Air support and killstreaks

[morris]

My standard practice in CoD4 was to hold onto my air support streaks till I'd died, and then call them in once I respawned to help get a new streak started. I was pretty excited about using the Chopper Gunner and/or AC130 this way, but I discovered something wierd. All the uncontrolled air support works just the way I'd expect it to, but the kills I get with Chopper Gunner don't seem to contribute to a new streak. No matter how many kills I get with it after I've called it, it doesn't start a new streak. The regular air support works fine, it only seems to be the controlled Air Support that does this.

Has anybody else noticed this?

[kilo]

killstreak rewards only work to increase streak if used in the life they are earned. so a hunner can be used to get a nuke for instance if used before death and you survive for the duration of the gunner (or until you get a 25 streak)

[morris]

Ahh, well. I can see why they did that. It's not THAT hard to get six or seven kills with a chopper gunner, then you've got another Predator and another Airstrike to get to 11 again, and you're just hiding somewhere running killstreaks the whole match. I guess I'll start using them right away then. Thanks.