Is ammo modeled at all?

[bw_wolverine]

Originally Posted by vranac

Yes there are differences,I was acting as target to my friend to improve his shooting for the championship.
When he set belts and convergention right he started killing my poor pilot

The question has nothing to do with convergence, that's just about shooting properly. The question is about the loadout in those belts.

Which bullets was he using before he started killing your pilot?
Which bullets was he using after he started killing your pilot?

Catseye's suggestion is that, regardless of the damage done, it doesn't really matter anymore what ammunition you load onto the belts. They all seem to do the same thing. At least if you're flying red. That's been his experience with the final patch, anyway, as far as I'm led to understand.

[vranac]

Originally Posted by bw_wolverine

The question has nothing to do with convergence, that's just about shooting properly. The question is about the loadout in those belts.

Which bullets was he using before he started killing your pilot?
Which bullets was he using after he started killing your pilot?

Catseye's suggestion is that, regardless of the damage done, it doesn't really matter anymore what ammunition you load onto the belts. They all seem to do the same thing. At least if you're flying red. That's been his experience with the final patch, anyway, as far as I'm led to understand.

He was using default ammo belts and convergention because he reinstalled game recently and forgot to set them right.
After inserting mainly AP situation changed drastically.

Shooting on right convegence is very important if you want to inflict damage.
You can cut a wing or whole tail of 109.

[Catseye]

Originally Posted by vranac

He was using default ammo belts and convergention because he reinstalled game recently and forgot to set them right.
After inserting mainly AP situation changed drastically.

Shooting on right convegence is very important if you want to inflict damage.
You can cut a wing or whole tail of 109.

Let's keep convergence out of this. It has nothing to do with the original question regarding differences of loadout affect on the target.

[bw_wolverine]

Originally Posted by vranac

After inserting mainly AP situation changed drastically.

Ah, okay. So AP seemed to be more deadly to the pilot? That seems likely if the DM is giving the AP a higher penetration rating from dead six. More bullets likely to get through to the pilot.

Originally Posted by vranac

Shooting on right convegence is very important if you want to inflict damage.
You can cut a wing or whole tail of 109.

Absolutely. No one denies this. The question is whether shooting on right convergence does different things with different bullets. You've indicated that AP gives your friend a higher pilot kill count.

I'll start testing immediately! Watch out, Blue!

[Catseye]

Originally Posted by bw_wolverine

The question has nothing to do with convergence, that's just about shooting properly. The question is about the loadout in those belts.

Which bullets was he using before he started killing your pilot?
Which bullets was he using after he started killing your pilot?

Catseye's suggestion is that, regardless of the damage done, it doesn't really matter anymore what ammunition you load onto the belts. They all seem to do the same thing. At least if you're flying red. That's been his experience with the final patch, anyway, as far as I'm led to understand.

Correct! Spot on!

I'm wondering if others have noticed and hoping the feedback demonstrates the pros and cons. For me, it would help to understand this more in order to be more judicious in my loadout selections.
Cheers