assists?

[pembquist]

Did something with assists change in the years that have passed since I last played? A player shot down one bomber of a formation and I shot down the other two after a bit of time and they were credited as assists. I understand how it was, (and maybe still is,) as who ever inflicted the most or most lethal damage would get the kill and remember getting kills or assists based on that which sometimes wasn't obvious. This thing with the bombers seemed different.

[DmonSlyr]

I have no idea what constitutes an assist from a kill. It seems its a toss up mostly if someone else gets bullets in them too. There are times I just cannot believe ive gotten an assist on plane that ive absolutely drilled. Other times teamates will kill the guy I pinged up big time and I still get the assist. Sucks because you waste all this time and E and ammo on planes that look and fly absolutely perfect and then youll get the assist. Its impossible to figure out.

[LilMak]

The one thing that can have a big impact is a PW. A Single bullet will get you the kill no matter how much damage the other guy does. So, if you shredded a plane and the pilot already had a PW, you wouldn’t get the kill.

[hazmatt]

I have no idea what constitutes an assist from a kill. It seems its a toss up mostly if someone else gets bullets in them too. There are times I just cannot believe ive gotten an assist on plane that ive absolutely drilled. Other times teamates will kill the guy I pinged up big time and I still get the assist. Sucks because you waste all this time and E and ammo on planes that look and fly absolutely perfect and then youll get the assist. Its impossible to figure out.

Some games take care of this by giving you feedback such as "hit","critical hit" or "severe damage". I think AH3 does this but doesn't give the feedback in txt like some other games do. That said some people seem to be able to determine how much damage they did without it. I've noticed some players will shot an aircraft and then fly away and let somebody else finish it off and get the assist. Not sure how they do it but I've seen it enough times that I don't think it's a coincidence.

What LilMak just added while I was writing this could explain it.

[atlau]

I've noticed more kills being awarded after the person being awarded the kill has died or landed. Has the logic changed as well? Get credit until you up a new sortie?