[SPOILERS] Best way to fight the attack helicopter?

[Maniachanical]

For the one level on Hollowrock, where you have to hack satellites while being hunted down by an attack helicopter, I was wondering how you guys went about taking it down. I've tried firing rockets at it, but none of them seemed to connect; eventually I ran out. I guess I'm a bad shot. I just went ahead and completed the whole level without destroying it.

[Dervish]

I don't think you can actually shoot the helicopter down, its more about evading it and using the buildings for cover.

[Mike Snowpants]

Originally posted by Maniachanical:

For the one level on Hollowrock, where you have to hack satellites while being hunted down by an attack helicopter, I was wondering how you guys went about taking it down. I've tried firing rockets at it, but none of them seemed to connect; eventually I ran out. I guess I'm a bad shot. I just went ahead and completed the whole level without destroying it.

Yea the rockets don't do anything to it. I ended up just throwing pipe bombs away from where I was going to run next

[sc0rpion]

This level is utterly insane because whenever you get shot your character slows down. Complete incompetence by the devs.

[Greniza]

Using a combination of being able to see where it's looking, in its searchlight, lets you time your movement so that you can beat it. It requires timing, and knowing when to act.

[Doctor Fudge]

Originally posted by sc0rpion:

This level is utterly insane because whenever you get shot your character slows down. Complete incompetence by the devs.

Don't get shot.

[Maniachanical]

Originally posted by sc0rpion:

This level is utterly insane because whenever you get shot your character slows down. Complete incompetence by the devs.

Have you ever heard of tactics? You're not just gonna run long distances out in the open from a set of guns and a rocket launcher. Remind me to bring you into the next firefight I get into, and we'll see if you slow down any after getting shot.

[Dervish]

Originally posted by sc0rpion:

This level is utterly insane because whenever you get shot your character slows down. Complete incompetence by the devs.

Yeah being shot will do that...

[Doctor Fudge]

Originally posted by A JANITOR:

Kinda why I disabled the helicopter in the game files
Oh so much fun without being shot at
Nice if there was an option to make the helicopter less aggressive in a difficulty setting like easy normal and ultimate torture especially with the mission timer vs side objectives

If only there was NPC security guards hunting me grab a shotgun and blow Thier pixelated brains all over the place or set fire to em n they run for water but as long as they still have arms n legs they can still shoot you
Like fighting a voxel terminator robot
It would be nice if we could also shoot down the helicopter as well as fly it and shoot missiles at the buildings or just crash the helicopter into a building but Said helicopter take a lot of damage before it can be defeated
If we could fly the helicopter combine it with the crane and the rocket launcher and a machine gun
we could do some interesting stuff if the helicopter could lift things like that crane can

Imagine a voxel terminator robot that can put itself back together again just when you think you blew it up n it comes back to continue torturing you???
Too bad said terminator has a fire torch and arson is its favourite hobby but so is the guns it can shoot me with and it likes to dismantle the planks you place
Challenge and variety so one doesn't have to delete the helicopter script
Even if I shot down the helicopter something else is hunting me so it's not too easy but not too hard in the getting repeatedly killed department so one doesn't rage quit

I like the helicopter but it's too aggressive vs walking slower and slower as it kills you too much not being able to run away from it n have more fun while it chase after me so I can play chicken with the helicopter instead of just dying everytime it shoots you then the helicopter has more time to shoot holes in buildings so it can still shoot you before you complete the mission

Unfortunately I can't use a satellite dish as a shield or a lump of bricks or a metal door I disabled the helicopter from shooting bullets but it still killed me
I wanted the helicopter to stay but it was so annoying I had to delete the script that makes it chase you I couldn't slow it down enough so I could enjoy being shot at??

Still it's early access so imagine what new missions and new maps or what happens if modders spice up the atmosphere in the future:)
NPC enemies would be great but not too many

Tactics yes but it would be nice if one could have a little more fun with the helicopter!
It would be cool if I can steal the helicopter especially since we can already steal cars n who says police helicopters don't come after you if you steal a helicopter?

I can appreciate that perhaps there should be a level, possibly a future level, where you fight the chopper. However, the suggestion that the chopper should be changed in the mission that currently exists is just ridiculous to me. I liked having to work out the most efficient path through the level in such a way that would give me adequate cover from the helicopter.

I managed to figure out a path myself that saw me never getting hit once, with some creative use of pipe bomb distractions.

[Dan loeb]

all you have to do is throw an explosive device towards somewhere else, pipebombs etc.

when it detonates, the helicopter inspects it. you could also try building a shield or making a box you can crawl around in. I have not tested these two methods, but there's a heavy metal door that might work really good to stop bullets (but not missiles) being shot might be scripted and not actually hitscan right now though, so shields might not work at all.
but portable cover made from the level, that could obscure line of sight, you could try that if throwing a pipe bomb and running is too hard to do.

[sc0rpion]

I don't think it's necessary to delete the helicopter from the game. It's bad enough extending the time limits. I recommend changes like increasing player health or removing the speed penalty when you get shot.

There should be some way to save though in the ending chase sequence. I didn't even die once doing it but I can see how it would be a problem for a lot of people. I ran through the trees and every little branch stops you.

[doug]

Originally posted by sc0rpion:

This level is utterly insane because whenever you get shot your character slows down. Complete incompetence by the devs.

Is it incompetence when they plan to do something and it is implemented perfectly and you think they were wrong for making that decision? If so I guess you are right but that's not what incompetence means.


This mission is hard but it's obvious that it's meant to be

[PurpleXVI]

I just want to chime in and say I had fun with this level as it offered some variety. Occasionally the chopper AI felt a bit unpredictable, in the sense that I couldn't really tell what it was reacting to when it sometimes decided to leave me alone so I could skitter to the next cover. Possibly something to make that more obvious, since some folks here are pointing out that explosions distract it, but that never even occurred to me.

Made it even without that, though.

[Nezzy]

Originally posted by Maniachanical:

Originally posted by sc0rpion:

This level is utterly insane because whenever you get shot your character slows down. Complete incompetence by the devs.

Have you ever heard of tactics? You're not just gonna run long distances out in the open from a set of guns and a rocket launcher. Remind me to bring you into the next firefight I get into, and we'll see if you slow down any after getting shot.

people who say ♥♥♥♥ like this when talking about about games with little to no realism really piss me off

[evanloohaklm]

Originally posted by Nezzy:

Originally posted by Maniachanical:

Have you ever heard of tactics? You're not just gonna run long distances out in the open from a set of guns and a rocket launcher. Remind me to bring you into the next firefight I get into, and we'll see if you slow down any after getting shot.

people who say ♥♥♥♥ like this when talking about about games with little to no realism really piss me off

They irritate you so much that you revive a three year old thread?

[Doctor Fudge]

Originally posted by evanloohaklm:

Originally posted by Nezzy:

people who say ♥♥♥♥ like this when talking about about games with little to no realism really piss me off

They irritate you so much that you revive a three year old thread?

Without adding anything of substance to the conversation as well.