How am I shooting?

[Major Biggles]

my hit% has been consistently higher than 15% for a year, and has often hit over 20% during several tours. i have always used tracers, i hate having them off. treize, do what you feel comfortable with. the myth that turning tracers off gives you a better hit% is total BS.

i just couldn't shoot right without tracers, seeing as i usually fire while pulling G's in different attitudes.

i tried for a few weeks with tracers off a while back, and my hit% during that time was 4-5%, soon as i turned it back on, it jumped to nearly 15 by the end of the month, which considering i had ballsed it up that month with the tracers off, wasn't bad.


i've had a hit% of 76% at one point simply because of the way i kill buffs, but that died by the end of the month because of anti fighter stuff of course. i think because of things like that, that any study of this type can't be too accurate.

i find that batfink has great aim, and whenever we duel, he lands incredible shot that i wouldn't dream of even taking, but he says his hit% is never much over 8 because he takes crazy shots in the MA's. all depends on how you fly and how you like to shoot rather than how good your aim is...

[Lusche]

Turning off tracers works for me... for a day or two. After that my abilty to hit drops at an alarming rate.

[Raptor]

I don't know what my hit percentage is, I am sure it is not good considering I like to shoot past squadies to make them jump:D

[Treize69]

I had mine off for months without problem and my hit % went up about 5 points after doing it, its all in your preferences.

I find I get a lot more kills when theres no warning that I'm shooting at them until the rounds impact. I get a lot of light damage and assisits with tracers on.

Its also distracing on dead 6 shots to lose the con under the tracers, I often lose sight of him until hes already breaking and its too late to adjust my aim. Tracers off gives you a free second shot if you miss or don't do fatal damage, as usually a few pings and no tracers to show where the enemy is doesnt seem to be enough to scare them into maneuvering, if anything they just hunker down and dive or zoom- which makes it even easier.

It also seems to help on tracking shots when they don't know you're firing unil the rounds impact.

Like so

[SkyRock]

hit % are more milked than a goat in Iraq/cow in Indiana!:aok

[CAP1]

damn!!!!!!! i'm average!!!!!!!:O


i really thought i sucked........


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john


oo...proof of what you said bout bomber hunting bringing up hit percent.......last tour i was experimenting a bit....i flew only a few misions in fighter catagory.....and i fought no fighters in those misions....only bombers......my hit percent was almost 12%.

this tour, i'm only hanging round 4-5%........and been furballin my but off:D

[froger]

Learning to have  >patience< has been the hardest
to learn so far.......

 at current.....apx 6%
 I improve every month but what helped the most was
dumping all the crap

skins
stall limiter
tracers
and most of all.....combat trim

ya wanna fly with the swingers its all gotta go.



learn to trim yer bird and stop flying it into the ground.

just a thought

>S< froger <---------the other grean meat:aok

[Masherbrum]

Originally posted by E25280
Looked at another way, one could argue that 4% are very good at showing up when the vulch light is on . . .

Or that 14% are such clueless noobs as to begin shooting from 2.0K out . . .

Hard to draw any real conclusions, but the data is interesting.

Exactly.

[MWL]

Greetings,

  Hit % I will always suck at.  I fly 47s almost all the time.  You give me a snap shot, I will take it. (3400 rnds).  I even shoot when the red dots are under my nose.  Some times it works, some times it don't.

  I believe electrons are cheap.  Shoot 'em all and let the Master Program sort 'em out.

Regards,

[Nilsen]

I think im just over 10%. Flying the 109 you sorta have to let every round count or you need to land all day to get more.

[BaldEagl]

Wow, you've got too much time on your hands.

[Roidrage]

My hit % is around 0.002% because when rtbing I usualy fire off all my rounds for something to do. I bet I could get it up to about 2% if I stopped!

[BlauK]

One has to remember that hit% does not only tell how accurately one shoots, but also how one plays in general.... there are several situation where ammo is expended without a real intention to hit enemy planes: e.g. trying to scare someone away from a friendly's six, strafing acks or troops, unloading extra mg rounds, trying to disturb calibrating bombers or bombers almost at the drop point from long distance, etc, etc.

Some people do such things, others only shoot at planes.

Still that graph was interesting info

[LYNX]

Originally posted by Lusche
Or: A little statistical folly...

Or a positive way of looking at it

Poor 2%
Newbies shooting from 2k out at anything and everything.  Building bashers in fighter mode.  Include those that believe the myths of emptying out BB's because the plane handles better:rolleyes:

Average 2 to 5%
Sprayers and prayers.  Ack shooters. Convergences set way to long.  Up close they miss because bullets are lofted over target. These guys get more kills on me than vets:furious

Good 6 to 9%  Taking fighting more seriously.  Still shooting from 400 +  though on occasions.  Still attacking bombers the wrong way and expending more ammo than needed on acks but definitely trying harder.

Superb 10%+
Up close and personal where fighting is concerned.  Your getting it mate!  Convergences typically set between 200 and no more than 300.  Shooting beyond 400 considered a "risky" long shot.  Majority are vets with scorers being the minority in this category.  Couple of rounds for ack kills.  Bombers are a tasty morsel.


Feel free to lambaste my opinion it's your look out not mine.  I'm in the "superb" category and have been for some time

[B@tfinkV]

dumping ammo weight does help plane performance even if only in small fractions.