Author Topic: ostwinds vs ack (Read 275 times)

BALSUR · « **on:** December 25, 2004, 07:00:48 PM »

I am putting this to the game makers here. Why is it that a F6F with .50 cals can straff an ostwind and take out the turret with one short burst but, has to make 2 or 3 straffs on field ack. Something is wrong here. field AA guns are more vunerable than an ostwind which is in a metal tub and is moving. Needs to be either the same or toughen up the ostwind same with the M16 a quick little burst and boom your dead. Please fix it.

Vudak · « **Reply #1 on:** December 25, 2004, 08:01:22 PM »

It might just be a question of which is easier to hit... To my knowledge, you have to actually hit the field ack gun with your 50's to kill it (as oppossed to with cannons, just kinda get it somewhere on the grey circle).

An ostwind would be a bigger target, easier to hit in one pass. Field ack can be killed in one pass too, if you hit it. That's the key.

BALSUR · « **Reply #2 on:** December 26, 2004, 07:06:40 AM »

I have personally put a long burst into a field ack in a f6f registering hit sprites the whole time with no success.

Kweassa · « **Reply #3 on:** December 26, 2004, 07:10:21 AM »

You think you saw hit sprites, or did you really see hit sprites?

Try strafing it with the SBD and you will notice the difference between wing armament and nose armament.

Or, you can always post a film of it. Personally, I've tested this very thing numerous times and saw nothing wrong. If the .50 hits the gun, it will kill it.