159_Archer Posted April 3, 2020 Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) I love the Hip but -because it was so easy to shoot down- didn't use it that much. However I took it into action last night (2/4/20) and not expecting anything, noticed some changes. It doesn't VRS so 'hard' but doesn't like being manoeuvered quite so vigorously. Feels more forgiving I think. And, with-out doubt it now takes punishment considerably better! Those who have used in a 'danger areas' know to watch for ANY threat as a well-aimed stone could bring it down. On the experience of yesterday it is more as it should be I think. I was hit by 3 good bursts from a BTR and it was only the last of those that started to cause issues. Hallelujah! We can get stuck in!:pilotfly: I did notice 'issues' with the command of certain weapons and flare dispensors -not looked at this yet but I had issues here that weren't there before. All-in-all, I like what I saw so far!:thumbup: BTW one of my squad collegues noticed some handling changes to his Ka-50 also -but I can't comment there. Edited April 3, 2020 by 159_Archer [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 159th Guards Aviation Regiment; recruiting now! http://www.159thgar.com/ We now fly all modern Jets and Helos
gorzasty Posted April 3, 2020 Posted April 3, 2020 Grim Reapers did a video about how bad the damge model is on Mi8. I hope it was fixed but havent seen any notification abot it in the patch notes. Mayby placebo or some kind of luck... Wysłane z mojego SM-G960F przy użyciu Tapatalka PC: i7 13700k, 64GB RAM 3600MHz DDR4, SSD M.2 Drives, RTX 4090, VR: Quest 3. VPC MongoosT-50CM2 Grip, VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Throttle, crosswinds rudder pedals, VPC panel CP3, WinWing PTO2
msalama Posted April 3, 2020 Posted April 3, 2020 in the patch notes Gladly, the patch notes have never mentioned every single fix and change released ;) The DCS Mi-8MTV2. The best aviational BBW experience you could ever dream of.
veenee Posted April 3, 2020 Posted April 3, 2020 Did you mean 'unfortunately'? :-) As it would be nice to know what has changed. So many modules, so little time... www.mikphotography.com
msalama Posted April 3, 2020 Posted April 3, 2020 Well yes, admittedly. But I OTOH kind of like the surprises too... The DCS Mi-8MTV2. The best aviational BBW experience you could ever dream of.
Grodlund Posted April 4, 2020 Posted April 4, 2020 That is great news! the damage model of the Mi-8 has been under the looking glass for a while now https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=226657 Glad to see that tweaks are coming. BST was never very outspoken. During the lifetime we rarely get any hints about changes to their modules. Their development cycle is even more so, behind closed doors. (as we can clearly see withthe Mi-24) Most of their releases has been more or less complete surprises :p "Your pumping days are over, Megatron!" -Optimus Prime "This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence" -Vyvian
159_Archer Posted April 4, 2020 Author Posted April 4, 2020 Just had another hour messing about in the Mi-8, and against troops -which easily shot you down with even only 1 burst from an AK- you can now stand and fight (only for so long though!) and I hovered and blazed away with my heavy door gun until the platoon shot me down -but not until I'd killed about 3-4 of them -that was about 30 secs of hovering action. I'd say that was about right considering I was about 1/2km away. Never would have got away with this before. Nice! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 159th Guards Aviation Regiment; recruiting now! http://www.159thgar.com/ We now fly all modern Jets and Helos
Kang Posted April 4, 2020 Posted April 4, 2020 Sounds good, I'll have to try that myself. Maybe it's not an Mi-8 change? Perhaps the ridiculous accuracy of the soldiers just got toned down a bit?
cordite Posted April 4, 2020 Posted April 4, 2020 BST has been talking about the Hind fairly often, just not in English.
159_Archer Posted April 4, 2020 Author Posted April 4, 2020 Sounds good, I'll have to try that myself. Maybe it's not an Mi-8 change? Perhaps the ridiculous accuracy of the soldiers just got toned down a bit? That might be true, but I know from much experience that just a few hits caused death before, whereas now you can take far more before getting clobbered. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 159th Guards Aviation Regiment; recruiting now! http://www.159thgar.com/ We now fly all modern Jets and Helos
BaD CrC Posted April 5, 2020 Posted April 5, 2020 That's pretty good news for the Hip. Our pilots were starting to avoid this chopper during our combat missions because it was the weakest of all when it came to surviving light fires, and during a heated assault landing in a hot LZ, you kinda get a few of them trough your cockpit. Hope to see the Mi-8 back in higher numbers now. https://www.blacksharkden.com http://discord.gg/blacksharkden
paco2002 Posted April 7, 2020 Posted April 7, 2020 I haven't tried since last patch, is embark troops working or is it still broken? Thanks, Bonzo :pilotfly: Broken
Grajo Posted April 9, 2020 Posted April 9, 2020 Broken Hi, BIGNEWY said like a week ago about the topic: The team have this reported, and was ready, however we found another issue that needed to be merged before we could fix this one. I hope it will be ready for the next patch. Thanks Fingers cross, wouldn't it be great that we get this patched by this Friday? *We have around 4 different posts about the same topic :]. Seems that ED is listening Link to my MODs - So far...
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