Author Topic: Puffy Ack without the Puff?  (Read 436 times)

Offline WOZ30BAT

  • Zinc Member
  • *
  • Posts: 91
Puffy Ack without the Puff?
« on: March 02, 2011, 12:31:03 PM »
BoyofWar popped me with the 5 inch gun evidently. I was close to the deck; trying to stay under 3k to avoid puffy ack. The fleet was still a ways off the coast as I could see other friendlies higher than me but no puffy ack was firing. We were all engaged mostly in an on the deck furball and I was trailing a F4F through a turn & about to fire when I was immediately sent to the tower. No puffy ack, no gunfire; just an explosion heard as entering tower. I don't think it was a 40mm as I saw no tracers at any time & I was sure the CV was still far enough away from me as such I was not worried about tracer ack. I guess I'm asking can the 5 inch gun not have puffy ack or is that a total different gun from the "puffy ack" gun. And does it fire under 3k? I'm pretty sure I was under 3k but who knows I was in a fight but I do know the puffy clouds were not around & there were no tracer round ack visible either.      {Sidious}
IN Game: Sidious

Offline SPKmes

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3271
Re: Puffy Ack without the Puff?
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2011, 12:33:08 PM »
yes 5 inch is user directed and can fire to sea level.


Offline GNucks

  • Silver Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1324
      • VF-17 "Jolly Rogers"
Re: Puffy Ack without the Puff?
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2011, 12:37:57 PM »
I'm pretty sure you can set the 5" to land mode while still firing AA. Click on a furball on the map and just hold the trigger down 'till you get something. No killshooting field guns is stupid, imo.

EDIT: But that wasn't your question. If he was luck I'm sure he got an instant kill on your pilot, explaining why you never saw anything and instantly went to tower.

Rebel - Inactive
An amateur trains until he gets it right, a professional until he can't get it wrong.
vf-17.webuda.com

Offline AAJagerX

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2339
Re: Puffy Ack without the Puff?
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2011, 04:08:13 PM »
Sounds like he scored a direct hit and killed your pilot.
AAJagerX - XO - AArchAAngelz

trainers.hitechcreations.com