Smoking GVs

[KTM520guy]

Smoking GVs. Does that mean anything in game anymore? It used to be that a smoking GV had either the motor out or the turret out. Lately that doesn't seem to be the case. What gives?


 

[moot]

I don't know if it's lag, or what.. But I've seen flaks keep firing for a few seconds after the turret gets strafed, and only then seem to "get" that they're disabled.  Sort of like planes taking a tater in the engine, smoking oil, and only a bit later going deadstick.
Then you add the possibility that they have supplies in range and it's pretty hard to know what's going on.

[Castedo]

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[MajIssue]

Smoking metals can cause health problems