Friday Official Update, July 27, 2012

[klem]

Originally Posted by PotNoodles

I wrote the above back on page 14 before I went to work, I wrote it Monday morning at 5:14am and my prediction came true. What I didn't expect though was to hear no news at all after all the hype from B6. I see that he has since posted to say that he was ill and that's fair enough, but why not use this opportunity just to say a few things about the patch aswell after the hype?

Couldn't give me next week's lottery numbers could you?

Get well soon BlackSix.

[furbs]

Originally Posted by FS~Phat

I take wings off bombers no problem with a short burst at the right spot.
With Standard loadout and convergence in a Spit IIa.
Most people try to shoot from dead astern and centre line.. That means your loading the fuselage and parts of the wings with hits but nothing structural that will bring it down.

20-30degree diving attack angle aiming for middle of wing at 250yards does it every time if you hit the right spot.

If your taking off bombers wings every time with a short burst from a SpitIIa then something is very off with the DM Phat, that should be a very rare occurrence indeed.

[JG52Krupi]

Tbf he did say the right spot.

You can pour lead into a bomber and not hit anything important and then on the next run you end up flying through a fireball.

[TomcatViP]

Bomber shld be harder to shot down. The fact that one wing fell of after being hit seems totally out of proportion with machine guns and 20mm canons.

You see fighter loosing their wings on gun-cam as munitions casing are hit by the bullet and explode (especially wing mounted canon shells). Bomber, especially British bomber) had flexible wing tank (sometime made out of leather and rubber like protective cover) and then don't explode when hit. They burst in to flames (orange ball of fire is OK) but with no destructive shock waves. However has the fire spread rapidly, the aluminium (or even faster with wings made out of wood) melts and there is rapidly a wing structural failure.

So IMOHO wing hit, ball of fire, fire spreading and then 1 min to ten mins latter wing ply.

Anyway, it's always sad to see that Wellingtons boxes are far easier to down than a single Blenheim .

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

You can pour lead into a bomber and not hit anything important and then on the next run you end up flying through a fireball.

Krupi is spot on, here's an example from when I was testing a new mission on server 2. This is one sortie, so only 15 secs of ammo. The first and last 88s were hit badly, the middle ones were much better. This isn't standard loadout or convergence, but personally I find that default loadout is as effective. It's shooting at convergence that makes the real difference.

The vid is also a reminder of what the game used to look like in the last official version.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N96cd4UdBzU

[FS~Phat]

Originally Posted by furbs

If your taking off bombers wings every time with a short burst from a SpitIIa then something is very off with the DM Phat, that should be a very rare occurrence indeed.

Here you go Furbs... This was a quick sortie I just did, it took a little longer than it normally takes but you get the picture. I can do this regularly on ATAG.


Shooting wing off JU88 Bomber IL2 COD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yktc0Z40oqk&

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by FS~Phat

Here you go Furbs... This was a quick sortie I just did, it took a little longer than it normally takes but you get the picture. I can do this regularly on ATAG.


Shooting wing off JU88 Bomber IL2 COD

That wing was assimilated!