I've found that when I try to fly a Valkyrie, it's the one doing the introductions. Introducing me to trees, rocks, buildings.... But yeah, it's basically the UH-1 Huey of Planetside 2.
Fun Valkyrie idea that Wrel has done before. Have a squad of 6, with 4 engineers with fully upgraded repair tools and flak armor in the rumble seats repairing. Make sure squadmates can spawn in if they die (Squad Logistics System, although I think if squad lead is pilot you might be able to still spawn. Correct me if I'm wrong). Here's my addition. Have a medic pilot and gunner, both with triage, to passively heal the rumble seat repairers. I also recommend composite armor. Good luck being shot down. It will take a while.
I love the valk. I never fly it anymore because even with changes, it just doesn't have a good niche right now. If they improved it's CAS abilities (With wing pods from ESFs, or had pilot operatable nose gun locked forwards) it'd have more viable use in supporting ground troopers, and could be used as an easy to fly CAS bird. The main problem is it takes two people, and you get less than half the firepower of an ESF, for a price that, while light for an airframe, is still heavy compared to what you get. They usually -are- cert pinatas. Every situation I've used the Valkyrie in, a Galaxy could arguably do better- from CAS to small squad transport. Also, Skyknights -love- valkyries- they will pounce on you knowing you have no way to fight back- and they will routinely kill you even if you have in air reps or A2A lock ons.
Watching you fly the valk actually reminds me a lot of the way I fly it. It's something I've really come to enjoy, which is probably part of the reason I've become one of the main valk pilots for my outfit (on the few occasions where we use them). I don't really have any additional tips beyond the ones that you covered in the video other than loadout suggestions, such as taking full stealth. Take that, fly low to the ground, and use as much cover as you can. As was said in the video, think of it as a helicopter, ala Huey style. You're meant to get in there quick, and hopefully without being noticed. Sticking around to cover squadmates isn't necessarily a bad thing, but always be mindful of the situation and get out of the area if things start turning south.
At the Flight Ceiling you are nigh impossible to get from land. You can just dismiss the eventual Burster MAX / Skyguard with a shrug and let your mates rain pizzas and C4 on enemies.
I find binding your pitch keys to your mouse buttons proves verrrrrry helpful. Also pitching down rotates faster and seems easier to track your bearings than pitching up (not sure if evasiveness plays any role with pitch but meh).
I only ever use them as disposable transport. The safe fall makes them great for doing fly-overs and bailing out as an Infiltrator. I think my un-manned valk actually crashed into a Lib one day, because I got the Lib kill and 2 kills about 15 seconds after I bailed.
I basically use this ship because it is cheap and expendable when I need to get my light assault somewhere to pop a deploy beacon and fake a crash landing. The ends justify the means when I'm deploying that squad beacon on top of a building where no one can see me.
I think one way to help get used to the feel of the aircraft is to use it as a sort of disposable transport for yourself. Stay low to the ground, and use your rolling and thrust to avoid the obstacles. Before you know it, you'll end up getting the feel for the aircraft.
My Valkyrie is bae. I'm glad you covered my favourite vehicle in a video like this, maybe now Valks won't be so underestimated. As for flying tips, techplants are a valkyrie's playground. Once you feel comfortable making sharp turns and rolls for spend some time flying in and around the structure of a techplant. Find out which holes you can and can't fit through.
Love your channel! If you could put in a word about balancing the air game I would love it even more! Being a Reaver pilot is a god awful experience. Constantly outgunned by ESFs that are smaller, fasters, and more maneuverable!
:O. this is more or less how I fly a Valkarie in a nutshell. although I would say flying very low is a good thing. when you stop you roll in the other direction momentarily to brake all lateral movment
I feel like the Valk has a lot of unused potential, and a few little tweaks and some additions could make it a fantastic vehicle. Firstly, it already runs out of puff at higher altitudes but I'd reign that in further. Beyond a few hundred metres I think the Valk should start losing speed and vertical thrust. Increase its resistance against small arms, flak and automatic weapons a tad as well. That would be to balance the vehicle in consideration of the following; All the weapons bar the Wyvern need a buff. The Rocket Pods need to be more inline with the ESF counterparts; The VLG needs a higher velocity with less splash (Pods for AI, VLG for AV); The Hellion needs either more damage versus vehicles or a higher projectile velocity so it can deal with air; and the CAS needs a RoF boost. These would make the Valk useful for more than a disposable transport vehicle. With the aforementioned buffs the turrets weapons would be powerful enough to make the Valk an actual threat and the increase in survivability would allow it to stay alive long enough to use those weapons. Now it can provide close air support as well as troop transport. Not as good as an ESF, Lib or Gal at their respective jobs but it fits a niche nicely. In addition, replace the airframes slot with a Valkyrie function cert slot. Uncerted, the Valkyrie is as it is un-certed now, but for certs one could unlock 3 utilities; Squad Logistics pack - 250 certs: Allows squadmates to spawn in and out of the Valk and drop safely. Battlefield Support pack - 500 certs: Replaces the rumble seats with AoE auto-repair and ammo-resupply for vehicles. This allows the Valk to support an armoured column and provide fire support. Fire Support pack - 1000 certs: Replaces the 4 rumble seats with 2 side mounted turrets, Drakes as standard with optional upgrades to; Bulldog; Fury; Kobalt; Walker - Or 2 more instances of the Valk's frontmounted turrets (Wyvern, CAS, VLG, Pelter etc.) I think adding in gen 3 ES vehicle weapons (Aphelion, Gatekeeper, Mjolnir) could be interesting but possibly OP. The above would allow the Valk to be a low flying, somewhat fragile but also potentially very powerful vehicle. It would retain it's flying characteristics so it'd still be very easy to use as a transport vehicle. But with a competent pilot and gunner(s) it would also be a very effective weapons platform or support vehicle, though still large, slow and fragile enough to be taken out with less effort than a Lib.
