50cals......

[redman555]

K i dont know if anyone else has compalined about this but the 1 thing that is worng with this game is the 50cals. its kinda rediculous. I my grandfathers friend flew a P-51 in WWII and he said 1 accurate burst of it would rip a wing clear off. Tonight i put 200 50cals in a 190D-9 and he lost 1 flap......

I really think this needs to be fixed. A 50cal is not much smaller than a 20mm i mean its really almst 3/4 the size of a 20.




Gamename==== BigBOB1

[Meatwad]

What was your convergence set to? That makes a big difference

[redman555]

my conv was 325 and i was 300 away all i saw was a candle basicly the plane literally lit up



 O and i was watch Dogfights right now u see 4 50cals hit a Ju-88 engine and it blew up it was the F4F

[zorstorer]

Originally posted by redman555
K i dont know if anyone else has compalined about this but the 1 thing that is worng with this game is the 50cals. its kinda rediculous. I my grandfathers friend flew a P-51 in WWII and he said 1 accurate burst of it would rip a wing clear off. Tonight i put 200 50cals in a 190D-9 and he lost 1 flap......

I really think this needs to be fixed. A 50cal is not much smaller than a 20mm i mean its really almst 3/4 the size of a 20.




Gamename==== BigBOB1

It all comes down to operator head space and timing

Meaning if YOU use them correctly they can and will tear a plane apart.  Try filming these fights so you can review where you hit.  My bet is that you hit him outside your convergence setting and that you didn't hit the 190 in one spot but were spraying it all over.

Hell a Hurri Mk1 (8 .303's) will rip other planes to shreds...at convergence AND with a nice stable impact point.

Then again it all comes down to how the shooter shoots

Just saw your reply...you have to hit one one spot with a good burst, don't just spray them.

Also trying to compare the .50 cal and a 20mm round is kind of apples to oranges.  The .50 cal has no explosive power in itself, it just relies on kenetic energy to do damage.  The 20mm (or any HE cannon round) uses explosive power to do it's damage.

[Major Biggles]

first redman, dogfights is not real, it is a TV program. if you believe everything you see on TV you're an idiot.

second, 50 cals are totally monstrous. i would prefer to have 50 cals on my plane than any cannon, you obviously just have no clue how to shoot.

i personally have made 15 kill p51 sorties without reloading. one small burst of 50's will totally destroy any plane, you just need to be a good pilot and a good shot.

learn how to fly and shoot properly, THEN complain about 50 cals. you will soon learn they are the best guns in the game

[redman555]

all of them hit i saw it so w/e

[zorstorer]

Originally posted by redman555
all of them hit i saw it so w/e

With a 3.77% hit percentage....you sure you wanna say you saw all of them hit?

Also did they hit the same spot???

[storch]

.50 cals are way overmodelled in this game.

[Bronk]

I would suggest filming some sorties for a while.
Go back, analyze and see whats going on.

Bronk

[TinmanX]

You saw 200 hit sprites? I'm thinking not.

[Guppy35]

50s seem to work fine for me.

[SteveBailey]

Tonight i put 200 50cals in a 190D-9

No you didn't. There's no way you could hit any plane at 300 yards with 200 rounds and not get some catastrophic damage.  Simply put:   BS

[hubsonfire]

I'll wager he hit the guy twice.

[BigR]

50CALS SUCK! TEHY CANT KILL NOTHING!
I HATE THSI STOOPID GAME FULL OF LAMERZ WHO THINKS TAHT THE 50CALIBURS ARE GOOD GUNZ.

MY FRIEND TOLD ME THAT HE PLAYED RAINBOW SIX AND TAHT THE 50CALS IN TAHT GMAE WOOD NUKE CITIES BUT HE USED HIS SUPER HAX0RS. YOU CANT HAX0R TIHS GMAE SO THE 50CALS SUCKS

[WMLute]

Anybody remember the guy that flipped out  over .50cals being fubar'd?  He said he hit an enemy plane with hundreds of rounds and didn't do any damage.  They really freaked out over it.

IIRC they sent HTC the film and HTC figured out he had only hit the bad guy a handful of times and those hits were spread out over the plane doing no real damage to it.

Just because you FIRED 200 rounds doesn't mean you LANDED 200 rounds.

If you are setting up the shot correctly, a quick burst from 6 .50 cals (heck or 4) will saw a plane in 1/2.  Just make sure they are all hitting at the same spot.  i.e. you can spray from nose to tail and do squat for damage, but a short burst that all hit in pretty much in one place will do bad things to enemies planes.