way to kill Icarus flyers easy!

[RoboDuck]

some people seem to have some problems with hitting the Icarus... well I suppose that's true for most weapons especially if they don't damage alot

well a really easy way to take them out is go in a titan tank, then try to get them to fly near a big wall, building or a tree then fire on the wall/building/tree and the explosions kills them in one shot! especially trees could surprise them:D

P.S I have only played about 40 minutes yesterday and killed 2 Icarus guys like that^_^ tried that as soon as I found MG on top was useless for killing em....

[k0z4k]

Another easy way to kill Icarus flyers is using plasma mortar/ Rocket Artillery. You must only aim icarus using binoculars and wait.

[gamma]

the way i found best to kill them was,if you have a rl wait untill the begin to fall charge up the rocket fire it at the ground and boom,its explodes. you can also do this with a grenade

[mf-]

I haven't killed an icarus yet... :(

[RoboDuck]

I haven't killed an icarus yet... :(

aww cheer up:p

hmmm I don't see alot of Icarus falling to the ground... and if they do they don't do it anywhere near me... I mostly stay on top of buildings anyway where they can't reach me:p

[Sameo]

Easiest way I've found? The jeeps turret... i hold down the sprint key (For the jeep boost) charge right into it, grab the turret and spray for my life :O It's a gamble but you usually catch em' by suprise

[Ifurita]

Sniper are good anti-Icarus weapons too. A single round (at full damage) from the GDF sniper rifle does 150 points of damage, the Icarus only has 160 points of health

[NoControl]

Scoped GPMG is pretty good too.

[RoboDuck]

Scoped GPMG is pretty good too.

yeah noticed that to... best if they're some end away and you can go prone for best accuracy... tried doing it with one nearby and then decided to run away quicly cause I lost sight of him and didn't feel like tasting some stroggy bombs:rolleyes:

[.Dark]

While constructing the EMP Generator compotent engineers should have placed AVT's at the new spawn, the forward most river building still within GDF build territory and the sniper hills. These will drastically reduce the effectiveness of Icarus flyers and limit them to the more central parts of the map, where a lone Rocket Launcher can have a field day.

If you come across an Icarus flyer who won't leave you alone you should preferably just head towards team mates or a nearby AVT. They can't touch you, if your strafing is up to scratch. Make sure you:

(a) keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn't remove the Icarus and try and shoot you while your back is turned and

(b) for the love of god don't waste your ammo on him unless you're a field OP.

One of the simplest tactics in this game is to pester a GDF player into wasting all his ammo on you and then jumping out the Icarus to receive bacon...

[murka10]

sometimes when they stand still i can snipe them, but i usually try to be soldier, and so hard to lock-on them.

[Hakuryu]

My favorite tactic versus the Icarus is just using grenades. Most Icarus players are greedy for that stroybomb kill, and will land or be flying within grenade range. Just cook your grenade and and try to have it explode midair somewhere around them.

Hard to do, but works pretty well.

[daveh]

Best way to kill an Icarus is to not run away, but still keep out of the way of the stroybomb damage, then when he comes down to the ground pop him with a Shotgun/Nailgun.

I also only bother shooting down an Icarus I or my team are in an encolsed area such as at an objective. If moving from point to point you might as well ingore any Icarus' and conserve ammo/stroyent.

[Cr0wley]

If you've got Icarus' indoors, then the soldier's rocket laucher is very effective - the spash damage (no pun intended) usually kills them with a single shot

[Lekane]

sniper is the best way here, 2 shots if the icarus is ful, and one if he got involved in a fight hehe

Also sometimes i snipe icarus in their base, giving just one shot on each :D I know i'm nasty

[Gr3y]

Will be a lot easier to kill them when they fix the hit prediction.
Currently the Icarus moves a bit to fast to hit WITHOUT hit prediction.

But I've killed a lot of Icarus with the tank.

[Miscreant]

I was flying the Icarus alot yesterday and died almost immediately every time I got over the action. Looks like that vehicle is not a good choice for combat.

I've never taken one down tho, btw. :(

[-)G(-PunisheR]

Shotgun to the Face! Works every time.

[RotJ]

Easiest way I've found? The jeeps turret... i hold down the sprint key (For the jeep boost) charge right into it, grab the turret and spray for my life :O It's a gamble but you usually catch em' by suprise

How do you change positions in a vehicle? I haven't figured it out yet.

[stevo]

F is to changee positions....


as for the icarus....hit them with the sniper rifle then pop them with 2 rds from the pistol....easy as pie...

