User blog comment:The Z/My thoughts on the Battlefield 3 tweaks announced on 23 Feb 2012/@comment-4820371-20120225004714/@comment-3020230-20120312205906

Tbh, I've not used the MAV too much recently. Yes it's fun to kill some idiot camper with it from time to time, but now I only tend to use it to destroy enemy MAVs and I use it as a scouting device. If I need to take an objective I just fly it forwards, land it near the objective and run in behind. I've found I lose too much time using it - getting 19 kills with it doesn't happen much any more because more people are aware of how to combat it.

I loved the UAV in BC2, but it's a different beast to the MAV, I find. I use both very differently. I haven't found any problems in taking MAVs out with my MAV or with the Stinger/Igla. However, it is hard to take down with small arms fire. The UAV could be taken down with small arms fire, but to lock on to it, you have to hit it with a tracer dart.

After the patch, portable AA, heat seekers and guided shells should no longer miss their targets, so MAVs will be even less of a problem in future.