Am I the only one having this problem? (Multiplayer)

jb1944 · #1 09-15-2009, 10:11 PM

But this is exactly my point. If by my action their controls have been shot up and they crash because of my shots then surely I deserve the kill? instead because I have shot them up they then crash I get no kill and next I see them above me on a head on collision path about to get a point without firing shot. as mentioned above I only play sim or realistic.

I argue that yes people do crash on purpose but worst also people that generally have lost control due to my shooting them up should mean I get a kill. i.e. like in the real air war of ww2!!

In simple terms:

If I so much as shoot one bullet that hits an enemy aircraft that leads to them loosing control and chrashing = I should get a point.
If I so much as shoot up an enemy aircraft to the point its so shot up but the enemy cheats and crashes to get a fresh aircraft = I should get a point

Wayfindre · #2 09-15-2009, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by jb1944

But this is exactly my point. If by my action their controls have been shot up and they crash because of my shots then surely I deserve the kill? instead because I have shot them up they then crash I get no kill and next I see them above me on a head on collision path about to get a point without firing shot. as mentioned above I only play sim or realistic.

I argue that yes people do crash on purpose but worst also people that generally have lost control due to my shooting them up should mean I get a kill. i.e. like in the real air war of ww2!!

I'm not sure you saw or heard, but the DEVs are implementing a patch that solves this issue. They say soon, but there is no hard date set.

Robotic Pope · #3 09-15-2009, 10:16 PM

jb1944, As we said it is being fixed for the patch.

jb1944 · #4 09-15-2009, 10:19 PM

Tally-bally-ho! Thats great, wasn't aware they were sorting this! Thanks.

Zatoichi_Sanjuro · #5 09-15-2009, 10:38 PM

This is already being addressed in the patch but something odd did happen to me earlier in sim mode. An enemy shot up my engine killing the prop and I literally fell out of the sky. But when I finally hit the ground he got no points. It counted as a crash.

Robotic Pope · #6 09-15-2009, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Zatoichi_Sanjuro

This is already being addressed in the patch but something odd did happen to me earlier in sim mode. An enemy shot up my engine killing the prop and I literally fell out of the sky. But when I finally hit the ground he got no points. It counted as a crash.

Thats not odd. That's what is happening for everyone. After the patch he should get that kill. Then, I think only minor damage will be cancelled after 12 seconds. You would then get a crash and he would not get a kill. BUT an engine is major damage and he gets the kill no matter how long it takes you to hit the floor.

Zatoichi_Sanjuro · #7 09-15-2009, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Robotic Pope

Thats not odd. That's what is happening for everyone. After the patch he should get that kill. Then, I think only minor damage will be cancelled after 12 seconds. You would then get a crash and he would not get a kill. BUT an engine is major damage and he gets the kill no matter how long it takes you to hit the floor.

I've shot people up so their plane is flaming and the pilot bails out and it is instantly counted as a kill. How is killing the engine only without flames any different? Both planes are effectively dead.

MorgothNL · #8 09-15-2009, 11:00 PM

any speculations on the release date of the patch? does anyone know if it has even been send to MS yet for aproval? or are they still fixing..?

I know from COD that once they finished the patch...it takes another 2-3 weeks to get in on live due to MS naggers

.. so... how far in the proces are we?

Robotic Pope · #9 09-15-2009, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Zatoichi_Sanjuro

I've shot people up so their plane is flaming and the pilot bails out and it is instantly counted as a kill. How is killing the engine only without flames any different? Both planes are effectively dead.

That's because the game sees an exploded engine as an automatic kill. A failed engine isn't an auto kill. Just like a broken off wing is an auto kill but a sevearly damaged wing that can no longer create lift is not an auto kill.

TexRoadkill · #10 09-15-2009, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Zatoichi_Sanjuro

I've shot people up so their plane is flaming and the pilot bails out and it is instantly counted as a kill. How is killing the engine only without flames any different? Both planes are effectively dead.

It's the bailing out that is different. If you bail that is the same as crashing and if it occurs before the "kill credit timer" runs out then the shooter gets credit for the kill.