Lethal Ack

[Tinkles]

Ok HTC I'm getting very frustrated with ack.  I watch players run through ack 5 to 10 times never being hit.  I make 1 gd pass and boom, im on fire and down.  NOW WTF AM I DOING WRONG????????????????  I don't pay to play this game to waste it being killed by ramdon fire.  I have asked to have my settings turned down because I just can't be that unlucky that many times. SOOOOOOOOOOOO WHATS THE DEAL?????????????????????????????????????.

I've seen players get nailed by ack diving in. I've seen them get totally missed. I've gone through missing everything  (one time both ailerons), and other times have gone through unscathed. Sometimes just the pilot gets hit.

The system ack is programmed to shoot at the most threatening enemy in the area, which I believe, is the closest enemy, which was you in this case.

The system used a program to lock on to you, it is commonly referred to as an Aimbot, because it's a string of code telling the computer where to aim, each gun has varying degrees of accuracy so as now to be the "Death Star Superman Laser... with Shark Attachments". 

Puffy ack is the same way at CVs, except their requirements is "who hits 3k 1st"?  And that's why all the puffy will go to the 1st guy to 3k, because he met the 'requirements' for those coded 'aimbots' to work.   

Personally, if I die from auto ack I just think to myself.. well you flew pretty predictably to be hit by auto-ack.   Sure, it's annoying because a player isn't getting the kill, so it seems like you a fighting the game you are 'paying for'.

I said this in another thread and I will say it here.

"In my opinion, it's on how the player interacts with what they are engaging that determines their 'fate'. If you don't want to die, then stop flying foolishly, and if you want to drive safely, then learn how to aim!"

 

[mbailey]

We will have to disagree on that.

No need to disagree.....it doesnt have anything to do with what your flying.  Ive flown a P38 once or twice, and can usually deack a small field in it without any issues.

[flatiron1]

Not to hard to deack a small field or vbase or port in a A6M5

[BluBerry]

I have noted the number of passes with little damage has something to do with the plane.  A P38 is one to two passes.  A P47 is two to three passes.

[Greebo]

I have noted the number of passes with little damage has something to do with the plane.  A P38 is one to two passes.  A P47 is two to three passes.

The P-38 is a larger plane than the P-47 and therefore more likely to get hit by ack. IIRC statistically the USAAF also found the P-38 was the more likely to get shot down doing ground attack work and probably for the same reason.

[Tinkles]

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[Black Jack]

Well, not sure if it's my repetitive badluck or combination of me and the P38J I fly, but I cannot survive a pass in ack without missing something. Only "trick" I found if I really have to do it is to start with the exterior guns and work my way in. I dive in the 300mph range, chop throttle if I don't want to be part of the landscape    "compressing" and after i shot the gun or guns I was lined up for i fly at the lowest altitude I can slightly weaving left and right. When far enough, pull straight up out of range wash and repeat. For some reason, I can survive a port, town, v-base a lot more with a mossy than I do with a P38. Ack magnet it is.

Black70

[Mongoose]

The P-38 is a larger plane than the P-47 and therefore more likely to get hit by ack. IIRC statistically the USAAF also found the P-38 was the more likely to get shot down doing ground attack work and probably for the same reason.

That and the fact that the P-47 was just a really tough airplane.  That radial engine was known for being able to take a beating and keep on ticking.

[Muzzy]

I have the most luck dropping as low as I can. Maybe someone can verify this, but I believe that if you hug the deck not all the guns can track you as some will be obstructed by buildings. I drop low, stay low, and jink on the way out.

[RotBaron]

I have the most luck dropping as low as I can. Maybe someone can verify this, but I believe that if you hug the deck not all the guns can track you as some will be obstructed by buildings. I drop low, stay low, and jink on the way out.

Buildings yes, but trees and bushes, no; they shoot straight through, even hills as you'll notice in gv entering town.