For those who want to learn how to use Valks as agile Gunships, find a forest and learn to dodge & weave among the Trees at Ground level! This will teach you everything you need to know about its amazing Thrust Vectoring capabilitys & will save your Butt later on, finding Cover in the smallest Corners!
Hey Wrel! I am a huge Valkyrie fan. I thought it might be interesting to add pilot operated ESF A2G wing pods to the Valk in place of rumbles/AMS abilities. (utility slot). Another thought would be to have an option to lock the nose gun forwards for pilot use. Apologies as I only got the ending comments after posting this comment the first time- that said, I had those ideas. I'm surprised you didn't mention the vehicle's quirky inertia/mass stats (And what happens if you throw ammo boxes inside of the crew bay and fly it., and how the valkyrie handles ramming other air targets!)
That locked gun idea sounds amazing. I can see that would be amazingly useful for those who just dropped there crew and are being attacked by enemy air. Rockets on top would make this not really a transport ship but a worse for ware ESF so don't fully agree on that one. But good idea with locking the gun, many situations would prove that useful.
2:37 is how i've been flying my gal for years XD you get forward speed, upthrust speed, and strafe speed :D valkyrie remains the only thing in the whole game that i haven't put a single cert into yet, i might have to give it a go now that it has had its durability buffed to small arms :D
I was just wondering if you guys have thought about adding trailers as in goose neck trailers for stuff like a bubble shield or a galaxy on wheels as in how many guns. Many instead of just 2 guns and a spawn point (sunderer) like 3 guns (one on each side of the trailer) or 5 (2 on both sides and 1 on the top) also you could use the trailer as a movable base as in when it's diploid it might take some time but eventually there is a machine gun (something like the engineers but a bit better and you could chose between witch gun) a Vehicle spawned that can only spawn a flash or something small like that or you could spawn an esf but I don't know how you could balance that so that you can't make an entire fleet out of one trailer. You could make it so that it can only make a number of esf's and to recharge that number you would have to go back the the warp gate or it you wanted to make it ammo it that fact that you would go to a tower or the same ammo tower at most bases to recharge it. The final thing is that you could uncouple the trailer so that someone else can use it and if you wanted to you could set it so that only your squad can. I hope you like my suggestion even though it is only a little bit over the top. P.S. For the trucks you could have it two player and have one as the driver and the other as a gunner on a gun on the truck or something like that.
+Wrel Hi Wrel Nice video! I noticed you had a something on your screen which said how many meters away whatever your cross-hair was that (when you were in VR at around 2:32)how did you activate that?
+Yusuf Hassen Week old comment so I assume you found out by now, but there's a rangefinder implant that functions out to 500m. I think it's a t3, but don't quote me on that.
For the loyal soldier camp promotion. I have logged in between those time frames but I just got another character in a different faction to BR 15 just yesterday, so the 30th will I still get the camo for him?
The Wyvern is unfortunately the best weapon in almost all situations but it is still an entertaining weapon to fly with since you can take on most things with it. One big issue with the Wyvern however is how low the ammo reserves are. You find yourself needing to resupply a little bit too often. My suggestion would be upping the cap of 600 to 1000 at least.
I often use the Val more like a dirt cheap personal transport, but the C4/tank mines bombing onto sundies from rumble seat is good fun. +Wrel Also, just a small question regarding flying. I found that if you're on a burning ESF, you can dive it down at an angle, jump out when you're extremely close to the ground and get no personal damage at all. Is it a bug or something to do with momentum physics in the game?
do you have a video on flight control keybinds? by default it doesn't matter what i do the aircraft spirals all the time when i try to fly anything but straight heh, there's gotta be better than default configurations.
Can't we all just agree the flying physics in this game is broken beyond logical sense? a Vtol flying upside down for better speed? What were they thinking?!
Besides you were not able to recover from falling with vtol like that and you would just crash. But if for example we have that powerfull and agile ships that can recover from that. Falling for speed makes sense. For example its main airplanes maneuver named „dive” to make some speed by loosing attitude. So it have sense. Besides having that good maneuverability for that kind of mashine.
As an experienced valky pilot, I say there is a problem with the valky weapons, specially the rocket launcher. Too slow and the damage is bugged. I recommend the default weapon its the most versatil one, the hellion for armor and the CAS for infantery. A good comunication between the pilot and the gunner is a must. The help of the gunner being engie or a third engie its a great for survivability. Use the rocks, trees and mountains to cover and hover around. The biggest threats are Heavy Assault with rocket launcher and Liberators, the rest you can resist with good evasion actions. And remember, you are not a fighter, you are a support for your team, as spawn point, transport and suppressive fire.
Ahhh, but when you have a TR valkyrie with a experienced crew with suitable weaponary, you can "support" your team by wiping out an entire air squad with it ;)
What should a Valkyrie target and what should it avoid, because even though it's a bit more durable than it used to be, I can't help but feel like it's still a Sky-Flash with 4 extra seats. (i.e. no use other than quick transport)
Requirements are: Pilot skill is 50%, gunner aim is 30% and 20% is picking the right encounter. Knowing when to engage, how to maneuver and when to escape is mandatory otherwise you are a cert pinata. Wyvern is good against everything; hellion is good against light armored vehicles and only dangerous when hitting heavy armor in the rear but only inside max damage range while it's amazing against liberators; CAS with thermals is a beast for infantry farming; VLG is fantastic if you hit the rear of a vehicle and has a good oak ability on infantry but only if you can compensate the horrible muzzle velocity; Pelters can be semi decent in vehicle hunting and has some infantry farming capabilities but only if you master the art of bursting. Mandatory loadouts is Fire Suppression, stealth (or composite armor if the area is aware of you) and evasiveness. We achieved all Valk guns auraxium mostly by playing a 2 man team.
the valk needs a little change. i think if the pilot had a nose cannon (not too powerful obviously) and some changes to the way they handle they could be useful. its a big target with little killing potential.
