Valkyrie Review/Gameplay(It's Better Than You Think)

[@acequat]

awesome review and nice squad action inside that vehicle man! makes teamwork look overpowered :P

[@eOliverr]

Wow this really made me think differently about the valkyrie. I'll be trying this with my friends for sure!

[@WinchesterLock]

Another 4-person squad composition that the outfit I'm in has found useful is to have the pilot as a medic with triage and a dedicated repair engie in the back, with the other two being engineer (gunner) & heavy.assault (rumble seat). That way everybody is getting passive heals in the back, although thanks to the recent update, it isn't needed as much, but it helps if running support role for moving folks from one fight to another (which often times end up injured at the end of a fight if no medics are around). Either way, I always bring the health regen implant for valk runs, as I actually enjoy being the dedicated repairman in the back. Plus, we like to keep the pilot in the Valk to keep spawn logistics going.

[@bobzone09]

I feel pretty accurate calling the Valkyrie the "Harasser of the skies" in that it is mostly useless, but given enough coordination can do some hilariously awesome stuff. And it's also INSANELY fun.

[@starcraft15237]

More like the flash.

[@simonspangler9169]

very good!! Thanks for that :)

[@HarmonicMage]

1:50 "Hold my beer" -kobe bryant

[@00Couger]

I think they've changed the CAS since this video was made, but I solo ESFs with it now. Also, with a scout radar utility it's beast mode in 1-12 fights

[@WhatIsOurLimits]

That horn xD

[@95l0uis]

Nice flying

[@thebrokenchessboard]

The 2 engies on the right, heavies on the left is exactly how I do it! It's nice to see someone defending the Valk for a change. The biggest problem with the Valk is finding dedicated crew who are willing to put the time in to be effective. It's not like a Lib or a Tank. Bad gunner? You die. Heavy not paying attention to ESF's? You die. Engie sleeping or chucking ammo packs on the Valk in a dogfight, even though you told him not to before take off? You die. Saying that, when everyone is doing their job it's a formidable foe, with the most rewarding teamplay of any vehicle. I'm bored of hearing, "It's rubbish" etc because people are selfish or lazy. Two traits that kill the Valk before take off. With the guns I agree too. I'll just defend the Helion slightly in that sure it's below average against air unless you can get close, but it's lethal against ground. So it's a good trade off. Ideally your heavies have damaged the ESF before finishing it off with the cannon. The VLG with max reload might be viable if you've got 2 good crews, 2 Valks. One Helion/Wyvern based running distraction on a ground target. The other covering air above the target with heavies and unloading VLG rockets from a distance. I say Wycliff, let those willing to put the time in to discover the Valk's secrets, keep her to themselves. They are the ones who deserve her afterall :)

[@alabammer5890]

two things, no medic in either the gun or pilot seat for TRIAGE? and could you post more straight gameplay of the Valk like the last 3m or so of this, I found it both informative and helpful to watch the tactics you were using so thank you.

[@WycliffSlim]

Triage is pretty worthless for the valk. With the resist changes they rarely take damage and if they do it's a simply matter to just redeploy. An extra engineer is never a bad thing though :D. And I probably will be posting some more raw footage.

[@MrTalk1011]

1:56 some helicopters can like the Apache

[@kierans5583]

The valk is op when used correctly, has the potential to wreck esfs, libs and galaxies. Just have 1 driver, 1 gunner, with two engineers and two heavys in the rumble seats. Me and my outfit did this it was so fun.

[@ronaldchan3080]

Your outfit is from which faction? Cause I find most battle valkyrie videos to be about striker heavies + valkyrie, and I'm doubting whether lock on launchers from NC and VS would work on the valkyrie too, u got any insight on those? Like Annihilator vs Swarm vs ES G2A launcher, how would it work on the valkyrie? Thanks :)

[@kierans5583]

+Ronald Chan We are NC. The trick is that the heavys with lock ons bail out of the valkyrie and lock on to the to things from the ground, they can then spawn back in the valkyrie when they want

[@ronaldchan3080]

+Kieran Boone that's indeed a cool trick! Thanks for the info mate will try it out! P.s. U guys use which launcher the most? I'm eager to know :P

