24 hours played still at over 18 hit% hmmmm....

[Strip]

I was missing a flap but otherwise unhindered.

Missing a flap in a P-51B is like missing arm in a foot race.

Sure you can fight but not nearly as good.

So much so that I usually rtb when I get a flap shot off in a 51B! (I TnB so results may very)

Strip

[Lusche]

Missing a flap in a P-51B is like missing arm in a foot race.

Sure you can fight but not nearly as good.

Agree, espeacially in a situation like you face in KotH. When 2 planes of the same type duel, the one missing a flap has a big problem, even when stuck in a "up" position.

[Ack-Ack]

Missing a flap in a P-51B is like missing arm in a foot race.

Sure you can fight but not nearly as good.

So much so that I usually rtb when I get a flap shot off in a 51B! (I TnB so results may very)

Strip

It may be compared to losing an arm in a foot race but for some reason it makes the foot hurt like Hell. 

Losing a single flap while it's deployed sure makes turn fighting a tad harder.  Don't know about other planes but sometimes when I lose a single flap in the P-38, there are times I can't turn in the direction of the lost flap at low speeds because the wing keeps acting as though the flap is deployed. 


ack-ack

[Bronk]

It may be compared to losing an arm in a foot race but for some reason it makes the foot hurt like Hell. 

Losing a single flap while it's deployed sure makes turn fighting a tad harder.  Don't know about other planes but sometimes when I lose a single flap in the P-38, there are times I can't turn in the direction of the lost flap at low speeds because the wing keeps acting as though the flap is deployed. 


ack-ack

Wouldn't that depend if it was shot in the up or down position?

[SkyRock]

112 sorties   18% 


Talk is cheap.  Next tour, for your first 112 sorties, try and be disciplined and hit at least 18%.   I won't be able to verify this, but I am willing to bet, that an incredible amount of cherry picking, vulching, ganging, and bomber perking will be going on not to mention an enormous amount of dweebery!










 

[Yenny]

Does strafing building in fighter mode effect percentage? Cause that's all I do when town needs to be taking down. I don't really care for the percentage stuff, just get the mission priority done.

[Lusche]

Does strafing building in fighter mode effect percentage?

Yes - bullets count as "miss"

[Lusche]

Talk is cheap. 

Especially yours. 

[Yenny]

Yes - bullets count as "miss"

I guess maybe that's why my percentage is low. I mean as long as you know you can aim it doesn't matter right 

[Lusche]

I mean as long as you know you can aim it doesn't matter right 

Exactly. When you shoot me down it doesnt matter if your % stat is 25 or 5...

[Yenny]

Exactly. When you shoot me down it doesnt matter if your % stat is 25 or 5...

My average mission if the target area is rich, is around 12-15 kills before rtb. I've gone up to 22 kills and 7 assists in D9 w/o rearming. I think it's just the confident level of your aiming. I do just about everything in fighter mode, strafing town if there's no target available, strafing flaks and tanks trying to disable their track before they can reach town. I think all those are aspect of fighting should be count in fighter mode, because the majority of time flying in any mode will be looking for target of opportunities. That include ground targets and air borne targets. With that said I don't think the hit percentage really capture the true aiming ability of a player.

[Gixer]

I'm somewhere around 96 different planes with kills in the past 6 months (but still a Spit dweeb at heart):

Well admitting it is the first step to recovery.

Look, I don't even find my own stats very interesting let alone yours. And especially on 96 different planes over six months.


<S>...-Gixer

[Gixer]

I usually hold my fire until the target is 400 yards or closer and 9 out of 10 times will land each burst on the target.  I
ack-ack

Hold my fire until 400 yards? Oh the hardship of nose 50's and Hispanos.   

No wonder my Niki never had a chance... 


<S>...-Gixer

[Gixer]

My average mission if the target area is rich, is around 12-15 kills before rtb.

Yenny, now not wishing to single you out mate. But you do realise we can check your stats? 


<S>...-Gixer

[Gixer]

The Kill points are: = PlaneDamageScore + KillScore

PlaneDamageScore =
(DamagePointsScoredOnEnemiesTh isSortie * DeathMult) +
TotalTourPlaneDamageScoredOnE nemies

KillScore =
((AirKillsThisSortie * 1.0) + (AirAssistsThisSortie * 0.25) +
(GroundKillsThisSortie * 1.0) + (GroundAssistsThisSortie * 0.25) * DeathMult) +
TotalTourKillScore

As BaldEagle already pointed out and you can see from the formulas above,  the majority of your "kill points" results from damage to your enemy. Bombers can soak  much more damage, so they will give you more points.

 

Isn't it amazing that it's always the score wh*res that know this worthless sh*t. 7 Years I've been around and never have I known the formulas.

Thanks guys, legendary. 


<S>...-Gixer