TheRadrussian1 the lib has a nosegun and generaly is the gunship of the two were the valkiery is kinda like a harraser that also lacks a weapon for the driver
The first weapon i bought for the Valk were the Rocket pods but they aren't as fun to use as i though they would be small mag size and only 2 additional rockets, and The rate of fire is questionable i think the Pelter Pods need an Rof increase as well as mag size increase.
The ROF is fine. Assume we're comfortable w/ damage, they need higher max capacity, faster reloads (3s/10 or 2.5s/8 is terrible), and higher velocity to mitigate the dropoff and allow for better bursting.
My PC can't play with a render distance over 500, unless I want to play with shitty fps. Soooo, is it possible to fly with 500 render distance without getting a huge disadvantage against other esf's or other flying vehicles? :3
Don't have a gunner and want to kill infantry? Just fly fast and close to the ground to get some roadkills. This also works over enemy ammo pads with lots of infantry.
It's actually quite funny that I was looking for a video like this 2 weeks ago when I needed some tips for the valk and what to buy.i eventually found nothing and spended 6k on the valk.but that's ok.
YoshiLikesCandy I do agree but with an expert ESF pilot trained in the art of valk-piloting you can pretty much dogfight 1v1 everyone (don't even try against LPPA/HA/Banshee users, those guns are broken and valk resistance against them is bugged). Also, I just noticed your videos so I think you know what I'm talking about. I wish we played TR, striker on a valkyrie is amazing. I'm seriously tempted to ask Khall95 to hop in Emerald a couple of times to see how's the air/ground game in a battle valkyrie.
wrel i need your help please, i have some questions for you what is your pc spec ? what is your fps recording and whitouth recording? do you have any issue like fps drop? thank you so match, this is for my new pc i need to know that buy haha! bye love you videos!
+Wrel Hi wrel i have been watching your channel for awhile and i just got back into planet side 2. A feature i think that should be added is the ability to build trenches / Dig trenches. PS: I play on ps4 please fix the servers and update it :) thank you please respond so i know you seen this comment peace
So I'm still earning certs and going through potential loadouts in the VR. Quick Opinion question: Would the VLG Missile Launcher be a good buy for the Valkyrie? It's basically a laser guided missile launcher and the Valk doesn't travel too fast to change targets that well. My opinion though, I've only been flying for a little while and am just getting the hang of it.
Definitely would not recommend the VLG right now. The only weapons that are 'really' worth using on Valkyrie at the moment, imo, are the default Wyvern and Hellion.
Alright, thanks.The only reason I chose the VLG was because of it's high damage output and that many of my shots from the Wyvern tend to miss or not register. I'll take you word for it though.
I would argue that the VLG has a viable role in some squad based ops, it's just very specific. If you're doing very coordinated high altitude Sundy/MBT busting with Light Assaults and C4, it can make the difference between killing several vehicles in a run and having to do several passes with 10 second redeploys in between. Drop your LAs in a tight group and let them drift to your targets, C4 them, and use the VLG to finish anything that survives while your LAs are redeploying. Rinse and repeat, and don't forget to screenshot the inevitable hate /tells.
I wish pilots could get shot out the cockpit battlefield style with a high power gun like the archer or a sniper. Brings some more av capability to the infiltrator. Maybe there could be a certification that gives bullet proof glass too
Wrel, I'd like to know your thoughts on the laser guided Valkyrie gun. (I cannot remember it's name to save my life, It's been months since I last played).
I just saw a video on the mittani codes for planetside 2, where you get a free knife, helmet and 1 day exp boost. Is it legit? The video included your name saying that you were telling people about this and reddit etc.
Could you do/recommend a guide for esf maneuvers. Epically with the proposed flight update I think some new tutorials would be nice. You make some of the best ps2 content out there I hope you decided to take on this topic.
wrel I got an email from planet side2 and it said that if you login you would get a free gun how do I get it because I have started up the game but no free gun
the Valkyries are great and good but I think it will be a horror for the enemy if it was supported with 2 lmgs in the sides (total of 3 turrets instead of 1) and if it was supportable to respown in it (for squads and platoons) if these features were added the Valkyries will be a nightmare to the enemy
mmhH not really, squads can already spawn in it and heavies can shoot from the sides, but it doesn't make it any more effective. what it needs is better nose guns and the opportunity to switch the rumble seats for side mounted weapons like rockets fired by the pilot or fixed machine guns. that way it could become a light gunship fitting a role between the fast but fragile esfs and the heavy and durable liberator. also making it the vehicle of choice for ground support would allow to take back anti infantry weapons from esfs and turn them into the air superiority fighters they should be
The Valk controls have always felt sooooo wonky to me. I am not an experienced pilot, but I feel that, even to skilled pilots, the Valk still seems to come across as "out of control". I love the look and functionality that it brings to the battle, though :)
+YoshiLikesCandy (Gabrielle Marin) in 2014 the Valkyrie had a well known bug about not extracting landing gear at least 60% of the times we tried to land.
Check out some vids on setting up your mouse. The binding of extra mouse buttons to pitch up/down made a world of difference for me. In all air vehicles, BTW, not just the V.
I actually have a harder time flying a Valkyrie than an esf. It's too wobbly and to me always feels out of control. Liberators aren't to bad for controllability but that's because to me at least they are a little sluggish.
I fly it a lot when I am online with my brother, it actually seems to respond better to third person flying than it does in first person. It takes a bit of getting acclimated to how the mouse behaves with the aircraft in third person but once you get it down it is likely you won't want to go into first person any more.