[@kierans5583]

+Ronald Chan No problem! I think just the annihalator but the swarm could work also

[@DylanM25]

Nice one! The cas should (IMO) be a Copy paste of the Shredder, but with little to no armor damage, as well as a lower velocity. I'd give it pre-shredder-nerf splash damage to essentially make it viable. The VLG is.. meh. I'd just revamp them to have a higher velocity, as wel as be a guided missle at first, but if you pull the trigger again while the rocket is in the air, it'd be launched like a dumbfire, with a ~10-20% velocity buff. This makes you choose between being accurate and exposing yourself, or being less accurate and have the ability to duck behind cover. But that's just my 2 certs.

[@WycliffSlim]

That'd work too!

[@TeoZarkopafilis]

Awesome

[@charimuvilla8693]

I thought that the guided rocket one would be devastating in the right hands. 3 rockets to destroy ESF with that rate of fire if you learn where to lead. Also max zoom flying low and far away means no gravity drop. :/

[@UponGiantsShoulders]

"It looks sexy as hell" I think it looks like a boat, not an aircraft.

[@sixten7920]

I assumed it was just a matter of people learning to use it properly.

[@rindenauge3426]

Fire Suppression is much more useful than Logistics. You also can pick up your crew on the map...

[@WycliffSlim]

What you can't do is have them instantly respawn if one gets shot out, or quickly change loadouts, or restock ammo on the fly. At the moment Logistics is the only way to go with a crewed Valk unless you enjoy constantly stopping to give people more ammo or pick up crewmates that died.

[@rindenauge3426]

Sure, but Fire Suppression can be a real life saver. Logistics is just there to make things easier for you. And the valk is not supposed to fly with a crew most of the time anyway (except if you are in a defending position perhaps). It is there to pick people up and quickly drop them at the next capture point, so they can capture it, and after this you give them some support. The only person who stays all the time is just the gunner (and 1 engineer perhaps), and the gunner can not get shot out. And for respawning, that's what Sunderers are mostly there for. Sure if you want to play the Valk with some friends and just have some fun with them in the Valk, then Logistics is the way to go, but that's not really how this vehicle is supposed to be played (and it's mostly also less effective this way). I personally only use Logistics if the map is kinda empty and its hard to find people who could fly with me.

[@sk8ershanQC]

Yes helicopters can spin 360*

[@WycliffSlim]

They can't do barrel rolls and flips. I meant 360 degrees in any direction on a 3D plane.

[@WycliffSlim]

They can't do barrel rolls and flips. I meant 360 degrees in any direction on a 3D plane.

[@toml1446]

WycliffSlim Actually several helicopters can do barrel rolls and loops.

[@WycliffSlim]

Tom l Yeah, I actually found that out a week or two ago haha. I did not know that. Pretty awesome though :D

[@toml1446]

WycliffSlim oddly enough their are some big motherfuckers that can do it too. But if you are ever looking for a casual outfit let me know. I run with a pretty cool one on connery.

[@lunkexx]

Why not Composite armor instead of Stealth, Wycliff? Taking less damage helps engineers keep the valks HP up easier, correct?

[@WycliffSlim]

But what if by running Stealth I can keep from taking any damage at all? Even max'd out Composite is only 5% extra resistance. That will rarely make or break you.

[@Osama-so5tm]

except for the fact that if you have 4/6 people in their own esfs it immediately becomes much more effective at fighting. Even 2/3 libs with 2 people each would be better then one valkryie. No matter what it will never be good enough for combat, so the ground support must be added.

[@WycliffSlim]

As I stated. It's not efficient. But that can also be said for a galaxy. 5 ESF's will kill a 5/12 galaxy easily assuming equal skill. If you scaled vehicle power based on the number of people in them then the Galaxy and Sunderer would be the most powerful vehicles in the game.

[@xflamousz]

WycliffSlim a Battle gal with a decent crew can easily take out 3-4 esfs if they are average . a lib is a bit harder as the guns of it deal massive damage. Just my opinion.

[@starcraft15237]

WycliffSlim If the other 7 people in the gal had rumble seats.......................

[@raptorprophet3480]

Pelter rocket pods are so god damn useless...