The tater chucker get nerfed?

[Agent360]

This has been an issue for a long time. Its not new.

I agree though that there is something wrong. The k4 is the only plane I fly. I have shot enough times at enough people to know that there is a modeling issue....what it is I do not know.

I expected the new damage model to make the 30mm (tater) even more deadly. But it seems it treats the round as the same as multiple 50 call hits.

Its almost seems like the damage is calculated on a strait line damage scale regardless of the round shot.

For example: a small round like a 5.56 cant shoot through a concrete wall like a 50 cal can. If you fire enough rounds of 5.56 at a concrete wall you will eventually drill a hole through it.

The point is you can't calculate damage based on a strait line model. Each type of round has to be calculated.

I would expect a 30mm HE round would blow the whole dam tail off a plane not just take a piece.

I think all the "hit boxes" for a part of the plane are the same. Damage is calculated on a strait line model....a 30mm is equal to say 25, 50 cal rounds or 100 BB's in the same hit box.

Who knows because HTC hasn't commented.

[TonyJoey]

I upped a few 262 sorties today to mix it up a bit, but after this I was very discouraged to go up in one again.



Notice his missing stabilizer before this pass. I had taken that out with a previous raking of 30 mils.





Absolutely no damage.   Prolly woulda gotten him had I been firing 50 cals.

[grizz441]

 
Tell us luftwhiners something isn't wrong after seeing those screen shots. 

[gyrene81]

Of all the aircraft mounted cannons the Rheinmetall MK108 30mm with the standard Minengeschoss HEI shells should not take more than 2 rounds to knock a wing off any aircraft in AH.

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1041

http://www.luft46.com/armament/mk108.html

[EskimoJoe]

Maybe it's one of HTC's fancy pantsed balance deals?

Only throwing it out there, I don't fly german 30mm birds anymore because of the *points to thread name*

[redman555]

yup yup, ive noticed to.


-BigBOBCH

[BrownBaron]

What's the point of learning how to master this stub-nosed trajectorily challenged cannon if it doesn't have the awesome destructive power it had?

[Karnak]

TonyJoey,

No doubt, that should have taken out that Mossie.  I can post an image of a real Mossie that took two or three 30mm rounds from an Me262, but you hit far harder than that.

Your evaluation of the .50 cals is off though, the Mossie is very tough and I routinely get peppered with .50 cal fire for no effect on my Mossie.

[MickDono]

Hit a k4 4 separate times with 30mm and eventually the last 1 worked.

http://www.mediafire.com/?jjj1h5mdtmz

1:59
2:37
2:43
3:06

Ignore my crappy flyin

MickyD

[JunkyII]

Bring out HTC we Luftwhiners need to have a sit down....

[sunfan1121]

It is kinda weird that no one from HTC has commented on any of the taterdud threads.

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It is kinda weird that no one from HTC has commented on any of the taterdud threads.

.... just shut it Paul

[321BAR]

sad to say but  I think they hate the luft stuff, and don't give a hoot.

put the thread in the bugs category?????

[JunkyII]

put the thread in the bugs category?????

Been there done that...

[BillyD]

Again alot of it has to do with the re modeling of the tail damage........anyone notice how well certain planes fly with no tail these days ^_^