TBH if you're flying pitched down you're better off just using 3rd person. the only time I use 1st is when I need to stay parallel to the ground while I'm flying low. and even that's brief
Wrel pls do a video on the aphellion ppl do NOT know how to use the gun and it's annoying i literally have to go somewhere and show ppl how to properly use the gun adn they still do it wrong.
was trying this game out and was looking at the cosmetics and found something that made me a little annoyed. i live in Canada and was going to display my flag with pride. but come to realize for some odd reason compared to say the Brazil flag it was more expensive. i noticed this with other countries to. i feel like this is completely unjustified how come something as easy to put in the game as a flag is more expensive based off which country it is?
love the video, i fly with valk all the time and i do the whole pick up stragglers thing all the time. even i didnt know about the pitch down strength on the valk! nice flying i learned something. buff the valk nose guns plz landing the valk on anything besides landing pads and perfectly flat ground is IMPOSSIBLE, it has retarded legs VLG missle launcher is only good vs player bases.
I don't like the Valkyrie. I spent much certs in it... and it's bad... I learnt to fly but... Some ideas to improve them: make doors that the pilot can open with a key so there are protected against lockons. Maybe add 300 HP. There also should be a key to deploy the landing gear...
Hmm one correction i would point out is to fly not low but "out of sight" Cause the Valkyrie is slow in any direction and for anyone with some kind of decent aim you are target practice. Turret part was a really good thing to point out. But Frankly considering the place the valkyrie has ended up in. Turrets are all useless on it atm. put some certs into the basic one and well don't touch the others unless you are bored and want to have them for reasons. and now for why turrets are kind of not worth investing in on this thing. The Valkyrie takes damage from everything. It's one strong point is that it can deal with belly slides really well. However every single percentage on this babys health is valuable unlike other vehicles. Because not only does it take damage from everything it has low health and is so easy to hit it's deemed as some say the "cert pinata" because at launch when it was fresh and many used it. Tank drivers, Rocket launcher lovers, anti vehicle turrets users and you name it could/can pick these things out of the sky before one can react. So when flying engaging is the last thing you want. You are prey you need to be a ninja and hide with this thing. But when you get that good flyby and can almost hear the good old Vietnam movie music you love this thing sooooo much
It's hard to say. a valk with just a pilot and a gunner is easily out classed by a Lib. but then again a four to six man crew working together as a unit make it nearly unbreakable; though I'd have to question if taking so many people off the ground is worth the man power.
+Chris Townsend indeed, it can either be a nice big cert piñata or a crazy anti everything gunship depending on how many people you have in your crew and how trained they are
I've found that when I try to fly a Valkyrie, it's the one doing the introductions. Introducing me to trees, rocks, buildings....
But yeah, it's basically the UH-1 Huey of Planetside 2.
Fun Valkyrie idea that Wrel has done before. Have a squad of 6, with 4 engineers with fully upgraded repair tools and flak armor in the rumble seats repairing. Make sure squadmates can spawn in if they die (Squad Logistics System, although I think if squad lead is pilot you might be able to still spawn. Correct me if I'm wrong). Here's my addition. Have a medic pilot and gunner, both with triage, to passively heal the rumble seat repairers. I also recommend composite armor. Good luck being shot down. It will take a while.
2:25 : "Nose your face down",
I love u Wrel, you're the reason I fell in love with this game
Someone else who can actually fly a valk, amazing. Too many people just call it a cert pinata and never learn to fly it.
Come and pay a visit to Cobalt; here the Valkyrie is a fairly respected vehicle.
It pains me so much, I was the 23rd person to aurax it, and didn't pad it either like a lot of people did :/
+spearoflife empty turrets padding is pure cancer.
I love the valk. I never fly it anymore because even with changes, it just doesn't have a good niche right now. If they improved it's CAS abilities (With wing pods from ESFs, or had pilot operatable nose gun locked forwards) it'd have more viable use in supporting ground troopers, and could be used as an easy to fly CAS bird. The main problem is it takes two people, and you get less than half the firepower of an ESF, for a price that, while light for an airframe, is still heavy compared to what you get. They usually -are- cert pinatas. Every situation I've used the Valkyrie in, a Galaxy could arguably do better- from CAS to small squad transport. Also, Skyknights -love- valkyries- they will pounce on you knowing you have no way to fight back- and they will routinely kill you even if you have in air reps or A2A lock ons.
I am awesome with it
Watching you fly the valk actually reminds me a lot of the way I fly it. It's something I've really come to enjoy, which is probably part of the reason I've become one of the main valk pilots for my outfit (on the few occasions where we use them). I don't really have any additional tips beyond the ones that you covered in the video other than loadout suggestions, such as taking full stealth. Take that, fly low to the ground, and use as much cover as you can. As was said in the video, think of it as a helicopter, ala Huey style. You're meant to get in there quick, and hopefully without being noticed. Sticking around to cover squadmates isn't necessarily a bad thing, but always be mindful of the situation and get out of the area if things start turning south.
Valkyries are usually called "flying pinatha" across my outfit. You know why ;)
All the same for french outfit ! :D
The 'cert pinata.'
Coffin is my populair term.
People seem to like to fly them high in the sky like they're fightercraft. Skyguards and Bursters like to call those "lunch".
At the Flight Ceiling you are nigh impossible to get from land. You can just dismiss the eventual Burster MAX / Skyguard with a shrug and let your mates rain pizzas and C4 on enemies.
I find binding your pitch keys to your mouse buttons proves verrrrrry helpful. Also pitching down rotates faster and seems easier to track your bearings than pitching up (not sure if evasiveness plays any role with pitch but meh).
I only ever use them as disposable transport. The safe fall makes them great for doing fly-overs and bailing out as an Infiltrator. I think my un-manned valk actually crashed into a Lib one day, because I got the Lib kill and 2 kills about 15 seconds after I bailed.
I basically use this ship because it is cheap and expendable when I need to get my light assault somewhere to pop a deploy beacon and fake a crash landing. The ends justify the means when I'm deploying that squad beacon on top of a building where no one can see me.
