Tracers or not?

[Igo kyu]

Originally Posted by virre89

Maybe some stopped using it but why would you? I mean seeing as there were hundreds of thousands of pilots i am sure there are cases of just about anything , but from a logical standpoint why stop using tracers.. only reason i can see is to avoid detection easier or just playing dumb hero.

The reason for stopping would be that the enemy tends to notice tracer going past, but might not notice non-tracer that didn't score a hit, which is your non-detection. Most shot down pilots didn't know the shooter was there until they were shot down, which implies that pilots who knew where their enemy was were generally not shot down, so not alerting enemy pilots was a big deal.

Seeing as tracers are as deadly as any thing else it would be weird if they didn't make an impact/damage.

Sometimes, in IL*2 when offline and at reduced speed, it has seemed to me that the non-tracer rounds don't hit as often as the tracer rounds, indeed, it's not always clear that there are any non-tracer rounds (I'm pretty sure there are some, actually). Which might actually be sensible, if the muzzle flashes synch with the sound, and the sound is at full speed while the time is slowed, it could be that most of the sounds and flashes you percieve are actually not fired due to the time dilation.