Countermeasures FAQ

[Gridl0k]

Go on then

 

1. Flares or Chaff? Why?

2. Does the smoke actually do anything other than make you look a russkiy aircraft carrier at full speed?

 

And relevant if you're going to be dogfighting with other slightly-obsessed pilots, anyone figured out the impact of the Handling options, and which might be preferable for PvP?

 

FWIW I stuck flares on everything except the Molotok, which is a good little display plane for buzzing players on the ground

Edited August 30, 2017 by Gridl0k

[Rewdalf]

Flares will immediately redirect a homed rocket in on one of the four that are dispensed.

 

So far I've only been shot at with a single rocket at a time, but I'm lead to believe that a single flare shot of four can redirect four rockets.

Once deployed, the locked-on rocket will diverge to the flare and explode on it.

 

Haven't tried Chaff.

Actually curious, does it also deploy four or only two countermeasures?

The tooltip states that Chaff prevents lock-on, so does it need to be used before someone fires a missiles at you, or can it protect after as well?

All I know is that it only has ten charges, while Flares have twenty...

Edited August 31, 2017 by Rewdalf

[Aquarices]

Flares on everything.

[Gaffa]

It's actually interesting - chaff will break any sort of homing lock-on but doesn't seem to actually deflect missiles - however, if someone does manage to lock onto you and fire at you, whilst the chaff is still active, that missile will simply be attracted to that chaff. So basically - as soon as you hear the "missile locking onto you" sound, deploy chaff and if they haven't already fired that missile at you, they'll have to wait a few seconds before they can lock onto you again.

 

Flares do actually attract the missile without breaking any sort of lock-on, meaning people could fire at you over and over in the hope they'll hit you. Timing seems to be key with the flares, as if you do it too soon or when the missile's too far away, it'll just be a waste of flares, and if you do it too late, you risk the possibility of it attracting the missile(s) too late and hitting you.

 

Smoke doesn't seem to do anything from what I've tried.

[Verbal Soze]

Flares all the way, because it can also be used as a spectacle when i'm in passive mode, i only attack the hydra npcs in public lobbies, i want them to suffer and hear the word "mendoza's hit! Mendoza been f*cking hit!"

Plus i can help other strangers doing their work