Yea,, Back off on the #$*&@(@ Pilot wounds!

[MrKrabs]

I rarely get pw's 

Probably because I don't blatantly show my full profile late in the break for lag rolls or scissors... The pw's will magicllystart going away if you are aware of your profile from your enemy's perspective! They gunna shoot? GET SMALL!

[glzsqd]

I rarely get pw's 

Probably because I don't blatantly show my full profile late in the break for lag rolls or scissors... The pw's will magicllystart going away if you are aware of your profile from your enemy's perspective! They gunna shoot? GET SMALL!

This.

 Hitech never had to model a PW feature, it could have just been that a round to the canopy was an instant pilot kill.

[Randy1]

You would think the La7 and Yak with no head armor would get killed on a 6 shot instead of a pilot wound.

[The Fugitive]

You also tend to be a 30 thousand feet picker

LOL! Ya right. I get scared going over 15k.

[Someguy63]

Pilot wounds are pretty gay.

[bozon]

Pilot wounds are pretty gay.

Really?
You should see my Mossie pilot. He sustained so many wounds that women and tough men alike run screaming in horror at the sight of him. Last time he walked in the park he got darted with a tranquilizer and woke up in a cage with Orangutans.   

[Randy1]

You also tend to be a 30 thousand feet picker

Peanut I have seen Fugi fighting under 10,000 feet many times.

[Vraciu]

Peanut I have seen Fugi fighting under 10,000 feet many times.

He is always otd in any major furball I have been in the past few months.   He has cleared me many times.

[bustr]

You would think the La7 and Yak with no head armor would get killed on a 6 shot instead of a pilot wound.

Those two fighters had bullet proof glass instead of metal for the rear head armor. Take a closer look next time from your cockpit.

[morfiend]

LOL! Ya right. I get scared going over 15k.

  The only time Fuji makes it to 30K is when the bruins make the playoffs....so not very often!




   

[Arlo]

  The only time Fuji makes it to 30K is when the bruins make the playoffs....so not very often!




   

I've fallen asleep on auto-climb, myself. The film was kinda funny. Shoulda kept it.

[The Fugitive]

Peanut I have seen Fugi fighting under 10,000 feet many times.

ya trying to clear your 6  

He is always otd in any major furball I have been in the past few months.   He has cleared me many times.

...yes and yours.

My wingman (Mark4) get mad when I jump in like that  

  The only time Fuji makes it to 30K is when the bruins make the playoffs....so not very often!




    

HEY ! The Bruins almost ALWAYS make the play-offs. The problem is, is that they don't often go very far in the play-offs  

[Randy1]

ya trying to clear your 6  

That be true. 

[Skyyr]

flew for 8 hours yesterday and only had one pilot wound. meh, don't seem to see them that often.

That's because over the last 5 tours, you average less than 3 kills per hour (2.874 per hour, to be exact). Over your aforementioned 8 hours, you engaged (statistically) an average of 22.9 fighters. There are some of us who regularly manage that many kills (or more) in one hour, so naturally you wouldn't see the same amount of pilot wounding that we do.

Pilot wounds do happen with quite regular frequency. The most annoying ones to me are when there's glass that has "visually" stopped the bullet (impacts on the glass can be seen behind the pilot, but they are not breaking through it), only to see blood all over the front of the cockpit. The same with steel-backed cockpits.

It's unrealistic and annoying as heck, moreso when the pilot wound comes from a random ack burst.

[Vraciu]

That's because over the last 5 tours, you average less than 3 kills per hour (2.874 per hour, to be exact). Over your aforementioned 8 hours, you engaged (statistically) an average of 22.9 fighters. There are some of us who regularly manage that many kills (or more) in one hour, so naturally you wouldn't see the same amount of pilot wounding that we do.

Pilot wounds do happen with quite regular frequency. The most annoying ones to me are when there's glass that has "visually" stopped the bullet (impacts on the glass can be seen behind the pilot, but they are not breaking through it), only to see blood all over the front of the cockpit. The same with steel-backed cockpits.

It's unrealistic and annoying as heck, moreso when the pilot wound comes from a random ack burst.

*Insert sounds of chest thumping and Tarzan yells.*


Just can't help yourself, can ya'?


That said your argument contains an obvious logical fallacy.   A higher rate of pilot wounds as a result of airplane type or attack technique (or any other relevant variable) could negatively impact kills/hour.   More data needed to compare apples to apples.

The glass stopping the round scenario is a valid point.   Its likely a side effect of art work though, not coding.    It is probably INTEMDED to be a PW but isn't rendered properly.