when my team is already owning the enemy except for the objective where the commander will call upon the gunship (as you have commented about numerous times)...
I will point the nose toward the gunship and have my gunner TV missile the gunship or if he is piloting I will send that gunship some TV missile love. it's not as big of a threat or nuisance you have made it out to be. like you have said, the CTE patch will tell what happens but it's not that big of a deal. DMRs are more annoying than a gunship
Ask the folks on the server, I reckon most will tell you the gunship and uav is as much of a threat and nuisance as I've made it out to be.
Mex, I'm not arguing that the gunship doesn't die easily, sure a couple TVs, and some attack boat anti air bursts will take it out... everything in this game gets destroyed easily enough with the right weapon, gadget, or vehicle; rather it's the respawn timer of the gunship, or namely, the lack of one - it's ignoring the server setting for vehicle respawn delay %, that is the sticking point. Also, I do game on CTE, and it does not correct the issue adequately. The timer on CTE is set to start when a gunship spawns in, not when it is destroyed, every other vehicle in the game has a respawn delay timer that starts the moment the vehicle is destroyed, as should be the case.
And gunship is not the main argument, UAV's scan radius was not implemented properly in terms of the diversity of the map sizes found in BF4, and with UAV radius not being dynamic based on map size; on the TBG all map conquest server this becomes an issue on maps such as metro, locker, flood, hainan, zavod, peaks, and market.
Anyhow, go ahead and talk with folks on the server, the majority will let you know they are glad to be rid of commander mode, and that the game is wholly more enjoyable as a result.
Play several rounds on the server and you'll realize how so many strategic and tactical options are available now that your not being constantly revealed by a UAV or gunship passengers, or getting bogged down on a singular objective the entire match in an effort to secure a gunship asset.
So... I think I'm beating a dead horse here, everything I have to say about commander mode has been said and then some in the previous posts. See you chaps in game.
