Hey guys, Support Gunner here with a couple questions;
>For non-support players what do you want from your support gunner as far as gadgets and general play style? (I'd appreciate it if you mentioned what class you main).
>For my fellow support gunners, which gadgets do you prefer, and how do you use those assualt rifle hybrid weapons? I find them extremely awkward.
Thanks in advance for the feedback and remember...
>...It's funner as a machine gunner.
Just shut the fuck up and give me an ammo box so I can wreck shit with another EOD bot.
>>344122327
I've given serious thought to running Ammo Crate and Ammo Box with the indirect fire upgrades.
What are some games where being a support gunner actually makes feel good and like a credit to your team?
>>344123572
I really dig it in Battlefield 4.
In COD the LMGs are actually very underrated. They are actually awesome.
Hey guys, attack helicopter here with a couple questions
>For non attack helicopters, how do you soaring over the oilfields dropping hot sticky loads on disgusting foreigners
>For my fellow attack helicopters, how did you get a plastic surgeon to install rotary blades, 30 mm cannons and AMG-114 Hellfire missiles on my body
Thanks in advance for the feedback and remember...
>If you can’t accept me you’re a heliphobe and need to check your vehicle privilege. Thank you for being so understanding.
>>344124503
>You will never be an AH-56.
>>344124746
>you will never EVER be a RAH-66 comanche
:(
>>344125013
They're all about suppressing the target to let your teammates flank the enemy, You're just supposed to get bullets down range, no matter if you're hitting the target or not.
>>344125206
shame she was canceled, she's a beaut
>>344123572
ARMA and Insurgency do support really good.
Pic related. On both sides, Support class ended up being MVP, myself included. Do the world a favor Anon.
>>344121628
>For my fellow support gunners, which gadgets do you prefer
Ammo boxes for them delicious points.
>how do you use those assualt rifle hybrid weapons?
I always play with carbines or DMRs, no matter what class.
>>344121628
Suppression is key as support class. You'd wanna be shooting at the enemy position in order for your teammates to push without getting mowed down by the enemy.
>>344125460
The best choppers get cancelled.
Just imagine if these had gotten to Vietnam.
>>344122795
>I've given serious thought to running Ammo Crate and Ammo Box with the indirect fire upgrades.
That's what I do and I harvest points like crazy
>>344125825
Looks like an A-10 and a HIND had a baby.
>>344123572
>>344125576
In Insurgency's Day of infamy mod the MG42 is insane, makes me even feel dirty for using it.
>>344125825
Whats the reason for its cancellation? Too costly, other alternatives getting the funding instead?
>>344126069
Some one had just read the sales pitch for the 64.
>>344126069
One of the prototypes crashed. Also the Air Force was butthurt that it's high speed and high altitute performance was muscling into their territory.
At least that's what I heard.
>>344126029
You best be playin RO2 then boy
>>344125854
I really want the other support gadgets to be more useful, but they just aren't are they?
>>344126553
>>344126029
MG42 is a beast of a gun. but it's overpowered. Nothing in RO2 even comes close to its rate of fire
>>344123572
Arma now has actual suppression (without mods) and tracers are ease to read so people can see what you are suppressing
Squad feels pretty good, although its against people so less are likely to duck and more likely just to headshot you
>>344126538
Well that's no fun
>>344126693
>I really want the other support gadgets to be more useful, but they just aren't are they?
They don't feel really supportive except for the mortar and XM25 smoke maybe.
>>344126029
I remember when I first tried the MG42 in that, went prone on the last wave of defense at the back of that beach/bunker map. I think I got 20 -25 kills just the end of the match. It's truly powerful.
>>344126848
Machine guns in Squad are a fucking joke. There's no suppression in that game besides some chromatic aberration applied to your screen when you get shot at, and there's no option to run without tracers so as soon as you fire one round you're dead because every soldier on the enemy team will see it from a mile away.
>>344127081
Yeah its not great
>>344126848
I dig squad a lot, It's pretty early access though but I'm thinking about signing up to help them code some shit, it seems like they need it. And I loved project reality and I hope it becomes a worthy successor
>>344126906
Yeah, a real shame.
So wait, what game are we talking about?
