" Buffs routinely absorb that many taters... "
I've seen that happen. Once shot three 30mms in a Lancs fuselage from close range without no apparent effect. Awhile later he crashed and I got the kill. Dunno whether because of damage or was it proxykill or something.
Once I noticed that many 30mms exploded as if hitting Lancs tail although IMO they exploded a bit above the tail without damaging anything. Counted 3-5 such hits.
It has happened more that I have removed a wing of a fighter with 30mm and only got an assist. Prolly has more to do with damage/kill system but it also happens some times that a solid hit on fuselage or wing do nothing -at least nothing visual.
Don't recall having such problems in AH1.
New netcode and lag make a bad mixture? If it is so then it happens to other weapons, too, but because they usually have more hits on the same area it is not so noticeable as with weapons that hit once.
Although ostie works for me, dunno 'bout YakT.
-C+