it would work like this.

 

heavy pistol - lvl 66

desert eagle - lvl 130

bull pup AR - lvl 160

special carbine lvl 200

proximity mine lvl 175 proximity mine without audible alert at lvl 250

marksmen rifle lvl 190

homing launcher lvl anything between 200-300

 

price changes i would like in play would be

 

sniper ammo should cost a lot more. maybe 5 times the going rate or more. we should also be able to cary only about 20 percent of the current amount.

 

remote mines should be 3 times the current rate. if we had versions without an audible alert they should cost 10x the current amount.

 

last but not least and maybe most importantly.

 

if a license plate can cost 100k then maybe the homing launcher itself could cost 500k and each missile cost 25k. We might use them only when really need to and use other methods totake down birds. i don't think this would interfere with rockstars intended economy. i think it would increase gameplay quality.

 

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I am still glad we have the homing against jets and even cars. That feels like balanced game play to me even though i am not the greatest at avoiding the homing missiles in a hydra just yet. it just feels right.

 

i didn't mind it with helicopters because i just never used them for anything other than getting somewhere more quickly or getting to a sniping position. in which case you simply had to use passive mode or take your chances which the more you practiced was possible to use the building as cover in certain situations.

 

Now that we are paying this huge amount of money "id be ok with them costing more" IF they were worth it. HUGE IF. because right now i feel they got the firepower right but 3 things bother me.

 

1. the two big birds should have ANTI AIR flares to negate the necessity of a finger on the passive mode button version of anti air flare.

2. the armor should be better than the buzzard and maverick not worse. one rocket should take down the bird but not be an instant kill. you should be able to parachute out most of the time. it should also be near invulnerable to most small arm fire similar to karuma. one one has ever taken out a helicopter like that with a 9mm unless it was a headshot to a pilot with no helmet on whatsoever. the bullets would imbed or bounce off 95 percent of the surface of a vehicle like that. marksman rifle bullets should require at least 2 times the amount of shots to take it down except for a couple of critical spots like the tail rotor. the helicopter should also not start smoking at the slightest brush against anything. again the buzzard and other heli's react completely differently and can brush against buildings trees and the like so much more than the new air.

3. the savage gunner pilot needs something to do. this is completely dumb. they should have control over missiles that can be aimed like the buzzard or the nose canon. pilot should remain in control of flares. maybe every pegasus vehicle comes with 3 or 5 and then your out.

 

for now a lot of these things are not in place. when a pilot goes into passive they can't keep shooting you. if they come back out right away you can shoot them for 45 seconds or longer before they can re enter passive. OR they fly away during that time before they can safely re engage, still giving you a full minute to asses your strategy. they can't use thismethod to grief without any drawbacks or cooldowns

[AH-6 _BirdTurd]

OP is perfect bully mentality.

 

He likes to disturb others. But when others retaliate, he run and hide. lol.

Im not a bully, I just like to use helicopters. What if you took the time out to learn to be effective in a heli, just for the helicopters to become practically useless because of the homing launcher? It was always easy to kill heli pilots, why did they have to go and make it super easy? Thats all om saying. Like I said, the HL can stay for all I care, but at least give helicopters flares with 20-30 second cool down times. Is that really asking too much? Edited March 21, 2015 by AH-6 _BirdTurd

[iLikeDrivinInMyTruck]

awesome.

 

Now I can actually fly my Valkarye with my friends instead of worrying about level 20's with homing launchers.

[luisniko]

 

OP is perfect bully mentality.

 

He likes to disturb others. But when others retaliate, he run and hide. lol.

Im not a bully, I just like to use helicopters. What if you took the time out to learn to be effective in a heli, just for the helicopters to become practically useless because of the homing launcher? It was always easy to kill heli pilots, why did they have to go and make it super easy? Thats all om saying. Like I said, the HL can stay for all I care, but at least give helicopters flares with 20-30 second cool down times. Is that really asking too much?

 

 

Or you can apply what Griefers have been telling their victims:

 

"Go to Invite Only if you don't wanna get killed"

[AH-6 _BirdTurd]

 

 

 

OP is perfect bully mentality.

 

He likes to disturb others. But when others retaliate, he run and hide. lol.

Im not a bully, I just like to use helicopters. What if you took the time out to learn to be effective in a heli, just for the helicopters to become practically useless because of the homing launcher? It was always easy to kill heli pilots, why did they have to go and make it super easy? Thats all om saying. Like I said, the HL can stay for all I care, but at least give helicopters flares with 20-30 second cool down times. Is that really asking too much?

 

Or you can apply what Griefers have been telling their victims:

 

"Go to Invite Only if you don't wanna get killed"

How about no. Now we have a helicopter (Valkyrie) that can pretty much fly untouched and cause massive amounts of destruction, im good. Besides if I can't fly because of too many lock ons, i'll just not fly and start battle on foot. My freeaim is on point. I love staying back out of auto aim range and dropping scrubs with free aim while they try desperately to get into auto aim lock on range. Edited March 21, 2015 by AH-6 _BirdTurd

[AH-6 _BirdTurd]

awesome.

 

Now I can actually fly my Valkarye with my friends instead of worrying about level 20's with homing launchers.

Just remember that after you deactivate passive theres a 60sec cool down until you can reactivate it. So be careful not to get locked on again.

[Bill_Assassin]

Sorry but I've never tried this and the guy in the video is a potty-mouth who never goes into detail about his tactics. How can you turn passive mode on and not get shot down by rockets? Doesn't passive mode get nullified as soon as you enter a vehicle?

 

I legit thought that this would be shooting a flare from the flare gun right at the missile and blowing it up.