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Offline Clone155

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Question about fire
« on: October 10, 2009, 05:41:11 PM »
Quick question. If you catch on fire is there a set time limit for how long you stay alive? or is it random everytime?
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Offline Strip

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Re: Question about fire
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2009, 05:41:49 PM »
Randomly short.....

No more two minute candles!

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Re: Question about fire
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2009, 05:42:08 PM »
since the update it's really quick
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Offline Crash Orange

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Re: Question about fire
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2009, 05:46:26 PM »
Quote from: ACE on October 10, 2009, 05:42:08 PM
since the update it's really quick

Beautiful. There's little more irritating than being shot by an A6M you set on fire 5 minutes earlier.
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Offline caldera

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Re: Question about fire
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2009, 07:58:48 PM »
Does this apply to bombers as well?
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Re: Question about fire
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2009, 08:19:51 PM »
I can tell you from direct experience... YES!  Not more than 5 or 10 seconds after my b25 being set ablaze, BLAMMO!
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Re: Question about fire
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2009, 10:45:10 PM »
it means you should bail out immediately.

also...i lit a fw190, and an f4u tonight....i've never seen either of them ignite before.
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Offline Clone155

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Re: Question about fire
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2009, 10:45:42 PM »
Oh, I thought it was a bug on the P37M, it barely gave me 3 seconds before !!!BOOM!!!  :joystick:
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Offline Krusty

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Re: Question about fire
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2009, 10:51:40 PM »
Quote from: CAP1 on October 10, 2009, 10:45:10 PM
it means you should bail out immediately.

also...i lit a fw190, and an f4u tonight....i've never seen either of them ignite before.

As a 190 pilot: it's quite common. Not every time, mind you, but has happened to me plenty of times.
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Re: Question about fire
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2009, 11:05:06 PM »
Quote from: Krusty on October 10, 2009, 10:51:40 PM
As a 190 pilot: it's quite common. Not every time, mind you, but has happened to me plenty of times.

aahh...rgr that. i'm usually against them in my 38 o doom. if they're not tearing me apart, i generally see physical damage on them....like elevators, flaps, etc.....and in the case of a couple last week, an entire wing......i've just never seen em go all "roman candle" before.

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Offline Saxman

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Re: Question about fire
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2009, 11:30:47 PM »
Fires in the game are fuel fires. Because of self-sealing tanks F4Us (and most American Iron in general) don't light up easily. But it does happen.
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Re: Question about fire
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2009, 05:48:30 AM »
i think its a little harsh on the buff driver.   You would think if a fighter is 3-9 seconds bombers should be double ?
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Offline Bodhi

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Re: Question about fire
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2009, 09:24:36 AM »
Quote from: Bruv119 on October 11, 2009, 05:48:30 AM
i think its a little harsh on the buff driver.   You would think if a fighter is 3-9 seconds bombers should be double ?

Hard to draw a line it would seem.
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Offline Shuffler

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Re: Question about fire
« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2009, 12:35:58 PM »
I've seen a lot of burning planes since the update. Unusual.
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Re: Question about fire
« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2009, 01:28:56 PM »
well, i've only flown last night since the newest update. like i said earlier, i lit a fw, and a corsair.....and i think i might've lit a pony earlier than that.

 not sure how or why, as i normally don't seem to make that sort of damage.

 the thing i did notice was/is that they all seem to go boom ridiculously fast now. this i think is ok though(although i'm sure i'll whine about it when it happens to me) because it'l probably htc's way of preventing the "fighting candle" from spending the next couple minutes killing. 

 guess we'll hafta wait n see.........
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