Lesser Panda

I agree to a point. I just cant imagine it being too difficult to integrate hoist functions so I'm not too terribly worried. If they truly can't add that feature I would honestly still prefer the Pave Hawk over others purely for the Improved navigation, FLIR, RWR, AR and Data link. Most army branch 60s would struggle in a lot of the combat environments people make in the game. The MH-60 may technically be a better helicopter for playability but I'm not as familiar with them with what variants had what. I'm sure it would also be harder to get some documentation on how they operate.

I'm sure if they were going to add the helicopter they would add the hoist as well. My point is even if you don't use it for CSAR it still has many uses and advantages over other versions. Many of the Pave Hawk's addons would be advantageous to the playability in the game.

That's not necessarily true. It can be very useful in troop transport, equipment lifting, scouting and dealing with light vehicles. With its datalink it can easily be used in coordination with A10s and capture areas. That would be far more difficult to do with most other versions of the H-60s. Along with the capability of aerial refueling and extended internal tanks it can have the same longevity of most other models it also has the convenient feature of the fuel dump. We all know some people need the ability to dump fuel mid flight because they loaded too much.

Just a friendly reminder on why the HH-60 would be the best helicopter to add to the game. The fact that A-10C pilots can text the 60 pilots makes it even more worth it.

The ability to CSAR/troop/cargo type missions with extended uptime and mid air refueling is what is needed in a heli for dcs. The HH-60 would be far better than others due to its Doppler navigation, Infrared, and RWR systems.

I agree that I also have a crush on the UH60, but I feel like the playability will be balanced out better with the avionics and refueling because of its already low combat capability.

I cannot describe how much I would fly this helicopter. The ability to CSAR/troop/cargo type missions with extended uptime and mid air refueling would be amazing. Seeing the tease for the Apache gave me some hope that we are getting to a point where they might be secretly developing a variant of the H-60. Edit: I would also prefer the HH-60 over others due to its Doppler navigation, Infrared, and RWR system.