At first - on mp beta i played ~200 non-ranked games. The were lots of arty or spam with helos\arty. that was not a problem. Now i found 1 great weapon of destruction, and in 10+ games no one countered it. On start build Kiowa Wr. with 5 rank(280 points). and go with it killing enemy's command wehicles. 5 stars give it 72% accuracy on maximal range of hellfire shot, so flak art is not a problem. Exeptional optics give it areat range to find threat and avoid it. 1 kiowa kills 4 com cars by 1 flight(800+ points). Most battles (1v1,3v3,4v4 finished less then in 10 minutes)
So i think now it's best tactic to win in present conditions of game(non ranked of course). What do you think about that?
P.S. sorry for my english.

One hit from a BUK and you're still dead. 280 points spiralling towards the ground. With 4.5km range even exceptional optics isn't going to see one on the edge of a forest until it fires.

Furthermore enemy command vehicles are often in forests. You won't be able to spot these from 2.8km out unless they're badly placed. Might work against people who don't bother to protect their command vehicles, will be a massive waste of points against anybody who does.

... ^ What he said.

yep, 1 buk and 1 recon vehicle plus command car in forest. how much cost this defence on 1 sector? you spend it to defend from air, i can spend this points for land vehicles and move by ground.
And this tactics works ok in non ranked, fighting with good gamers is wasting points, of course. Bu now it works wery-wery good. AND! Pact has no same helo with fire-and-forget missle, and this is bad(

P.S. 1 question, i didn't find answer - Radar guided SAM. need it to have visual contact when aiming, or you can place your Buk deep in forest and it will detect and fire any air target in range of missle(4800m)

Unless something has gone rather badly wrong you should see the Kiowa well before it starts picking off command vehicles. From there it's easy to counter.

lol

I love the kiowa, but the Kiowa Warrior I tend to use as a tank destroyer... meaning I have to knock out 2-8 tanks (depending on type and vet) to break even.

I also find that the dreaded BUK, or even a well-placed tunguska, can pretty much end the warrior's day. It also has a tendancy to "overkill", with the missile lock on time being low, and the range being high. I usually waste 1 missile when it launches two at a t-62.

Tank destroyer duty should be handled by the 2nd cheapest cobras, or even better, TOW jeeps (hard to detect being "small") or ATGM crews (even harder, "very small")

I rarely find myself going armor-to-armor as NATO vs. Pact unless they broke through my line and are out in the open.

The funny thing is, the 280pt Kiowa Warrior, even if it killed the command vehicle first will lose out in a points trade if it's shot down after getting the kill, no matter what the command vehicle is except for a chopper. You're better off just sending in 4 gazelle cannons which have a better chance of getting the kill by getting past the AA if you know exactly where the command vehicle is.

I use a Kiowa Wr. almost every game. I don't vet mine, but it always kills one or two command vehicles in the first rush. It is so nice when it is the first vehicle in a convoy coming down the road. . .

Think about, and maybe, put recon and AA in the front of the convoy, seeing as how that will help the most.

Its not OP, its 140 pts, and like someone else said, one shot from a BUK does the trick.

I love this heli Its great for spotting a rush, and inflicting some casualties before contact. But I'd be hesitant to throw away such an expensive unit in an attempt at command assassination.

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