Missile jammer for Pegasus vehicles

[z06z33]

I mean you can't even fly a unarmed plane or helicopter without getting shot at,I'm not sure why people love shootin at planes.

[Datguy8925]

 

 

Depends though. I mean, a Cuban 800 can't really grief anyone.

 

Well you can fly into people...

Now now, I'd never do that ...

 

 

 

Or would I?

 

 

 

 

Still, I don't know if that can really fall under "griefing". I mean, it's only one kill (which you might not get credited for), and you have to not only lose your plane, but die as well to get it.

 

Point taken though - I guess it could be kamikaze'd into people.

 

Is it bad that the Salil Swarim song popped in my head when that gif played?

[afriendlyreddot]

If they make this available so that I can finally fly at low altitude through the city in my Vestra well, JUST TAKE MY MONEY!!!

[IamCourtney]

Voted Yes except for jets,they're already more or less immune, though I wouldn't give it to any of the armed choppers either as I think it would skew their air-to-ground advantage too far out of whack. I know it may be an unpopular opinion but overall, I'm happy with the balance between attack helos and ground weapons (mainly the homing launcher.) Buff the Savage's health to a respectable level and I'd say its all good.

[Hunter]

Voted Yes except for jets,they're already more or less immune, though I wouldn't give it to any of the armed choppers either as I think it would skew their air-to-ground advantage too far out of whack. I know it may be an unpopular opinion but overall, I'm happy with the balance between attack helos and ground weapons (mainly the homing launcher.) Buff the Savage's health to a respectable level and I'd say its all good.

If their armour was buffed then I'd be fine with attack helicopters. But its been so long that I've been going on and on about armour buffs, and they still haven't come.

 

So I'm just going off the assumption that they're never buffing its armour; in which case I think a jammer or something similar's fair.

 

But I can see why you'd be cautious, and respect your opinion.

Edited June 13, 2016 by Icantthinkofonew

[am30]

All aircraft should have these, especially Hydra and Lazers.

 

Even the Mig flight sim I played as a kid had chaff and that was about 25 years ago!

[DentureDynamite]

Honestly, my biggest beef is just accurate, reliable scaling on all vehicles throughout the game.

 

Yes, every vehicle (esp. military vehicles) needs a strength and a weakness so that game play is balanced, but outer shells should accurately reflect their position in that scale (from weakest to strongest, slowest to fastest, etc.).

 

Since there are maximum and minimum limits to every feature/variable, R* would be wise to have figured out from day one which vehicle gets "top banana" in each area. Otherwise, you create a lot of annoyance for players when you start nerfing and buffing vehicles that they purchased a long time ago because it DID have the best feature they were looking for (e.g. the EntityXF had the best traction of any car in the game back in late 2014, but soon got nerfed--now it's nothing like it used to be).

 

Same thing with the "which car is the fastest today?" running argument in GTAO every time an update is released. It's like a gaming version of a soap opera...it becomes eye-rolling drama because nothing is stable in-game.

Edited June 13, 2016 by DentureDynamite

[IamCourtney]

Haha I hear ya... they haven't really given much thought to balance before and there's no particular reason to expect them too now. I do have a slight bit of hope that juuust maybe, they might.

 

Free Roam is the main place where this sort of balance applies, and up until now FR has been a side show from Rockstar's point of view. We've had tweaks and additions here and there but nothing revolutionary. But now that FR has become a "main event" I have a teensy weensy cause to hope that maybe they'll give everything a thorough inspection and make some changes.

 

I'm not holding my breath but the entire FAFF update caught me off guard with its scope and Free Roam focus so I'm more willing to expect the unexpected atm...

[DentureDynamite]

^^ +1 on that. FAFF is arguably one of the best updates in terms of adding new game play variety, but yes--tweaks are needed to correct what should have been in place since day one.

Edited June 13, 2016 by DentureDynamite

[SavageSalad]

I just want flares

[Hunter]

I just want flares

This is very similar to flares. It's kind of like flares, just without the flares themselves.

 

Not as pretty, but it has the same effect. I hear you though.

[IceDree]

"This jammer is operated by a passenger[\b] in the plane. They simply press right on the d-pad/directional buttons, and the jammer is activated for a short period of time.

 

Crap, I didn't know that, I thought the pilot can activate it.

 

 

Anyway, I voted Yes, but not for fighter jets.

[Gridl0k]

Where do you land an armoured Cuban?

 

Anywhere you goddamn want, it turns out (inspired by somebody else here, I was testing).

 

 

Free the upgrades, R*

Edited June 21, 2016 by Gridl0k

[DangerZ0neX]

While minding your own business below, get attacked by say a Buzzard and use launcher but it's got a jammer - no.

 

For a nomal helicopter e.g. Frogger - yes.

Minigun or autoaim will take care of that.

[oleg_aka_djmeg]

poll misses an option:

Yes, but not for armed aircraft (that's both jets and helis).

[Gridl0k]

 

While minding your own business below, get attacked by say a Buzzard and use launcher but it's got a jammer - no.

 

For a nomal helicopter e.g. Frogger - yes.

Minigun or autoaim will take care of that.

 

 

If the Buzzard's attacking you (facing you) the HL is already useless if the pilot can fly. The HL is real douche weapon if you're a chopper pilot as it's only deadly if you're already flying away from the ant. So a jammer wouldn't really change much here except reducing the amount of dipsh*ts blind firing at anything on their radar.

