About this challenge, last game with the Karl Marx, I shot 2 planes : one was a bomber and the other one was a recce Hydroplane from a ship. The Hydroplane didn’t count, because it was on the water ?
Can I more infos ?
Likely because the Ai gunners killed it? It seems you have to do it manually. Which makes this ten times more miserable than it ought to be. Ai gunners are insanely accurate and more often than not some random guys AA will wreck the planes.
Hydroplanes only count when the player is controlling them - this is evident by the player name above the plane.
When the player is controlling the ship they are just 'bots, and count for nothing much at all.
Horrible challenge, the IA are way faster to shot down planes… Stuck to 0 after 3 days, really gaijin ?
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what is annoying is I am trying something similar, but with a pure coastal lineup, and none of my rounds hit or even splash damage the planes.
Tried with VT rounds, tried with normal AA guns, both either miss or do zero damage
What is your lineup? I found the USA PT and British MgB style of boat best for it, whereas the frigates and sub chasers etc tend to not be anywhere near as easy to hit planes with with their aa
It’s the machine guns on the small boats that work best when using manual from my experience, the lead target and aiming system is confusing tbf and I’m never sure which to aim for when so spam fire at both
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I used a variety of lineups but ended up mostly with the british 3.7 - 4.0 Frigates and corvettes using 3" and 4.5" VT.
It did take a while tho’
You’re going to hate it, the SKR-7 (I rarely use it and hate using it, it feels too dirty), the BM-21, and the MPK Pr.12412P. I’ve also tried with the SF 40s, AF D1, and Bussard with no luck.
I failed miserably to hit anything with consistency with the skr7 haha, great for farming other boats but meh for aircraft as it just doesn’t fire fast enough to spam enough firepower at planes imo, I practised a little before this challenge was available to try dimd the most efficient way to do it and arrived at the boats I’ve mentioned being the best for it before it happened tbh
With the SKR it isn’t the amount of lead that is the problem, the problem is the HE-VT doesn’t do damage when it proxies most the time… I had it have to be right on the tip of a Stuka’s wing to register any form of hit.
And with the SF 40 light it was only hits, no crits.
But I’ll try to find something to run like what you suggested.
Hydroplanes from ships do not count, I shot one down with the player controlling it and it did not count
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HE VT and approaching planes. I find it work best against head on planes.
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Truly demotivating mission. Not fun at all. The developers are not playing their own game, evidently.
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Use a ship with RADAR.
Turn the auto attack to vessels only.
Try to place your vessel so that it is between the enemy air spawn and the cap points.
Granted, that last one is dependent upon the map and will not be feasible in most scenarios.
I wish you all luck. I’ve been taking planes out as much as possible and popping tri-smoke to help others with this.
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Just succeeded.
How i got my hard 5 kills:
- Using the Amiens from battle pass rewards + spent research bonus to unlock french coastal tree, especialy “Marne” and “La Surprise”. Use the Amiens to get as much points as possible to farm, small boats to capture points / toperdo the big ones. Once you have 3 RANK III ships it become easier.
As some already told:
- Press E to turn auto attack to vessels only
- I always take a first vessel without so much AA to get some point / grind / die fast (giving them some points for planes :))
- Then i take a ship to hunt down planes, avoiding dangerous zones and fights (hiding close to a hill, etc.)
Best AA Ship found close to Amiens in French tree: “La Surprise”, you have so many 20mm cannons you will light the skies ! Just hide and wait if battle is raging, you can chase them if your team is winning and risks are low.
Also the “Marne” is really nice to kill other vessels and farm the tech tree.
Aiming:
- Even with bad AA ships like “Marne” and “Arras”, i used manually the big guns to try to get kills (got 1)
- Got 1 lucky kill with “Amiens” just close shoting planes
- When unlocking “La Surprise” i just shot toward the plane (zooming if it’s far) and then observing were your shells are going you can adjust and hope 1 shell hits the plane. The aiming zone provided by IA were not so helpful in the end. (got quickly the remaining kills once playing this one)
Don’t forget to get points to improve the vessel, speed/maoeuvrability can make you avoid plane bombs, telemetry, ammo types and aiming of primary / secondary guns will help killing the planes. Smoke is a nice survival skill to be able to concentrate on planes instead of vessels when needed.
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Yep - head on’s gave a couple of dead (sic) easy kills :)
It’s a bullshit challenge.
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I did the challenge in RB, though I agree with others that arcade will give you more opportunities at shooting planes. I just can’t be bothered with the new aiming system. I got 2 with the P-15 patrol boat and 3 with the Izuzu, the 3.7BR coastal. Radar locking planes and spamming them with proxy fuse 76mm can work well. If they keep a fairly straight course you can hit them from 5km+ distances.
No one takes the plane.
Hello,
I managed to complete it using SF40 Heavy and SF40 Light in Arcade.Use anything with plenty of Dakka.
Find a good spot and pop away at enemy ships until the flying varmits come into range.About 5km out I’d open up.
Aim your circle of fire over the approaching plane red circle ,NOT the lead circle ( smaller white aim circle) and keep firing.You can adjust your spread a bit if your rounds are way off also.
Don’t bother aiming manually through sights,use 3rd person aim and upgrade your AAA gunner accuracy skill.
I got two in one round and the rest individually but grinding out the ships and skills took a couple of evenings grind.Also a pain when no aircraft are flown.
Plus side is next BP it features,you’ll be prepared.