I think one way to help get used to the feel of the aircraft is to use it as a sort of disposable transport for yourself. Stay low to the ground, and use your rolling and thrust to avoid the obstacles.
Before you know it, you'll end up getting the feel for the aircraft.
My Valkyrie is bae. I'm glad you covered my favourite vehicle in a video like this, maybe now Valks won't be so underestimated.
As for flying tips, techplants are a valkyrie's playground. Once you feel comfortable making sharp turns and rolls for spend some time flying in and around the structure of a techplant. Find out which holes you can and can't fit through.
This video encouraged me to give the other 3 air vehicles a shot because i haven't really used anything other than the ESF's
Love your channel! If you could put in a word about balancing the air game I would love it even more! Being a Reaver pilot is a god awful experience. Constantly outgunned by ESFs that are smaller, fasters, and more maneuverable!
:O. this is more or less how I fly a Valkarie in a nutshell. although I would say flying very low is a good thing. when you stop you roll in the other direction momentarily to brake all lateral movment
I feel like the Valk has a lot of unused potential, and a few little tweaks and some additions could make it a fantastic vehicle.
Firstly, it already runs out of puff at higher altitudes but I'd reign that in further. Beyond a few hundred metres I think the Valk should start losing speed and vertical thrust. Increase its resistance against small arms, flak and automatic weapons a tad as well. That would be to balance the vehicle in consideration of the following;
All the weapons bar the Wyvern need a buff. The Rocket Pods need to be more inline with the ESF counterparts; The VLG needs a higher velocity with less splash (Pods for AI, VLG for AV); The Hellion needs either more damage versus vehicles or a higher projectile velocity so it can deal with air; and the CAS needs a RoF boost.
These would make the Valk useful for more than a disposable transport vehicle. With the aforementioned buffs the turrets weapons would be powerful enough to make the Valk an actual threat and the increase in survivability would allow it to stay alive long enough to use those weapons. Now it can provide close air support as well as troop transport. Not as good as an ESF, Lib or Gal at their respective jobs but it fits a niche nicely.
In addition, replace the airframes slot with a Valkyrie function cert slot. Uncerted, the Valkyrie is as it is un-certed now, but for certs one could unlock 3 utilities;
Squad Logistics pack - 250 certs: Allows squadmates to spawn in and out of the Valk and drop safely.
Battlefield Support pack - 500 certs: Replaces the rumble seats with AoE auto-repair and ammo-resupply for vehicles. This allows the Valk to support an armoured column and provide fire support.
Fire Support pack - 1000 certs: Replaces the 4 rumble seats with 2 side mounted turrets, Drakes as standard with optional upgrades to; Bulldog; Fury; Kobalt; Walker - Or 2 more instances of the Valk's frontmounted turrets (Wyvern, CAS, VLG, Pelter etc.) I think adding in gen 3 ES vehicle weapons (Aphelion, Gatekeeper, Mjolnir) could be interesting but possibly OP.
The above would allow the Valk to be a low flying, somewhat fragile but also potentially very powerful vehicle. It would retain it's flying characteristics so it'd still be very easy to use as a transport vehicle. But with a competent pilot and gunner(s) it would also be a very effective weapons platform or support vehicle, though still large, slow and fragile enough to be taken out with less effort than a Lib.
For those who want to learn how to use Valks as agile Gunships, find a forest and learn to dodge & weave among the Trees at Ground level!
This will teach you everything you need to know about its amazing Thrust Vectoring capabilitys & will save your Butt later on, finding Cover in the smallest Corners!
Hey Wrel! I am a huge Valkyrie fan. I thought it might be interesting to add pilot operated ESF A2G wing pods to the Valk in place of rumbles/AMS abilities. (utility slot). Another thought would be to have an option to lock the nose gun forwards for pilot use. Apologies as I only got the ending comments after posting this comment the first time- that said, I had those ideas. I'm surprised you didn't mention the vehicle's quirky inertia/mass stats (And what happens if you throw ammo boxes inside of the crew bay and fly it., and how the valkyrie handles ramming other air targets!)
That locked gun idea sounds amazing. I can see that would be amazingly useful for those who just dropped there crew and are being attacked by enemy air. Rockets on top would make this not really a transport ship but a worse for ware ESF so don't fully agree on that one. But good idea with locking the gun, many situations would prove that useful.
Always try to keep air fights low to the ground. That allows for you to use your mobility to out maneuver and crash enemy Esf into obstacles
The details were the best part, thank you, I'm 70 rank and I didn't know all that.
sweet video brah brah!!! keep up with the awesome videos.
2:37 is how i've been flying my gal for years XD
you get forward speed, upthrust speed, and strafe speed :D
valkyrie remains the only thing in the whole game that i haven't put a single cert into yet,
i might have to give it a go now that it has had its durability buffed to small arms :D
I was just wondering if you guys have thought about adding trailers as in goose neck trailers for stuff like a bubble shield or a galaxy on wheels as in how many guns. Many instead of just 2 guns and a spawn point (sunderer) like 3 guns (one on each side of the trailer) or 5 (2 on both sides and 1 on the top) also you could use the trailer as a movable base as in when it's diploid it might take some time but eventually there is a machine gun (something like the engineers but a bit better and you could chose between witch gun) a Vehicle spawned that can only spawn a flash or something small like that or you could spawn an esf but I don't know how you could balance that so that you can't make an entire fleet out of one trailer. You could make it so that it can only make a number of esf's and to recharge that number you would have to go back the the warp gate or it you wanted to make it ammo it that fact that you would go to a tower or the same ammo tower at most bases to recharge it. The final thing is that you could uncouple the trailer so that someone else can use it and if you wanted to you could set it so that only your squad can. I hope you like my suggestion even though it is only a little bit over the top. P.S. For the trucks you could have it two player and have one as the driver and the other as a gunner on a gun on the truck or something like that.