>>344121628
You guys playing terraria?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNVd7y5Xw40
>tfw you single handedly shut out the enemy team from the objective with an MG
Machine guns shouldn't be classed as support t b h. The WW2 German army was based around it, the riflemen were support.
>>344127405
some are talking about bf4, squad, insurgency, RO2, arma. anything with a support class I guess
>>344127405
helicopters
Is Insurgency still alive? I never touched it, but I heard it's like RO2 in modern combat.
>>344121628
Fire to actually SUPPRESS the enemy so team mates can maneuver instead of treating the gun as large magazine assault rifle.
>>344127983
Yeah it's got a couple thousand players. It is modern warfare RO2 but the maps are a lot smaller. So take your tactics for RO2 and scale them down a lot and you'll do good.
>>344127629
Fucking gold.
>>344127951
>>344128290
>Here we see a rare sight: two Osprey leaving the nest to find Marines to feast on. Afterwards, they will find a nice rock to lay on, digesting the servicemen inside.
>>344128945
not too great with the laying on rocks
>>344129065
How do you think it digests them?
Helicopters are cool and all
but are they as cool as the A10 Thunderbolt?
it sounds fucking terrifying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOYWbxrlGko
>>344128798
>you will never operate a HUEHUE in nam
>thread about support gunners turned into a thread about planes and helicopters
aircraft fans are second only to train fans as the most autistic people on the planet
>>344127983
There're around 2K to 2.5K people playing.
At this point the game is done for updates because this month their new game is coming out and Insurgency's sequal is in development.
>>344121628
>as far as gadgets
a bangbang
>general play style
spray the bangbang in general direction of enemy
did somebody say A10?
>>344129515
>>344129670obsolete
>>344129670
>>344129842
>>344130107
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=335GdTqtyLs
>>344130259
okay here's its overpriced replacement
>>344130548
They actually managed to get the V/STOL version of it working?
>>344121628
Anyone who runs is a VC!
>>344130721
>>344130259
it's still a badass plane
>>344130928
That's pretty cool, didn't think they'd manage it.
>>344131041
it may be overpriced but the F35 is one sexy fucking plane
>>344123572
The Red Orchestra games if there's decent teamwork. Suppression is really effective.
another beautiful 5th gen fighter
>>344121628
I like to play a medic/support stuff in Arma. I even get to wear the straw hat, so they know it´s serious.
>>344126029
>Insurgency's Day of infamy mod
is that still active?
i remember reading about it when it debuted earlier this year or the past fall.
>>344130364
>viper
????
>>344123572
Project Reality
>>344131684
lewd
>>344133215
;)
Any proper game that isn't battlefield:
Big MG with big ass box-mag and a lot of rounds.
The weird hybrids are weird.
Suppressing fire everywhere. If you aren't complaining that you're constantly running out of ammo, you're doing it wrong.
>>344121628
I typically use the M249 or MG4 with a heavy barrel, vertical grip and a laser sight. The heavy barrel increases accuracy and reduces bullet spread while shooting on the move like the vertical grip, so using both attachments allows you to run and gun like Rambo. I like to get behind enemy lines on maps like Operation Locker and clear out choke points while the enemy's backs are turned. It's fun to mow down whole squads without having to reload.
>>344131558
I can't decide whether the A-10 Warthog or the F-22 is cooler than the other. The F-22 is such a capable machine and the iconic fighter jet of the 21st century. And yet, the Warthog has such a unique and venerable identity combined with decades of terrifying firepower and proven experience that it's difficult to decide.
I wish they'd stop spending so much money on the F-35 program. I'm excited for a possible revival in NASA's X-Planes. Perhaps we'll see reconnaissance or surgical strike planes that can circumnavigate the entire globe in a single flight.
>>344125354
>that fov
i mean that works in cqb but squad is all about those 50 - 100 meter engagements
>>344126069
The Vietnam war was winding down and the AH-56 was still in development, there probably wouldn't be a need for a helicopter of its kinda shortly afterwards, AH-1's were already in service and battle-tested, also a little controversy involving the USAF and the AH-56's role. It just doesn't make sense to invest in the AH-56 when there's no foreseeable use for it and it definitely wouldn't be developed fast enough or be suitable for the current war to replace the already battle-tested AH-1.
