Ammo Belts Loadout/Exploit Dicussion

[TomcatViP]

The prob is that we hev a bunch of guys here and around that will do whatever they can to get the best result of what they get even tweaking their mount out of any credible realism.

Devs shld test teh variability of what they release and decide to add some limits of what you can get. 20% - 30% max - seems fair to me and "real enough".


Frankly when I see one spit or one 109 plinking an entire formation of bomber the time I climb 1000m toward them it makes me willing only one things : RTB and switch of that "Sim".

We all know that some individuals can't be corrected... but lines of codes could be

[SEE]

Originally Posted by TomcatViP

The prob is that we hev a bunch of guys here and around that will do whatever they can to get the best result of what they get even tweaking their mount out of any credible realism.

Devs shld test teh variability of what they release and decide to add some limits of what you can get. 20% - 30% max - seems fair to me and "real enough".

Thats as much an issue with Damage Modelling. You can get similar results with stock ammo belts.

Originally Posted by TomcatViP

Frankly when I see one spit or one 109 plinking an entire formation of bomber the time I climb 1000m toward them it makes me willing only one things : RTB and switch of that "Sim".

We all know that some individuals can't be corrected... but lines of codes could be

If you're allowing one player to down an entire formation then I suspect you need to get closer when escorting!
The problem is that only a few players can be arsed to escort bombers or prepared to engage in high altitude DF's - downing/escorting bombers is a mission objective on ATAG so expect them to go down. Preventing this is as much down to you as well as improved DM or ammo belt limitations!

[Jaws2002]

Leave it as it is. It's not that big deal.
I found the E1 with only machine guns to work just as good as the E4 online, so i don't think it's such a big deal.
The nice advantage I see in being able to customize your loadout, is the ability to reduce the amount of tracers used. For example, we all know how silly the default loadout in hurricane looked. Now we can use a lot less tracers in the guns and this has good impact on frame rates. I use the dim red tracer instead of the default white one and it looks great.

[Comrade Jordan]

Limiting the belts or removing the option to choose...just makes the game lack depth. as we all know, things may start bad, but they (altleast in 46) will eventually turn good.

Wouldnt you all love to see a P51 doing this for example? :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuXXSmAGP9k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b3A4y7OfPk

(the 2 above use ammo used on the .50 cal BMG M2)

this for .50 ref:

http://www.inetres.com/gp/military/i...g/50_ammo.html


i just want to remind you that you might get a wrong look on realism just by being used to something for a long time. (best expl. .50 cal...)

[335th_GRAthos]

Originally Posted by TomcatViP

Frankly when I see one spit or one 109 plinking an entire formation of bomber the time I climb 1000m toward them it makes me willing only one things : RTB and switch of that "Sim".

This point reminds me the joke with the engineer and the hammer (too lengthy for this thread).

There is nothing better than the smell of burning Wellington Tomcat,

(just to prove that I do not load only M-Geschosse in my guns)
I loved this kill, one burning fuel tank, one leaking fuel tank and one smoking engine, three different smoke trails on the same wing

To have the right hammer is the easy part of the job, to know where to place it...


The day I will have above 70% accuracy in my shooting, I will start worrying about the impact of my ammo belt mix.
For the time being I am only good for shooting bombers (five times the size of a fighter and, flying straight) so other things are my priority right now.



~S~