VTOLs vs AA Balancing 0.4.3

[=KoS= Tripod]

Make them into little Apache gunships. Remove their ability to fly above, I don't know, 400 or 600m AGL, remove their ability to aim straight down and fire (at least, not without plummeting earthwards). Reduce their armor (but keep the lack of heavyK multipliers) but give them stupid loadouts. An RAC-2, two MRM-10s, and two one-shot TBolt-5s. No NARC, no TAG.

I think that'd be fun as hell

That would be awesome!

They'd need more armor IMO, but I've only used them with the wrong multipliers
They also might need a slight acceleration boost to dodge the amount of fire they'd get down there

[~SJ~NotSoCoolJ]

This thread was about the .4.3 VTOLs. Admittedly, they had too little damage multiplier against AA fire. It made them flying tanks. Something happened this go round and they got the full multiplier again (really feels like it doubled). As far as I know, they are not meant to be a one hit trick like they are now.

[VictorMorson]

This thread was about the .4.3 VTOLs. Admittedly, they had too little damage multiplier against AA fire. It made them flying tanks. Something happened this go round and they got the full multiplier again (really feels like it doubled). As far as I know, they are not meant to be a one hit trick like they are now.

I've noticed they drop like flies again, though a lot of pilots don't realize it and still fly them like they were tanks; did the change get in the patch notes?  I think I've killed more VTOLs with a Heavy Gauss Rifle in the last 24 hours than I should ever have been able to, given they're hovering directly behind me at a nice angle right now.

[=KoS= Tripod]

I read somewhere that Toth AND KingLeer gave them a damage multiplier, so it's twice as nerfed as it should be