Confusion about the newish mechanic "Written off"

[scorchedcobra04]

So what is considered as written off I know they talked about severe damage being one of the reasons but I don’t think my plane was in such a condition that it was decided to be written off. Is there any need for the way they check damage to be so intense

have they already talked about modifying it in some way or is this just the new normal now?

[Uncle_J_Wick]

It makes more sense to use this thread:

Responding to the Severe Damage feedback & release time

https://staticfiles.warthunder.com/upload/image/0_2024/2_February/SevereDamage/ki_84_vs_f4u_1a_940_e1556507b85a9215d278715e040bb0c6.jpg Hey everyone, thanks for testing out the Severe Damage mechanics and leaving your feedback on it! The majority of feedback has been positive towards this new mechanic, although there’s some points that we’d like to talk about before releasing this mechanic, which is set to go live sometime this week. One of the main talking points relates to severely damaged a…

I replied there…

[scorchedcobra04]

ok thx for pointing me in the right direction

[Berserker0011]

I would assume because your tailsection is black that got counted as severe damage despite leaving you perfectly able to keep flying. The entire system was in need of a rework from day one