Collisions

[Guppy35]

Hadn't thought about any of this at all until the other night when I was rammed, got the message "so and so collided with you" in white.  I lost a wing, he was undamaged and flew away.

I assumed the collider got the damage but it wasn't that case.  

I could care less in the end because i always get a new plane, but it went against what I understood as to how things worked.

I did not see his guns firing so I don't believe he shot my wing off in the process of the ram.

[Hungry]

I can see how its confusing when the message in white says that someone else has collided with your plane implying the ram was not your fault but you seem to take all the damage not them.

Change the messages to "A Collision Has Occurred" dont try and explain who collided with who and the arguments are over.  

Just a thought

[Connery]

Originally posted by Bronk
IMO
Basing your opinion on feeling, rather than a logical solution to a problem is silly.

Bronk

Bronk you are taking things too literally.....perhaps something is lost in the translation, when someone here says they are making their feelings clear it means the same as expressing their views.

Hope that clears things up.

[E25280]

Originally posted by Guppy35
Hadn't thought about any of this at all until the other night when I was rammed, got the message "so and so collided with you" in white.  I lost a wing, he was undamaged and flew away.

I assumed the collider got the damage but it wasn't that case.  

I could care less in the end because i always get a new plane, but it went against what I understood as to how things worked.

I did not see his guns firing so I don't believe he shot my wing off in the process of the ram.

Just because you didn't see it doesn't mean he wasn't firing.

I've been shot down by planes that passed my me a half second before. . . "Whew, he missed. HEY!!!"

And don't think that a collision must be fatal.  He flew away, but I guarantee he wasn't undamaged if he collided.  The damage may have been too minor for you to see (see tailwheel example), but he took damage nonetheless.

[weazely]

   all those pictures of beating dead horses

[JB42]

See Rule #10