[RoboDuck]

once I ran one over with Armadillo >-<

uhm yeah that sounds strange... well it was more luck then skill:P was driving armadill to hilltop spawn and Icarus just landed there... drove it over along with the guy in it o.0 right through the bushes lol^_^

[Decon89]

Use the knife :D

[Nesk]

Engineer AVT... Ive gotten plenty of Icarus kills

[Schismatic]

Engineer AVT... Ive gotten plenty of Icarus kills

Dude, that thing eats Icarus for breakfast. :)

[gurgle]

I usually just ignore the stupid icarus. They cant seem to handle mobile targets very well.

[Brucewillis2]

Dude, that thing eats Icarus for breakfast. :)

Engineer AVT... Ive gotten plenty of Icarus kills

eh? the anti vehicle turrent? don't you guys mean the Anti Air. Didn't realise that thing would target them flying. MUST.TRY.OUT.TONIGHT

[krameriffic]

The Titan tank gun is a diesel anti-infantry weapon. The splash damage alone from it kills in people in one hit in a fairly large radius, plus the reload is faster than on most of the Strogg vehicles.

[RoboDuck]

eh? the anti vehicle turrent? don't you guys mean the Anti Air

there is no anti air turret>.< there is a Anti Artilllery Turret/Artillery Interceptor Turret

there are AA weapons though like for the Trojan Gunner and Rocket Launcher for Soldier can target Icarus

[david]

I tend to ignore most of the Icarus things as well, they usually suck at aiming with those stroybombs :p But, if there is one that actually knows how to aim those things, nade always works for me.

[Aegeri]

I usually just ignore the stupid icarus. They cant seem to handle mobile targets very well.

This is how I deal with it generally. I get fed up trying to shoot them (I play support classes so rarely have a rocket launcher handy :( ) and so I engage in this almost comical benny hill like chase with the sod. Not that they ever do much except follow me around, futilly throwing stroybombs that will never hit me.

[paZifist]

i also usually dont care about them. If they are in good sight on an openfield i sometimes sniper them. That rocks and must be extremly annoying :D

[Gr3y]

there is no anti air turret>.< there is a Anti Artilllery Turret/Artillery Interceptor Turret

there are AA weapons though like for the Trojan Gunner and Rocket Launcher for Soldier can target Icarus

The anti-vehicle turret is supposed to shoot down aircraft as well, not sure if it works though - havent noticed.

[t-readyroc]

The anti-vehicle turret is supposed to shoot down aircraft as well, not sure if it works though - havent noticed.

I've read elsewhere that it will indeed target the Icarus. Only challenge is getting a turret close enough to actually be effective :rolleyes:

[RoboDuck]

The anti-vehicle turret is supposed to shoot down aircraft as well, not sure if it works though - havent noticed.

yep it does... noticed that painfull couple of days ago when I was hopping around in my Icarus and then I suddenly had a lockon up my ass and got blasted by a rocket from an AVT not that long after:O

but I didn't mention that because the AVT is a turret and not a gun the player uses

[GreySquirrel]

i also usually dont care about them. If they are in good sight on an openfield i sometimes sniper them. That rocks and must be extremly annoying :D

Yep, sniping them is always fun. If you manage to hit one it takes most of their health away :D

[Cognito]

I usually just ignore the stupid icarus. They cant seem to handle mobile targets very well.Yeah just ignore them, keep moving and hopefully they will kill themselves eventually ;D. I could see them becoming a problem when serious players start getting scary with them though. At the moment it seems its one of the things that attracts new players at first and as a consequence they often seem to harm their team mates more than anything :(.

[gurgle]

I had a battle a 1 v 1 battle with an icarus last night by the tormentor. I easily was able to kill him, even with my pistol at the end. I think I only got hurt once from him stupid strogbombs. It is usually just not worth engaging them, but I felt like have some S & G's.

[PointlesS]

I agree with grenades...you can do a pretty good amount of damage with a well primed grenade

[Brinkman]

you have to lead the thing like a mofo

i'ts not worth the ammo of a rifle to destory them now unless they are like 1-2 hp left

[assassin]

Sniper are good anti-Icarus weapons too. A single round (at full damage) from the GDF sniper rifle does 150 points of damage, the Icarus only has 160 points of health

I was mucking around with a friend in warmup, but neither me nor him could take out the icarus with a sniper for over a minute and in an actual game we would have been owned by then. :p

Theres something a little off with the register at the moment though.

Titan and rockets is the best bet in the beta imo.

[paZifist]

I was mucking around with a friend in warmup, but neither me nor him could take out the icarus with a sniper for over a minute and in an actual game we would have been owned by then. :p

Theres something a little off with the register at the moment though.

i must admit it is really hard to hit them and it is more about "prediction" then "aiming"

[PariahMessiah]

Rockets would be great if the lock-on system wasn't so freaking touchy. But yeah I see lots of players that use the Icarus as a layer of armor with a built in level 1 engy unlock. I'd like the see the operator take a portion of any damage the jetpack takes just to fix that.