Hello all,
Lately it seems I am getting more kills using deflection shots, rather than straight 6 shots. In the past I have almost exclusively tried to fly to a con's 6 in order to saddle up before shooting. However, lately I have found that if I can set up a nice deflection shot, I am seeing what seems to be better damage results.
For example, from the 6 postion, it seems I can fire solid bursts at D300-400 (near convergence), while getting steady hits, often with little to no effect. Whereas, if I can catch the con in a turn/scissors and make a solid deflection shot on the wing surface, the wing seems to come right off. As a side bonus, I am also getting more PK head shots this way too. This all seems a little odd to me, because I get PW'd or even PK'd from straight 6 shots out as far as 800 all the time.
Relevant questions:1) Does this have something to do with how damage is modeled in the game, i.e. hits on a wider area of wing surface are actually more effective than hits in a single rear area?
2) Is the cockpit more vulnerable in a straight 6 shot than I think, and I should be aiming there rather than wing roots?
3) Is pilot head postion actually factored into the damage model? (In other words, does looking back make you more likely to be brainboxed rather than hunkering down behind your pilot armor?)
4) What other factors might be at play here?
Thanks for any feedback.
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