Is there something wrong with the flanker damage models?

[WARTURTLE09]

No matter what I do I just cant seem to get severe damages on flankers. Even if i rip their whole wing off or hit them directly with a fox3 they just get a crit. They go down eventualy but the kills get stolen before that most of the time. Is it just me ?

[Necronomica]

They recently updated that aspect of the game. So if there is what you believe to be a bug you can report it as usual. Since the mechanic was just updated the risk of actual bugs in that area of the game is going to be a bit higher.

@OrsonES

Previously, there were rare situations when a direct hit by missiles with sufficiently powerful warheads on certain parts of the fuselage that were not part of the wing could cause serious damage to the aircraft — loss of control, radar, engines — but this might not have been enough to count as an instant kill. Your target could lose combat capability but be finished off by another player, or even make a forced landing. We have added additional logic that will cause the destruction of the aircraft’s airframe (detachment of one or both wing consoles) when missiles with sufficiently powerful warheads directly hit the fuselage. For weaker missiles, such as those launched from MANPADS, a direct hit will also trigger an additional destruction check, but the chance of wing consoles breaking off will not be 100%.

It should be noted that the new logic does not change the existing rules of destruction in any way, but only supplements them.

So if there is a bug you can bug report it here (just search a bit first so that you don’t report something that is already reported and known about): (Gaijin.net // Issues)

A guide on how to report bugs can be found here: ([Navigation] Technical Knowledge Base | War Thunder Wiki)