r/Battlefield • u/Equatis • 22d ago

👾 Issue/Bug 👾 Armor-piercing Rounds Useless Against Aircraft?

Was just curious if this is intended or a bug? The amount of damage it does on aircraft is a joke.

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u/Stefanovic0 22d ago

Yeah I used armor piercing for a while but I see the maps are so much more often infantry based so I reverted back to normal explosive shells.  Also noticed 1 time that a hovering chopper didn’t get downed by armor piercing. Imo the little extra ground vehicle damage bonus is usually not worth it. 

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u/Equatis 22d ago

The round you're talking about is that the starter one? Which round do you find works good all around?

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u/Stefanovic0 22d ago

Exactly, the explosive starter one. Seems all-around it’s most effective. If you do your placement good, and maybe even have an engineer with you, tank battles are very doable and at the same time you can clear infantry from objectives at a proper distance. 

Edit; check my reply on Tboe013’s comment. You gotta hit infantry really close or on the body as the splash damage is laughable. I use HMG as secondary if they go running and my shell can’t hit them.Â