Author Topic: tracers.... (Read 885 times)

ridley1 · « **on:** February 16, 2006, 04:23:12 PM »

branching off from the collision thread....

forgive me but I'm not sure who said it but one line was

"especially with tracers off"

what are the pros and cons of tracers on/off?

hitech · « **Reply #1 on:** February 16, 2006, 04:44:01 PM »

Pros: Off

You do not tip the enemy off to your shot if they do not know you are there.

You will learn a steadier aim, hence more bullets on target with tracers off.
(i.e. you tend not to follow your tracers)

Con.
You have no ideaction of where the lead point is.

Meatwad · « **Reply #2 on:** February 16, 2006, 04:49:07 PM »

I always flew with my tracers off

bigsky406 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 16, 2006, 04:54:33 PM »

Basically tracers work both ways.

You see where your bullets are going.
They see where your bullets are coming from.

DadRabit · « **Reply #4 on:** February 16, 2006, 04:59:37 PM »

tracers off......

as said above, it betters ur aim, makes u a better gunner plus u get a second chance if u miss

same thing goes for gv's and field guns. turn em off. u not a threat if they not see u

S!

Schatzi · « **Reply #5 on:** February 16, 2006, 05:22:21 PM »

Turned tracers off. Was a hard time at first.

Turned tracers back on. Hit% dropped from a steady 7-9 to 1.5.

TRACERS OFF!!!!!!

Bear76 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 16, 2006, 05:28:44 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by hitech
Pros: Off

You do not tip the enemy off to your shot if they do not know you are there.

You will learn a steadier aim, hence more bullets on target with tracers off.
(i.e. you tend not to follow your tracers)

Con.
You have no ideaction of where the lead point is.

ideaction?

zorstorer · « **Reply #7 on:** February 16, 2006, 05:30:19 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Bear76
ideaction?

Combine "Idea" and "Action" = Ideaction

Not sure why HT would do this but it makes sense

hitech · « **Reply #8 on:** February 16, 2006, 06:24:12 PM »

Me either, not sure what I edit to make that word, was supose to be just idea.

Saintaw · « **Reply #9 on:** February 16, 2006, 06:33:30 PM »

You just r_trim(idea, action)ed ;

ROC · « **Reply #10 on:** February 16, 2006, 06:50:06 PM »

Not sure which is worse. The Grand PooBah of AH making up words, or my reading over it, understanding it, not realizing it Wasn't a word until it was brought up

TexMurphy · « **Reply #11 on:** February 16, 2006, 06:52:13 PM »

HT you forgot a disadvantage of having tracers turned off...

Hard to force enemies into manouvering. With tracers on you can fire a few burst their way when they are out running you and they might panic and manouver, allowing you to catch them. This cant be done without tracers.

Infact this is the only tracer functionality I miss... When I miss a shot I do know in 95% of the time if I aimed to close or too far from the enemy plane... the rest of the 5% go into the cathegory "shouldnt have pulled the trigger"...

Aim gets better without tracers, enemies dont know you are there untill you hit (or they see you) and views get less cluttered...

Tex

ThunderEGG · « **Reply #12 on:** February 16, 2006, 07:02:11 PM »

HiTech,

By chance did the President attend your school of spelling?

Patches1 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 17, 2006, 04:38:23 AM »

Get in close to your target and whether tracers are on, or off, you will kill him. I fly with tracers on...but I try to get very close before I shoot.

AWMac · « **Reply #14 on:** February 17, 2006, 04:43:15 AM »

Tracers on bed sheets or pillow covers that the 'ol Lady doesn't remember will get you Turfluffied!!!!

Ohhh wait we're talking Game here... Never Mind.

Mac