What do flares do in bf3

In BF2 you can shoot down jets with shoulder mounted wpns so i dont see why it should be so dramatically different in BF3. The problem is the jets have too many flares if not unlimited I dunno I never fly them I leave them the people who know how and they reload too fast.

I spent the better part of last night just shooting at jets with shoulder missiles, and I barely hit any since they could just drop flares for every missile I shot. Keep in mind this is shooting at jets that are also dropping flares for other air-air missiles being shot at them at the same time.

I even intentionally 'juked' a lot where I would get the lock make him drop flares then not fire but he could still flare again before I got a 're-lock'. So the time to lock-on either needs to be a bit shorter, or the planes need fewer flares. The only real effective way I see doing it is having two or more shooters timing their shots so the first misses but the second goes out before the flare which is a pretty small window.

BF2 didnt have this issue mainly because they had anti air missile emplacements that had multiple missiles. So It was a lot harder to dodge a spread that didnt have to be reloaded super slow. In BF2 the challenge was to get the missile off before the plane turned on you and dropped a bomb or strafed you before you got a lock. In BF3 they can pretty much ignore the man portables.

Now i did shoot down a ton of choppers, they seem much better for that. Which i promise you guys i can do. More topics from this board Is there split screen mode? General 3 Answers Can the multiplayer mode play in offline? Tech Support 1 Answer Why won't the campaign load?

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So we thought the greatest fight scenes of all time deserves another look. Do we still like the picks we made back then? Or the categories we broke them down into? With flares, you can be more aggressive being able to fly towards the origin of the missile and get away with it. ECM forces you to be a bit more reserved and aware, but the payoff is good when you get to know how it works. User Info: namewitheld. In theory the ECM destroys incoming missiles but in practice this only works if the missile travels straight through the ECM cloud.

Basically if an enemy missile is inbound youre gonna get hit. Say I was using a stinger on a helicopter. Would It be more likely to hit them if I shoot ahead of where they are flying if they are using an ecm jammer? ECM Jammer is only good on choppers since its much more reliable at stopping in-flight missiles than it is on jets and its much easier to stay below radar.

Also, its a lot easier to land if you got hit anyway. IR Flares are superior in jets. And the bears what was left were cloaked in acid washed denim, and stately stones of rhine. IR Flares are a specialization featured in Battlefield Hardline.

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