Here are strange things I experienced, concerning connection, lag etc. Please, don’t take it as a whine, but as an effort to point that these things really happen.
Casen 1:
P51 who lost a wing on my FE landed safe, no damage on his FE. I posted about it before.
Case 2:
I met level p51, we turned into each other at some 4-5k, and Immelmanned after the merge. I did not go for HO in few passes which followed, neither the opponent seemed to go for it. Then, few seconds after the merge, I started hearing pings. It was some 5 seconds or so after the pass. He obviously went for HO, he had the shot, but no tracers were visible. After another HO from his side I lead turned him and got on his 6. I followed for good 20 seconds, d11 on his 6. At that time I got heavily pinged and killed !
No other plane was in the sector, both map and visible check after each pass. The guy I fought got the kill, not some outside intruder. After the kill I asked on open channel about it, and then another pilot I trust stated that he got killed by the same pilot at 4k distance.
Case 3:
A Spit was on my far 6, some 7k or so, level. I looped gently and went to cross path with the Spit and run for home. He was now some 3k away and obviously going for HO, so I rolled and pulled down at d12-13 in front of him, to spoil the shot. I believe most people can’t hit in that situation. I looked back, saw him firing, but was positive he would not hit. Then, some 20 seconds later, I get pings and lose my wingtip. Spit was 4k or so behind me now, with no speed after his hard turn and out of the fight. I try to land, but he catches me and kills me on ditch. OK, net lag etc…I explain it to myself. After some 30 seconds in tower, I take off from the field some 2-3 sectors away from the scene of the incident. Just as I pulled my gear, I get heavily pinged and same guy gets another kill. No enemy planes were in the sector.
Hristo,
I/JG 51
P.S.
My ping time is 244 ms, and no packet loss.
