SUV camo pl0x.

http://i.imgur.com/VAi0VRc.jpg

Actually a Huey is on the cards right now, just want to see the player count to continue picking up a little more....

The armed little bird is a banned class in vanilla chernarus, we spawn the 6 man one.

This has been brought up before and has been shot down every time*giggles*. Any chopper with guns is too OP.

Just thought that you could add a UH-60 MEV this version of the blackhawk looks cool, goes fast, holds a lot of people, but it has no guns on it. This seems like a great helicopter to add in, and maybe, if people aren't annoyed (saying its OP), then a pilot operated m249 saw could be added to the front like the biplanes.

I think only issue with armed choppers is they can hover over players bases and destroy vehicles inside. Not sure how you could stop this unless putting in a roof building option or make it a bannable offence.

Still think that it would be more balanced to fight a UH-60 armed chopper than a plane. They are a lot more Vulnerable than bi-planes. You can fly low and be shot at and not be harmed in a bi-plane. It's unrealistic. Along with the fact you can spot players pretty easily due to the environment and landscape not rendering. I think they should be weakened or swapped out for a chopper. My opinion.

I agree with the UH60 from the testing I've been doing, I want to try and swap the guns for 249 SAW's still though but its looking like the likely candidate.

I see no problem with an armed chopper as we have armed planes, but yes being able to hover over every camp and decimate them is the reason we got rid of them a long time ago. I might try mounting a SAW on a little bird like we have on the plane now purely because it would require more skill to aim with the pilot doing it. I have been looking into basebuilding changes too at the minute also.

I agree with this although if your going with the little bird option I think it would be more balanced to keep the miniguns on because of how weak it is.

AH-6J = Light armour + Minigun
An-2 = Heavy armour + 249 SAW

There also be more base raids because of how small it is. Landing inside bases. Obviously depending on base size. With a UH 60 you wouldn't be able to land in most bases and if someone parachuted in they wouldn't be able to get out. Ammunition would also have to be spent wisely on the AH-6J.

seriously? miniguns and armored helicopters? please dont ruin the server.

seriously? miniguns and armored helicopters? please dont ruin the server.

Yeah unfortunately that vehicle class + the gun is banned on vanilla chernarus, the classes which aren't without client downloads are somewhat limited...

If it is a gun it won't be anything higher calibre than a 249, and that's mostly to counter the people complaining about the planes having a gun on them. It's REALLY tough to blow a vehicle up with 5.56 rounds.

Personally I still want to see the UH60 with its guns disabled or swapped, I love how long it takes to repair and get that thing airworthy all the other choppers seem to have bugged repair mechanics on spawn. There's a lot of factors involved though I certainly can't just pick and chose choppers from ARMA at my own whim, and if I could it certainly wouldn't be one with miniguns.

As much as I love flying choppers in ARMA 2 it's never been what DayZ is about for me anyway, and honestly I've always thought that level of military hardware especially with gunners was totally out of place in the environment. Which is exactly why we have always spawned 1 or less choppers on here. If I do bring in any kind of chopper it certainly won't be at the 100% spawn probability that private hives these days all use (the dayz default for the huey originally had it spawn once up to every 2 weeks much similar to the little bird we have now).

As far chopper spawning, 2 weeks seems very extreme. Seems a bit unrealistic with all the care packages flying in and dropping goods as well. I think if it gets destroyed it should have a 48 hour max spawn cycle. It should spawn close between the South and East coasts and as far as Novy. Just to give bambies a chance.

I for one would want it to spawn away from the coasts and further north, preferably with a percentage chance to spawn in custom locations that are harder to find. "Bambies" don't need helicopters.

planes were removed form balota because of bambies...u dont want them destroying the choppers too. ive only seen cartell and mad camping cities killing fresh spawns. not saying no one else does it, but those are who i have seen do it multiple times. they shouldnt get rewarded with a chopper spawn near by.... go hunt for them up north where the real threats are

I'm pretty sure the plane spawns in NW of the map. It would be pretty silly to have the chopper spawn there too.

yes there is one even more south then bor (at least if im remembering map positioning properly anyway)