why Tracer off ?

[Gh0stFT]

may a dumb question, but why should i
set Tracer off ? I mean without its much
more dificult to aim.
Anyone have an answere ?

Gh0stFT

[RAM]

 

Originally posted by Gh0stFT:
may a dumb question, but why should i
set Tracer off ? I mean without its much
more dificult to aim.
Anyone have an answere ?

Gh0stFT

Well I can say that 2 days ago I saved my butt two times because I saw tracers surpassing me while I was in a bandit's 6. Another guy had sneaked on my back and started to fire. Well I need no pings to realize I was being attacked ,I rolled (190 does that great   ) and started the evasives. If the guy'd had the tracers off I'd been toasted.

Is a tradeoff...you lose aiming but you win surprise element. in a No-icon environment that could be really the difference between a victory or a close fight.

With icons its all up to you getting in the 6 of a stupid dweeb like me  
[edit]And, BTW, ALL night figter had tracers off  

hehe just a theory...but dawn...dusk...tracers off...hehehe

 


[This message has been edited by RAM (edited 06-22-2000).]

[LJK_KämpferAs]

grabbed my first kill today with tracers off, gives a good little advantage as my aim was off at start   hehehehe

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[hblair]

Tracers off actually seem to help my aim. Nothing visual to distract it I guess.

[ra]

I was thinking 'why tracers on?'.  My gunnery hasn't been effected without them, yet it seems almost everyone else still uses them.  The only time I miss them is when I'm trying to scare someone into turning from D8.

ra

[Ghosth]

Same here Hblair, my gunnery went up soon as tracers went off.

Not to even mention the stealth thing.

[Fluf]

I tried no-tracers day 1 of 1.03. I thought
I didn't like tracers, but found that I relied on them for long deflection shots. I made some straight-away kills, but wasn't doing well on lead shots. I switched them back on!  When gun-camera works again it'll be interesting to see films without tracer. Because there is no sound you won't know when you were firing, and the films won't be quite as useful for learning from. (Without tracer-on that is).

[mx22]

What stealth are you talking about? With icons on, everyone who has eyes and not busy talking to other people, will see you.
What I had expirienced so far, tells me this option is of no use for me. I open my fire from less then 400 (lately i went down as far as 300) and I just can't miss on a steady target. And if guy is not steady, well that means he already seen me and it won't matter if he sees my tracers or no.
IMO, it's a "I'm sooo cool" option.

mx22

[hblair]

 

Originally posted by mx22:
IMO, it's a "I'm sooo cool" option.

mx22

You found me out.



[This message has been edited by hblair (edited 06-22-2000).]

[dosequis]

I have no idea what hblair's WAV says. Something about sticking his head somewhere.
I probably don't wanna know...

XX

[Yeager]

Talking about tracers off:

Dont do it!  There is no point!

Thank you  

Yeager

[hblair]

Me neither dosequis, I don't have sound here at the shop.   Supposed to be some sorta Fonzie (Happy Days) WAV file.

No kidding though, I seem to miss less shots with the tracers off, why do ya think its some kinda "I'm too cool for tracers" thing mx2? LOL! I can't help that you depend on tracers to hit the target.   Doesn't mean everybody else does.   No Biggie.

[-duma-]

Actually, I usually use tracers to gauge the best time to start evasives (You have to do as few as possible in the Tiffie if you want to outrun the other guy). With tracers off I'm gonna be roasted by guys with a good aim  

[wolf37]

hiya all:

with or without tracers is up to you.
as for aim getting better with out them, great to hear, but tracers where added to help the pilots in war time to hit there targets.
just my two cents.

blue skies all

wolf37
C.O.
THUNDERBIRDS

[mx22]

hblair,

I called it "I'm soo cool" option because in reality everyone who does any kind of shooting while turning in his aircraft will achieve much better accuracy if he sees where his bullet go. You might get better results, but for that you should press fire when you fly pretty much in a straight line and open fire from very close.

mx22