Allegations

[Masherbrum]

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[MK-84]

You probably shot a friendly.  That picture you took is not of an enemy behind you but your own tracers.

[Skuzzy]

Indeed, this looks like it was a death by killshooter, as per the logs.

[Kingpin]

Indeed, this looks like it was a death by killshooter, as per the logs.

It appears he's new and may not be aware of "killshooter" or friendly icons.  Killshooter is an arena setting that makes any damage you inflict to a friendly aircraft/vehicle get applied to your own aircraft/vehicle.  

There are certain exceptions, like manned field guns and bombs, but generally speaking, if you shoot a friendly, you take the damage.  This helps prevent players from griefing friendlies.

Enemy aircraft have red icons.  If the aircraft you were shooting had a green icon, it was on your side (friendly).  When you hit it, you damaged your own plane.  On the bright side, you did hit what you were aiming at!

Hope this helps.

 
Ryno

[DubiousKB]

Could it be simply a server latency issue. Perhaps in the moments leading up to the kill, the difference between server and local computer was just enough to killshoot YOURSELF.... 

That'd be the first thing i'd think of given the circumstances... Very odd. Would only worry about this if the ol' invisible plane kept killing you. 

Otherwise, I'd just chalk it up to a bug in the system. One off = frustrating, pattern = bug/glitch 

[Ack-Ack]

Shoot at red targets, don't shoot at green targets.

ack-ack

[Arlo]

Shoot at red targets, don't shoot at green targets.

ack-ack

Green ... targets? 

[Skuzzy]

Thank you Kingpin <S>

[bcadoo]

I HAVE had invisible planes shoot at me  in offline missions.

[Kingpin]

Thank you Kingpin <S>

No problem.  We were all newbs once. <S>

I HAVE had invisible planes shoot at me  in offline missions.

Yes, there is a glitch in offline missions which can cause a plane to be invisible.  But Skuzzy mentioned the logs, so this must have been online.

[MrGeezer]

"I not only deny the allegations, I deny the alligator"

[mbailey]

It was Col.Mustard.   In the Library.  With the candlestick  

Wait wrong forum..........

[BadAngel]

Snarky remarks were expected.

Fair enough, I am relatively new, and "killshot" is a plausible explanation.  Re-reviewed.

Note : There is a friendly above me diving, who eventually gets in front of me, but that's not where the shots from unidentified firing object (UFO) are coming from.  

Here's the first shot(s) from UFO.  They hit water beyond Spit bandit.  

I'm not even close to firing on the F4 friendly in front of the Spit (almost 90 degrees?).  Teach me how to do that shot and I'll give you money.  Spit's fire just took off F4's wing, and it's why I thought it might've been debris from F4, and eventually debris from Spit, but the UFO fire happened first.  

[Lusche]

Post the film.

[Slash27]

SYSTEM: BadAngel was shot down by a Klingon Bird of Prey.