+Juan Espino I did not notice how long it was until I posted it sorry
Looking forward to hear you talk about its combatence.
I know
So the Valk works basically like a BF4 helicopter, but with a bit of forward thrust added. Nice to know.
+Wrel Hi Wrel Nice video! I noticed you had a something on your screen which said how many meters away whatever your cross-hair was that (when you were in VR at around 2:32)how did you activate that?
Or anyone else ?
+Yusuf Hassen Week old comment so I assume you found out by now, but there's a rangefinder implant that functions out to 500m. I think it's a t3, but don't quote me on that.
+PhantomTangeant no I actually hadn't thanks man !
For the loyal soldier camp promotion. I have logged in between those time frames but I just got another character in a different faction to BR 15 just yesterday, so the 30th will I still get the camo for him?
why can't i give 3 thumbs up?
i love how you're talking the basics through 100%!!!
Good video. Thanks for the pointers
The Wyvern is unfortunately the best weapon in almost all situations but it is still an entertaining weapon to fly with since you can take on most things with it.
One big issue with the Wyvern however is how low the ammo reserves are. You find yourself needing to resupply a little bit too often. My suggestion would be upping the cap of 600 to 1000 at least.
I often use the Val more like a dirt cheap personal transport, but the C4/tank mines bombing onto sundies from rumble seat is good fun.
+Wrel Also, just a small question regarding flying. I found that if you're on a burning ESF, you can dive it down at an angle, jump out when you're extremely close to the ground and get no personal damage at all. Is it a bug or something to do with momentum physics in the game?
Hey Wrel can you make a vid where you go more in depth about the weapon systems on the Valkyrie and their practical applications in a battle?
do you have a video on flight control keybinds? by default it doesn't matter what i do the aircraft spirals all the time when i try to fly anything but straight heh, there's gotta be better than default configurations.
Can't we all just agree the flying physics in this game is broken beyond logical sense? a Vtol flying upside down for better speed? What were they thinking?!
It's a game, not a flying simulator. Therefore it has rules that can forego logic to the profit of fun, which is the purpose of a game.
Did Wrel say upside down? Did you listen/watch the video. He said rolled slightly to the side.
Its how gravity works. So accelerateing by the help of gravity is not that dumb as you think.
Welcome to Auraxis.
Besides you were not able to recover from falling with vtol like that and you would just crash. But if for example we have that powerfull and agile ships that can recover from that. Falling for speed makes sense. For example its main airplanes maneuver named „dive” to make some speed by loosing attitude. So it have sense. Besides having that good maneuverability for that kind of mashine.
As an experienced valky pilot, I say there is a problem with the valky weapons, specially the rocket launcher. Too slow and the damage is bugged. I recommend the default weapon its the most versatil one, the hellion for armor and the CAS for infantery.
A good comunication between the pilot and the gunner is a must.
The help of the gunner being engie or a third engie its a great for survivability. Use the rocks, trees and mountains to cover and hover around.
The biggest threats are Heavy Assault with rocket launcher and Liberators, the rest you can resist with good evasion actions.
And remember, you are not a fighter, you are a support for your team, as spawn point, transport and suppressive fire.
Ahhh, but when you have a TR valkyrie with a experienced crew with suitable weaponary, you can "support" your team by wiping out an entire air squad with it ;)
Any tips on changing some of the air controls? Like changing A and D to roll left and right instead of turning.
Thanks for the tips, making Q and E roll keys sounds pretty nice so I'll give it a try.
Talk about good timing. I was just trying to get used to flying these things.
I remember stomping mid air esf with valkyrie's bottom, and flying max speed completely sideways
Heh didn't know about the belly resistance. Any news on getting the valks resistances to rocket pods fixed? They still can one clip :(
I think the valkyries should explode after 16 rockets xD no need to fix good design
Belly resistance is the only reason you didn't kill clone and I anywhere near as often as you could have. ;)
Not to mention resistance to Drake/Basilisk. It seriously takes like 15 or 20 shots to 100-0 a Valk.
wot
Suddenly mental health concerns are at the forefront of my mind
I got an auraxium on that sucker. It is a great Aircraft!
What should a Valkyrie target and what should it avoid, because even though it's a bit more durable than it used to be, I can't help but feel like it's still a Sky-Flash with 4 extra seats. (i.e. no use other than quick transport)
Requirements are: Pilot skill is 50%, gunner aim is 30% and 20% is picking the right encounter. Knowing when to engage, how to maneuver and when to escape is mandatory otherwise you are a cert pinata.
Wyvern is good against everything; hellion is good against light armored vehicles and only dangerous when hitting heavy armor in the rear but only inside max damage range while it's amazing against liberators; CAS with thermals is a beast for infantry farming; VLG is fantastic if you hit the rear of a vehicle and has a good oak ability on infantry but only if you can compensate the horrible muzzle velocity; Pelters can be semi decent in vehicle hunting and has some infantry farming capabilities but only if you master the art of bursting.
Mandatory loadouts is Fire Suppression, stealth (or composite armor if the area is aware of you) and evasiveness.
We achieved all Valk guns auraxium mostly by playing a 2 man team.
I wish we had more friendlies to use but for the most part we did every auraxium in a prevalent 2-man Valkyrie.
Did the upgrade for squad spawning and safe dropping in valks get refunded? Or since it's a multi-feature upgrade did it not?
Please more flying advice. Great stuff, one of my weakest areas.
What gun to use against aircrafts?
the valk needs a little change. i think if the pilot had a nose cannon (not too powerful obviously) and some changes to the way they handle they could be useful. its a big target with little killing potential.
