Modacity BC2 Platoon (BC2 $20 on Steam)

[Cortexian]

Don't really need a distracted pilot when it comes to VADS since it's so OP compared to the AAA.

[Warsaw]

Says you. I'm a very good shot with the AAA. I'll take it over the VADS any day. You also need the distraction so you can get to the gun. It depends on how exposed and how long your trip to it is.

[Cortexian]

I'm just as accurate with both, VADS takes down a chopper twice as fast for me usually.

[Warsaw]

With fast-moving attack helicopters, I give the AAA an edge because you only have to hit it three times. With VADS you have to hold the fire down on the target.

[ExAm]

the VADS also doesn't fuck up your trajectory as much as the ZU-23.

[Warsaw]

If only the AAA fired like it did in the first game...burst mode is a killjoy.

[Amit]

My preferred method for shooting down helicopters in the AAA. It's less headache if you learn to lead the target. Lots of things in this game are a killjoy, especially the 10-round M14 Magazine. In-game it still has the size of the 20-round mag. It's all in the name of balance and to be honest, I can gripe, but I agree with it. A 20-round M14 and full auto ZU-23 would be OP.

[Warsaw]

Definitely. Same reason the PPSh in BC2: Vietnam has only 25 rounds in the 71-round drum (though they could have used the box magazine instead).

They balanced the ZU-23 in BC1 by giving it a quick overheat. You had to burst it on your own to keep it firing.

[ExAm]

My preferred method for shooting down helicopters in the AAA. It's less headache if you learn to lead the target. Lots of things in this game are a killjoy, especially the 10-round M14 Magazine. In-game it still has the size of the 20-round mag. It's all in the name of balance and to be honest, I can gripe, but I agree with it. A 20-round M14 and full auto ZU-23 would be OP.

The ZU-23 is already OP. It was balanced for sluggish console controls, and the default allowed sensitivity in the ingame config. I and many others crank ours up by editing the config files, so it's fucking godly against air if anyone manages to reach it. I deal with it by reducing it to a couple missiles' worth of health and firing a couple at it if and when someone gets on it, but it's still fucking infuriating. I'd be fine with it if it didn't kick your aim around so much.

[Warsaw]

Kicking the aim around is precisely what makes it useful. If a VADS and helicopter are shooting at each other, the helicopter will win every time because the VADS is a sitting duck. AAA stands a chance because it can actually defend itself.

Helicopters strafing around the map and then running home when they get shot with a rocket is also fucking infuriating.