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Subject: Banshee Flying?
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Is the proper and best thing to do while driving a banshee, to just stick straight to the ground and go after people? Everyone I've seen driving it, does this, but it seems like the risks outweigh the benefits. Sure its easier to shoot people, but it seems that people can steal it from you easier, and you are also much more vunerable to things like grenades and rockets.

What is your opinion?

  • 07.16.2007 11:08 AM PDT

No Way. If a Banshee is fireing at someone they can be boarded, stuck, or purely shot down. A banshee is a very weak vehicle when it comes to the amount of damage it takes to destroy it. A good dual welder can take a banshee down with 1 clip. IMO always fly high.

[Edited on 07.16.2007 11:13 AM PDT]

  • 07.16.2007 11:12 AM PDT
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Posted by: Fxt_Redwolf
No Way. If a Banshee is fireing at someone they can be boarded, stuck, or purely shot down. A banshee is a very weak vehicle when it comes to the amount of damage it takes to destroy it. A good dual welder can take a banshee down with 1 clip. IMO always fly high.


I hate the Banshee when I am getting shot by it and I hate using, but it is a weak vehicle. Use a Magnum and the Banshee gets shot down in a heart beat. Fly high like Redwolf states.

  • 07.16.2007 11:17 AM PDT
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I prefer to use the banshee likje I was a fly. Buzz around firing the odd shot rarely killing anyone and staying safe I just annoy the crap out of them while my teamates fill them with lead. The only time I use it agressively is to take out the wraih as you have to be a damn good shot to get a banshee with a mortar.

  • 07.16.2007 12:22 PM PDT

I try to randomize my movements as much as possible while still giving myself a good chance at hitting the target. The cannons do aim faster than the craft turns, so for a little while, you can be flying at an angle while still shooting someone.

It's also good to know when to back off. If someone knows what they're doing, they can put an end to your Bansheenanigans with a well-placed sticky or a few clips from a close-range weapon.

  • 07.16.2007 1:35 PM PDT

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The banshee is actually a very versatile weapon and you just have to know how to use it right.I wouldn't categorize their plasma cannons to be weakthough, if you're good and know how lead them towards a target they'll be dead pretty fast, and I know from large ctf games I've played in the banshee was used to take out tanks even if it were a scorpion. But I wouldn't suggest flying close to the ground, because of all the damage you can take plus being able to get boarded, I for one choose to stick to the air and only dive down to splatter people, plus you can flee much easier.

  • 07.16.2007 2:19 PM PDT