Pilot - wait for me!

[ArMoGaDoN]

I wish that folks wouldn't shoot at helicopters to get the pilot's attention.

ESPECIALLY the idiots that think by shooting at your helicopter to say 'wait for me' end up damaging you or causing a fuel leak that renders your takeoff completely voided. ***Real great when your lift-off is already in enemy territory and you are already evacuating folks onboard.
I've even had folks shoot me through the windshield (accidentally AND intentionally) when they have done this.

Get a brain guys, if you're too lazy to type 'WAIT HELO' or 'WAIT BHAWK' then don't expect me to be any less lazy when I fly off without you because anyone that shoots at me, endangering myself, my aircraft and my passengers deliberately, sure as hell ain't on my friends list.

Enjoy the walk.

[Nutty_101]

Laugh, I just go land on top of them if they do that.

[Frederf]

You know they might be shooting at the helicopter to fix the bug where they appear dead until you register a small amount of damage on it.

Then of course they could just be shooting instead of making a text message stating clearly that they wanted a pickup. One of the better ways to counter act this is to:

1. Announce when you'll be leaving and your intentions before taking off.

2. Lift off a few meters and gives a quick turn to look for any yokels that are only not getting the hint. A quick pickup of these people saves some trouble.

3. Make a speedy get away in a deliberate manner. If you can spare the fingers typing something like "I'll be back in just a minute for the next load" helps calm their worried mind.

A few M16 rounds are unable to cause a fuel leak in a helicopter unless it's on the edge of losing fuel already.. The fuel leak happens at a certain damage threshold.

[svendejong]

we used to nicely hand these folks a shiny boot.
Only a complete retard shoots a chopper to get the pilots attention.

[MEDICUS]

@ June 13 2007,12:32)]we used to nicely hand these folks a shiny boot.
Only a complete retard shoots a chopper to get the pilots attention.

I just can double this.

And do you really think, that people that act like this will read this forum?

MfG Medicus

[Hund]

Frederf has a point tho, shooting the helo (preferably with your sidearm, as to not cause as much damage) is a known workaround for the dead bug. If that is the case, I'd be the first to pump a round into a dedbugged helo.

On the other hand, people who shoot perfectly functional helos are in the wrong - of course. Dunno if the ded bug was fixed in 1.08?

[Schku]

Some guys out there has a loose nut in their brain or something. Played evolution the other night, had the best ranking on the server and finally i could use the AH-1Z. Some idiot jumped in as gunner, but i didn't want him and told him to get out on the vehicle channel, he refused. So I jumped out and took the other Cobra, then he pulls out his M136 and Blasted me to peaces.

[svendejong]

Quote[/b] ]Frederf has a point tho, shooting the helo (preferably with your sidearm, as to not cause as much damage) is a known workaround for the dead bug. If that is the case, I'd be the first to pump a round into a dedbugged helo.

ok fair enough, buy anyone with a brain would inform the pilot and others in his team that he's about to take some potshots at a vehicle before actually doing it.

[ArMoGaDoN]

true enough pre 1.07 the dead-bug helo. ***but this is still happening 1.07-1.08. ***@MEDICUS - I can HOPE they read the forum at least :D
Oh, and @Frederf - ever tried typing with your third-hand while other two hands are on the stick and throttle?
I tried to train it to type a while back, but it refused :P

[Frederf]

@ June 13 2007,06:04)]

Quote[/b] ]Frederf has a point tho, shooting the helo (preferably with your sidearm, as to not cause as much damage) is a known workaround for the dead bug. If that is the case, I'd be the first to pump a round into a dedbugged helo.

ok fair enough, buy anyone with a brain would inform the pilot and others in his team that he's about to take some potshots at a vehicle before actually doing it.

Now that 1.08 is along I haven't seen the dead-helo bug yet. But back in 1.07 during the BF2-style Evolution missions I stopped warning about the shot into the helicopter and just did it. Everyone knew that 1 bullet into your helo meant a bug fix. It also doesn't matter where you shoot it as long as you don't hit a person.

Quote[/b] ]@Frederf - ever tried typing with your third-hand while other two hands are on the stick and throttle?

I commonly craft whole paragraphs of grammatically perfect text, order AI around on the map, etc while flying. I wouldn't recommend this for everyone though as a lot of people have problems with crashing helicopters. To get around this it's easy to type your message BEFORE you leave the ground, select it, cut it to clipboard, then you can say that one message with a simple chat, paste, send.