best way to use jets with rocket pods?

[dustfang61]

anyone find them useless for most tasks and get shot down often in both MP and single player? how are you supposed to use them?

[DasaKamov]

They're pretty situational (and there's a reason they're so cheap). Unless the rockets are larger than 80mm and/or you carry a butt-load of rockets (like the A-10's 76 Hydras), they're pretty much only good for suppressing infantry or destroyibg isolated, unarmored artillery.

(That A-10 variant is capable of insta-deleting multiple infantry squads if left alone, though).

[dustfang61]

Originally posted by DasaKamov:

They're pretty situational (and there's a reason they're so cheap). Unless the rockets are larger than 80mm and/or you carry a butt-load of rockets (like the A-10's 76 Hydras), they're pretty much only good for suppressing infantry or destroyibg isolated, unarmored artillery.

(That A-10 variant is capable of insta-deleting multiple infantry squads if left alone, though).

i suppose those rockets pods are only useful for infry blops but i useally take care of those with helios becuase their much safer to use near AA unlike a jet that can get snipped without firing a single rocket

[Ahriman]

The only rocket pod planes I use tend to be those strapped onto an A-10 or the Su-25, and only in the opening play, as it gives them their best possible window to deal damage.

A side attack against Tanks tends to stun them, and as the unit AI doesn't automatically turn itself to face an attacking plane, the gun will finish off the enemy in one strafe.

But yes, unless you have undeniable air dominance where AA and Interceptors are gone, they tend to be rather extensive waste of points. The problem is their attack angle. The deep dive into the enemy line to fire the rockets, which in turn means they have to get in a comfortable range of enemy IR AA and Radar AA, which increases the accuracy of both tremendously to lethal effect.

[Foddster]

They should go back to how they were salvo fired in RD - otherwise, as above. Very situational and almost useless.

[thugnightly]

Leave them in the armory