TheRadrussian1 the lib has a nosegun and generaly is the gunship of the two were the valkiery is kinda like a harraser that also lacks a weapon for the driver
Wrel why is there still not an "Eject all Passengers" hotkey yet?
wait so squad logistics comes standard on Valkyries now?
werl will the construction sistum for planetside 2 be on ps4?
The first weapon i bought for the Valk were the Rocket pods but they aren't as fun to use as i though they would be small mag size and only 2 additional rockets, and The rate of fire is questionable i think the Pelter Pods need an Rof increase as well as mag size increase.
Totally unrelated, but your profile pic is awesome.
The ROF is fine. Assume we're comfortable w/ damage, they need higher max capacity, faster reloads (3s/10 or 2.5s/8 is terrible), and higher velocity to mitigate the dropoff and allow for better bursting.
That's a good point EspherMercury
Explain me how works deploy mechanics? I waiting for minutes above our territory but no-one has spawned in my valkyrie.
What's a better buy. The Em1 or Em6
Why isnt the Valkrie a Attack Heli yet
My PC can't play with a render distance over 500, unless I want to play with shitty fps. Soooo, is it possible to fly with 500 render distance without getting a huge disadvantage against other esf's or other flying vehicles? :3
Don't have a gunner and want to kill infantry? Just fly fast and close to the ground to get some roadkills. This also works over enemy ammo pads with lots of infantry.
How do you go in third person when you fly?
It's actually quite funny that I was looking for a video like this 2 weeks ago when I needed some tips for the valk and what to buy.i eventually found nothing and spended 6k on the valk.but that's ok.
+YoshiLikesCandy (Gabrielle Marin) hellion is the best anti liberator gun but you are right, wyvern is amazing against everything.
YoshiLikesCandy I do agree but with an expert ESF pilot trained in the art of valk-piloting you can pretty much dogfight 1v1 everyone (don't even try against LPPA/HA/Banshee users, those guns are broken and valk resistance against them is bugged).
Also, I just noticed your videos so I think you know what I'm talking about. I wish we played TR, striker on a valkyrie is amazing.
I'm seriously tempted to ask Khall95 to hop in Emerald a couple of times to see how's the air/ground game in a battle valkyrie.
Colonel veers is the exception to all these tips :P
let me set rolling or rotating for my mouse in the options
You are the god of planetside , just know that.... Just know that....
Here at VS, we all know that Wrel is Vanu in human disguise :D
So... Should I say "Papa Wrel" now instead ?
Ujiltrom M
Indeed we should.
wait you dont recive fall damge when jumping from hights with the valkyri?
Liberator guide next?
wrel i need your help please, i have some questions for you
what is your pc spec ?
what is your fps recording and whitouth recording?
do you have any issue like fps drop?
thank you so match, this is for my new pc i need to know that buy haha! bye love you videos!
i find you pc spec hehe
this helps a lot. cuz my outfit uses Valkyrie s A lot and I want to improve
when is the construction system coming to ps4?
What's the best weapon for the gunner seat?
YoshiLikesCandy Thanks :)
would love to know if the resistance values of ppa/banshee are still broken against a valk. they just do way to much damage - that doesnt make sense!
They are at the moment, but won't be after the air to air changes go Live. Likely some time in June.
ty, good to know!
+Wrel Hi wrel i have been watching your channel for awhile and i just got back into planet side 2. A feature i think that should be added is the ability to build trenches / Dig trenches. PS: I play on ps4 please fix the servers and update it :) thank you please respond so i know you seen this comment peace
umm... what r the controls for console for a of this rocket science
So I'm still earning certs and going through potential loadouts in the VR. Quick Opinion question: Would the VLG Missile Launcher be a good buy for the Valkyrie? It's basically a laser guided missile launcher and the Valk doesn't travel too fast to change targets that well. My opinion though, I've only been flying for a little while and am just getting the hang of it.
Definitely would not recommend the VLG right now. The only weapons that are 'really' worth using on Valkyrie at the moment, imo, are the default Wyvern and Hellion.
Are you going to be working to fix that in the near future?
Alright, thanks.The only reason I chose the VLG was because of it's high damage output and that many of my shots from the Wyvern tend to miss or not register. I'll take you word for it though.
I would argue that the VLG has a viable role in some squad based ops, it's just very specific. If you're doing very coordinated high altitude Sundy/MBT busting with Light Assaults and C4, it can make the difference between killing several vehicles in a run and having to do several passes with 10 second redeploys in between.
Drop your LAs in a tight group and let them drift to your targets, C4 them, and use the VLG to finish anything that survives while your LAs are redeploying. Rinse and repeat, and don't forget to screenshot the inevitable hate /tells.
+Eureka MarUu yeah but you are relying on a steady vehicle and consistent aim from your gunner, two rarities on Briggs sadly :(
hey I enjoy ur videos but can u next time when ur talking which button to use on PC also say on ps4 console?
I wish pilots could get shot out the cockpit battlefield style with a high power gun like the archer or a sniper.
Brings some more av capability to the infiltrator.
Maybe there could be a certification that gives bullet proof glass too
im sure you get this request alot but could you make a br1-120 play through.
Wrel, I'd like to know your thoughts on the laser guided Valkyrie gun. (I cannot remember it's name to save my life, It's been months since I last played).
Yea! Would be great!!
The weapon is called the VLG missile launcher.
Really the only thing I find fun in this game anymore is flying Valks.
I just saw a video on the mittani codes for planetside 2, where you get a free knife, helmet and 1 day exp boost. Is it legit? The video included your name saying that you were telling people about this and reddit etc.
That promotion was from months ago. Pretty sure the codes for it dried up within the first week they were available.
Yep! Just got one, and got the knife, etc.
Cool, good to know.
