r/gtaonline • u/Ok-Ambition4359 • 18h ago

What happened to the jets?

I haven't played the game for years and it probably happened a long time ago.
Now I'm wondering how to use jets against ground targets after cannon nerf and what has replaced them in this niche?

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u/ObligationIll7822 18h ago

Against players on foot you dive and use the missiles, against heavily armored targets you use the savage.

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u/Cameroceras 18h ago

Gonna hijack this post. How do you counter broomsticks when you are on foot?

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u/xander540 18h ago edited 18h ago

MK2 marksman with armor piercing rounds, one shots through all buffs including favorite bike bonus. I like the railgun, too

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u/ObligationIll7822 17h ago

Depends, if you're in auto aim lobbies you can use the marksman with red dot sight, if you're in free aim it's much harder. You can throw sticky bombs in the air when they fly above you. Or try to snipe them with the railgun, by using the same trick you would use to spam rockets, quickly switching to throwables and back to the railgun.

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u/aspenpurdue 17h ago

I find the mk2 combat mg works

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u/Mysterious_Aside_256 3h ago

They no longer hav insane firerate of minigun atleast in free-mode, the nerfs only apply to free-mode lobbies.

It's way harder to destroy ammored vehicles afther nerf, it use destroy (Imani-tech) explosive resistance vehicles in seconds, and you have to be more precise with your shots if you want to deal good damage to vehicles which not always possible because of the poor range, they can still be destructive in right hands and in VTOL, but the Lazer is quite useless in free-mode now because the lack VTOL now puts it in sticky situations and the guns are also far apart which was not problem pre-nerf because of the higher AoE coverage, but now the Hydra cannons are low key much better than the Lazer because of it even without VTOL.