Battlefield 3 Weapons : Should The Javelin be nerfed?

[Kenadian]

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[Pentarix]

Seems like there is a lot of debate on this one. What do you guys think of the idea of nerfing the Javelin?

 

[Kenadian]

The problem is that you get onto maps where it's not just one guy Javelin farming, it's 2 or 3 which pretty much takes all the vehicles completely out of the game (except Jets).

A really good pilot with all the unlocks can probably survive a bit longer but those of us without all the heli unlocks and flight hours suffer greatly.

I'm really on the fence about it's power toward air but it can take out a tank that is not at full health in one blow and I find that ridiculous especially given all the ground clutter that IMHO should break the lock a bit better than it currently does.

I'm sure this topic sees plenty of debate because the air farmers think it's too powerful, the IFV and Tank Drivers such as myself think it's too powerful however but infantry only players probably think it's balanced fairly. I can actually see their point as well because nobody likes playing a round being raped from the sky which happens a lot on some maps like Wake and Kharg Island.

I love LevelCap and his videos but this one in particular shows you just how much a heli can dominate on wake which would likely be made worse by nerfing the Javelin:

[video=youtube;Hm6hsMWH278]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm6hsMWH278&feature=related[/video]

 

[mondo]

I don't think anything needs to be changed. A javelin or any laser guided weapon requires 2 people to be involved (unlike the rape train that is a plane). In a vehicle, one person has to substitute a weapon for a designator and the guy doing the killing needs to equip that laser guided weapon.

One without the other is useless, so that javelin guy without designation can't do squat and the tank guy with guided missiles, without a designator, is pointless.

If people want to fight against laser designated items, they need to take reactive armour, stealth, IR smoke.

Another point is, if Javelins were not the only infantry items that could take down a plane then no so many would use them. Basically heli pilots are used to racking up 20 kill streaks and want to continue and don't like it that they can be shot down.

 

[mondo]

I love LevelCap and his videos but this one in particular shows you just how much a heli can dominate on wake which would likely be made worse by nerfing the Javelin:

I think we've solved this issue. Guided missile tank! Wappy and I shot down about 10 helicopters in a row yesterday. It was awesome.

 

[Wapwap]

I think we've solved this issue. Guided missile tank! Wappy and I shot down about 10 helicopters in a row yesterday. It was awesome.

Yeah! That was pretty epic. I wish we would have made a video of that.

Funny thing was the fly-guys started complaining at some point, how easy and overpowered guided shell is. Plenty of times its the jets/choppers that have the overhand in the game.