[Hunter]

Where do you land an armoured Cuban?

 

Anywhere you goddamn want, it turns out (inspired by somebody else here, I was testing).

 

-snip-

 

Free the upgrades, R*

That reminds me - I got this the other night:

 

 

 

 

poll misses an option:

Yes, but not for armed aircraft (that's both jets and helis).

That option's basically "Yes, but not for attack helicopters" - it's assumed that if you don't want them for attack helicopters, you definitely won't want them for jets.

Edited June 21, 2016 by Icantthinkofonew

[Gridl0k]

That reminds me - I got this the other night:

 

Tonight's plan is for me and my mate to try and get Plane Sell missions at the same time, do some mid-air hijinks. Doesn't seem very likely but hey ho.

[Pedinhuh]

Can it do something abiut the explosive cannons?

 

If it can't and a jet is right on your ass then it's not really that useful...

 

(By looking at the .gif I can see the effect doesn't last long)

[Hunter]

Tonight's plan is for me and my mate to try and get Plane Sell missions at the same time, do some mid-air hijinks. Doesn't seem very likely but hey ho.

 

I want to crash an armoured Cuban into someone on the ground, killing them, but having the plane survive the crash. Then take off and fly away lol.

 

If we could armour up our Pegasus ones, this would be more do-able (hint hint Rockstar).

[Gridl0k]

I want to crash an armoured Cuban into someone on the ground, killing them, but having the plane survive the crash. Then take off and fly away lol.

 

Hmm, I suspect that might actually count as their suicide, given how the game thinks that when I plough my Miljet into someone that they killed me.

[Hunter]

Can it do something abiut the explosive cannons?

 

If it can't and a jet is right on your ass then it's not really that useful...

 

(By looking at the .gif I can see the effect doesn't last long)

No, but the armour upgrade you can get for the Cuban 800 (only in CEO selling runs) would. So let's free all the upgrades for Pegasus vehicles.

 

 

 

-snip-

 

Hmm, I suspect that might actually count as their suicide, given how the game thinks that when I plough my Miljet into someone that they killed me.

 

Maybe I'd put a sticky bomb on the nose then - detonate when I'm just above their head, and survive to fly off.

[Gridl0k]

^ That's how Miljet bounty hunting works yeah

 

Just need the plane to survive, Insurgent-style, and we can get people fearing the mighty Cuban. If we get to use our paid-for buffs that is.

[FlacidJack]

What ever happened to flares? That's what I'd like to see

 

 

 

 

[Gridl0k]

^ Only R* could do a Titan with a jammer and not put that C130 flare dump animation in the game.

[Hunter]

If we get to use our paid-for buffs that is.

Well yeah it's not like we didn't already pay enough for them as it is. Combined, well it must've been a million at least, I'm sure.

 

The jammer upgrade alone is $300,000.

 

 

What ever happened to flares? That's what I'd like to see

 

 

 

 

I was/still am a strong proponent of flares for aircraft, but now that the jammer is actually in the game, I figure there's a better chance of getting it added to our vehicles than flares (which probably wouldn't take much work actually, but would still need more than the jammer).

 

I'm just going with what has the best chances.

 

But yeah, the Titan would look incredible with those flares. And the Apache ... Don't get me started. Mmmmmmm.

[Shadowfennekin]

It should be on all vehicles. Except jets and NOT need a friend. The needing two players thing is BS

[FlacidJack]

 

 

If we get to use our paid-for buffs that is.

 

Well yeah it's not like we didn't already pay enough for them as it is. Combined, well it must've been a million at least, I'm sure.

 

The jammer upgrade alone is $300,000.

 

 

What ever happened to flares? That's what I'd like to see

 

 

 

 

 

I was/still am a strong proponent of flares for aircraft, but now that the jammer is actually in the game, I figure there's a better chance of getting it added to our vehicles than flares (which probably wouldn't take much work actually, but would still need more than the jammer).

 

I'm just going with what has the best chances.

 

But yeah, the Titan would look incredible with those flares. And the Apache ... Don't get me started. Mmmmmmm.

lol yea, as I was pasting the Apache youtube link I thought "should I really tease him like this?" ...but then I realized you probably watch similar videos daily.

 

I voted yes & yes since it wouldn't make much sense to restrict the jammer on military grade aircraft if it's allowed on civilian aircrafts imo.

Edited June 21, 2016 by FlacidJack

[Gridl0k]

It should be on all vehicles. Except jets and NOT need a friend. The needing two players thing is BS

 

It's BS in the mode they designed it for, too. 2 delivery planes = 4 players needed, and then who flies the defensive mission?

[Hunter]

It's BS in the mode they designed it for, too. 2 delivery planes = 4 players needed, and then who flies the defensive mission?

 

Well yeah, you shouldn't have to organize a little army just to fly two planes without some stupid missiles getting you.

 

 

lol yea, as I was pasting the Apache youtube link I thought "should I really tease him like this?" ...but then I realized you probably watch similar videos daily.

Oh yes, all the time

 

It should be on all vehicles. Except jets and NOT need a friend. The needing two players thing is BS

My thoughts exactly. All that does is make the game less lone wolf-friendly.

 

They could easily put it in the weapon selections; have it activated with A/X.