Hit Damage in Single Vs Multi

Cryptic Phant0m · #1 04-06-2011, 05:07 PM

Ok, I have notice that while I play Training in Single player.
That I can destroy pretty much any plane with just a few hits.

Yet, in Multiplayer it takes what seems like twice as many if not more to destroy a plane.

Is this true or am I going crazy?

StiC · #2 04-06-2011, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Cryptic Phant0m

Ok, I have notice that while I play Training in Single player.
That I can destroy pretty much any plane with just a few hits.

Yet, in Multiplayer it takes what seems like twice as many if not more to destroy a plane.

Is this true or am I going crazy?

I've noticed the same thing and I'm thinking it may have a little to do with latency and a lot to do with the live players who don't make it as easy after the first volley hits the mark.

StiC

Slothboy · #3 04-06-2011, 05:44 PM

I've also notice that in Single Player sometimes the AI planes will just "give up" and crash after a long dogfight when it didn't seem like I had hit them recently.

Also, if you are playing on arcade in training then you will see a difference because most online matches are in realistic mode.

bobbysocks · #4 04-06-2011, 05:59 PM

nope you arent crazy. that happens and you will also see the "rubber bullit" syndrome...where you are parked on someone's 6 peppering the hell out of them for minutes on end and they seemingly do not take damage. then they get wounded enough to crash but you dont get the kill. that's my favorite and seems to happen when i host mostly.

Rambo Rich 360 · #5 04-06-2011, 06:44 PM

I think too, that online players are a bit better than the AI planes in single-player. Even when training vs veteran AI settings. They just aren't as good as real-life players.

The_Stapler · #6 04-06-2011, 07:47 PM

I noticed this too, especially in the battle of britain missions on sim. The He-111s seem to go down with just a 'brush' of machine gun fire. I think the damage model for AI planes may be stronger (ie they're easier to shoot down), and when you're online, the enemy team uses the same damage model as you. Even B-17s are easy to kill in training, so it must have something to do with damage modeling...