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Originally Posted by majorfailure
Aren't they? If I shoot B-17s, they rarely shed wings, and their tail section is pretty tough, too. Most of the B-17s going down have fires in the fuel tanks.
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I'm thinking more of B-17 vs. Bf-109G. But, then, many marks of the Gustav were optimized for bomber killing and carried 20 mm or 30 mm cannons. So, I guess that I can't complain about realism if a B-17 attacked by an ace AI or good human player loses a wing due to 3-4 closely placed 30 mm shots in the wing root.
But, for something like Ki-84 (with 20mm cannons) vs. a B-29, it still seems unreasonable for stricken bombers to lose their wings.
I agree that fires in the fuel tanks is the way that I get most of my heavy bomber kills (other than the odd lucky shot to the cockpit with a head-on initial pass). With cannon fire, that doesn't seem too unreasonable. But, with HMG fire, it almost seems like they burn too easily.
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Originally Posted by majorfailure
I can hit with percentages that would make Marseille blush(and compared to others in this game I'm still a poor shot).
So basically I do not think the damage modeling in it self is the problem, we, and maybe the AI are. We hit too well.
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Perhaps. Obviously, on-line players who have been flying every night for a decade have way more gunnery experience than any real WW2 pilot could have ever amassed. But, there are also a lot of average to crap occasional players - both on-line and off-line.
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Originally Posted by majorfailure
Another thing that works against the Jug is its size
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Historically, this made the P-47 easier to see and easier to shoot, so that's perfectly accurate. I can't complain there, even if I'm flying one.
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Originally Posted by majorfailure
Hmm, early to mid war I find them at least decent, and considering armament on the early P-40s, the Italian planes, Gladiators -they are enough to do the job
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Since I fall into the "average to crap" range, I have trouble hitting the sweet spots to take down bombers, especially when trying to get sufficient "concentration of fire" on a particular part. Even so, I find that Ju-87 and Ju-52 burn nicely. He-111 are a bit tougher. Ju-88 are very tough prey if you're hunting them using just .303 MG, but that is as it should be. After all, they were stressed for dive bombing!
I also wish that it was possible to set the convergence of different pairs of guns at slightly different ranges to get a broader "kill zone." It would help my accuracy not only with the early British fighters, but also the American fighters.
I can see why the Soviets and late-war Germans standardized on cannons - they're easier for an unskilled pilot to use!