Could you do/recommend a guide for esf maneuvers. Epically with the proposed flight update I think some new tutorials would be nice. You make some of the best ps2 content out there I hope you decided to take on this topic.
wrel I got an email from planet side2 and it said that if you login you would get a free gun how do I get it because I have started up the game but no free gun
the Valkyries are great and good but I think it will be a horror for the enemy if it was supported with 2 lmgs in the sides (total of 3 turrets instead of 1) and if it was supportable to respown in it (for squads and platoons) if these features were added the Valkyries will be a nightmare to the enemy
mmhH not really, squads can already spawn in it and heavies can shoot from the sides, but it doesn't make it any more effective. what it needs is better nose guns and the opportunity to switch the rumble seats for side mounted weapons like rockets fired by the pilot or fixed machine guns. that way it could become a light gunship fitting a role between the fast but fragile esfs and the heavy and durable liberator. also making it the vehicle of choice for ground support would allow to take back anti infantry weapons from esfs and turn them into the air superiority fighters they should be
I think he's referring to having Manas, more or less, in the sides.
The Valk controls have always felt sooooo wonky to me. I am not an experienced pilot, but I feel that, even to skilled pilots, the Valk still seems to come across as "out of control". I love the look and functionality that it brings to the battle, though :)
+YoshiLikesCandy (Gabrielle Marin) in 2014 the Valkyrie had a well known bug about not extracting landing gear at least 60% of the times we tried to land.
Is there still a free starter pack being offered for new players? I want to try to get my friend to get Planetside 2
Flying Piñata, an Introduction.
I'm completly unable to fly in PS2. The hate how the mouse is bound to roll, and there's no way to change that binding. So I'm permantly grounded.
you can try arrow keys, they are binded to roll and turn.
Check out some vids on setting up your mouse. The binding of extra mouse buttons to pitch up/down made a world of difference for me. In all air vehicles, BTW, not just the V.
we need to have the ability to request others to spawn into our vehicles
I actually have a harder time flying a Valkyrie than an esf. It's too wobbly and to me always feels out of control. Liberators aren't to bad for controllability but that's because to me at least they are a little sluggish.
That TR Galaxy troll..
Can a squad mate spawn into a valkyrie while it is on the ground?
Timithos You need to have squad logistics and the owner of the valk needs to be inside it in order for someone to spawn on it.
I hate the valk cockpit, i can't see anything, there's a huge bar blocking the view to exactly where im going. i hate flying it
I fly it a lot when I am online with my brother, it actually seems to respond better to third person flying than it does in first person. It takes a bit of getting acclimated to how the mouse behaves with the aircraft in third person but once you get it down it is likely you won't want to go into first person any more.
TBH if you're flying pitched down you're better off just using 3rd person. the only time I use 1st is when I need to stay parallel to the ground while I'm flying low. and even that's brief
Valks have free safe fall now? You don't need squad logistics?
squad logistics just allows for squadmates to spawn in valks
It's a new feature from just before the construction update. Squad logistics is only good for coordinated squads, now.
Was recently patched for free safe fall, yeah.
fagonfly Yup.no need for that.
wrel u mentioned ur kid in the pervious vid how old are u man ?
form my experience Valkyrie should be piloted like a ground vehicle with extra flying ability
Valkyrie rompity got me here lol
please make it easier to get certs. I spent an hour farming cristalls/repairing stuff and i only got 100.
"Respectable" viewing angles on the gun, Wrel plz. :p
Wrel pls do a video on the aphellion ppl do NOT know how to use the gun and it's annoying i literally have to go somewhere and show ppl how to properly use the gun adn they still do it wrong.
was trying this game out and was looking at the cosmetics and found something that made me a little annoyed. i live in Canada and was going to display my flag with pride. but come to realize for some odd reason compared to say the Brazil flag it was more expensive. i noticed this with other countries to. i feel like this is completely unjustified how come something as easy to put in the game as a flag is more expensive based off which country it is?
Ahhh... Remember rumble seat repairs.
love the video, i fly with valk all the time and i do the whole pick up stragglers thing all the time. even i didnt know about the pitch down strength on the valk! nice flying i learned something.
buff the valk nose guns plz
landing the valk on anything besides landing pads and perfectly flat ground is IMPOSSIBLE, it has retarded legs
VLG missle launcher is only good vs player bases.
I don't like the Valkyrie. I spent much certs in it... and it's bad... I learnt to fly but... Some ideas to improve them: make doors that the pilot can open with a key so there are protected against lockons. Maybe add 300 HP. There also should be a key to deploy the landing gear...
Well, someone missed the obvious clever name of the video
Hmm one correction i would point out is to fly not low but "out of sight" Cause the Valkyrie is slow in any direction and for anyone with some kind of decent aim you are target practice.
Turret part was a really good thing to point out. But Frankly considering the place the valkyrie has ended up in. Turrets are all useless on it atm. put some certs into the basic one and well don't touch the others unless you are bored and want to have them for reasons.
and now for why turrets are kind of not worth investing in on this thing. The Valkyrie takes damage from everything. It's one strong point is that it can deal with belly slides really well. However every single percentage on this babys health is valuable unlike other vehicles. Because not only does it take damage from everything it has low health and is so easy to hit it's deemed as some say the "cert pinata" because at launch when it was fresh and many used it. Tank drivers, Rocket launcher lovers, anti vehicle turrets users and you name it could/can pick these things out of the sky before one can react.
So when flying engaging is the last thing you want. You are prey you need to be a ninja and hide with this thing.
But when you get that good flyby and can almost hear the good old Vietnam movie music you love this thing sooooo much
I love how people underestimate the valkyrie >:)
Proper Valkyrie usage is a hate/rage tells machine
It's hard to say. a valk with just a pilot and a gunner is easily out classed by a Lib. but then again a four to six man crew working together as a unit make it nearly unbreakable; though I'd have to question if taking so many people off the ground is worth the man power.
+Chris Townsend indeed, it can either be a nice big cert piñata or a crazy anti everything gunship depending on how many people you have in your crew and how trained they are
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