I’m trying to make a suggestion but so far one suggestion was canceled. Waiting with the second suggestion to be accepted by moderation.
In short someone mixed the definition of critical and severe damage.
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Someone should’ve posted up the John Travolta meme in this…
Not even critical hits XD
Right now replays are not working, but this one is not a crit either - he had damage engine from AP shll, and the visible damage tells most of the story:
OK, made a better screenshot from server replay:
Missing most of the wing, entire rudder, half of horizontal stabiliser/elevator + orange engine can now say
“Am I a joke to you, Gaijoob?”
This is not enough to score a crit.
Critical hit is when you damage a B-17s oil tank and then he crashes and you get the kill.
Hit is when you set him on fire, he crashes and you don’t even get an assist. lol
Critical hits are for the most part completely irrelevant.
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This is not a critical hit nowadays:
Lost 1 engine, half the elevator, whole rudder, wings are both orange.
Guy is basically barely flyable.
I just don’t get it.
But yeah, crits are useless anyway.
I would love to see crits as damage that substantialy limits the capabilities of an aircraft.
F.e.:
- missing aileron + wing damage
- serious elevator damage, but not elevator removal (that should be severe damge, but of course isn’t)
- orange engine or yellow + loss of coolant/oil if single-engined, destroyed engine if 2-engined
- no rudder
- serious damage to one wing or a bit less serious but still substantial damage to both wings
etc.
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On the other hand, this is now a severe damage. lol
It was a short burst of .50cal from a F4U-4 and i had no problem to outturn him with this damage after my reverse…
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I bave once scored like 3 kills with such “demolished” plane.
Interesting fact, it’s been reported several times basically days after Severe Damage was introduced.
One would assume it’s an easy fix.
Nope.
Severed control cables?
Not severe.
Loss of entire elevator or elevator and rudder? Not severe.
Horizontak stab goes black with minimal impact on flight performance?
Severe, time to die!!!
It’s beyond stupid. I don’t think they even care at this point.
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The problem was, i died because battle ended after I killed the F4U.
The whole damage mechanic is a mess.
Some planes get light yellow damage on wing and cant manoeuvre properly, others get black and manoeuvre like nothing.
I can’t count how many kills i got only with hits, but the enemy can’t control his plane anymore and crashed while others get severe damage and rtb.
Think about you die instantly with a severe damage at the end of battle but dead bombers are able to shoot at you. There is no logic at all anymore…
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Had this same thing happen against the same plane yesterday. Shot him up, got an engine out. All “hits”. A minute later someone else finished him off and I did not even get an assist.
Gaijin fix your game. Again.
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