Example of Wrong

[Skuzzy]

If a plane lands closer to a friendly country field, than to an enemy field, it is a ditch and no kill is awarded.
If a plane lands closer to an enemy field, than to a friendly field, it is a capture, and a kill is awarded, if possible.

The condition of the plane is irrelevant, in this context.

[Lusche]

If a plane lands close to a friendly country airfield, it is a ditch and no kill is awarded.
If a plane lands close to an enemy airfield, it is a capture, and a kill is awarded.

The condition of the plane is irrelevant.  It landed and the pilot walked away. 

That is how it works.

And that's how it's been explained in this thread (Caldera).

So yes, someone was  actually right.

[Skuzzy]

Tweaked it a bit more.

[Lusche]

Tweaked it a bit more.

 

[Changeup]

Tweaked it a bit more.

 

[Ack-Ack]

If you actually shot them down (as opped to them ditching), it's a different issue than the OP presented.

Thanks for clearing it up, it definitely is a different issue than what ChangeUp experienced.

[caldera]

And that's how it's been explained in this thread (Caldera).

So yes, someone was  actually right.

Now I now how Chekov felt.

[Scca]

If a plane lands closer to a friendly country field, than to an enemy field, it is a ditch and no kill is awarded.
If a plane lands closer to an enemy field, than to a friendly field, it is a capture, and a kill is awarded, if possible.

The condition of the plane is irrelevant, in this context.

When you say "and a kill is awarded, if possible", what are some examples of what would make it impossible, (no kill awarded) other than the damage do'er is already dead? 

[Skuzzy]

When you say "and a kill is awarded, if possible", what are some examples of what would make it impossible, (no kill awarded) other than the damage do'er is already dead?

If there is not a pilot in range, and all the people who damaged the plane are no longer available, no kill will be awarded.  The system makes every attempt to award a kill, but there are times when it simply is not possible.

[Dragon Tamer]

Something that I've experienced, I've damaged a plane before and then gotten shot down. After I launch again I get the kill on the guy I was shooting at, is that a bug or by design somehow?

[Scca]

If there is not a pilot in range, and all the people who damaged the plane are no longer available, no kill will be awarded.  The system makes every attempt to award a kill, but there are times when it simply is not possible.

This is consistant with my experiance. Thanks sir

Now back to working on my "cred"

[Randy1]

Plane ditching is always clear to me but GV returning to a spawn point baffles me.  I will start another thread on that to keep from hijacking this one..

[Flench]

My hits cause a 109 to lose his engine.  He ditches right in front of me.  No kill.  Call it what you want but its an example of wrong.

Sounds like he Alt4 you . Had the same thing happen not two day's ago .

[Traveler]

My hits cause a 109 to lose his engine.  He ditches right in front of me.  No kill.  Call it what you want but its an example of wrong.

Got to ask this, seeing how according to you "He ditches right in front of me"  Why did you stop firing at the nme aircraft until it exploded ?   That to me seems to be wrong, also, how do you know how much prior damage was taken by the 109.  I believe that your single bullet caused the oil leak and engine loss, but who else might have inflected the bulk of the damage?

[DmonSlyr]

Got to ask this, seeing how according to you "He ditches right in front of me"  Why did you stop firing at the nme aircraft until it exploded ?   That to me seems to be wrong, also, how do you know how much prior damage was taken by the 109.  I believe that your single bullet caused the oil leak and engine loss, but who else might have inflected the bulk of the damage?

It wouldn't matter regardless because the enemy was closest to his base. So even if someone hit him before, they still wouldn't get a kill or assist. It is all about where you are when you shoot the guy down. Inside their radar they get a ditch no matter what. This is why you don't get proxies on them as well.


So this brings up the next question. The assist model and what constitutes a kill rather than an assist. You could hit a perfectly good plane who is attempting to shoot you down, you reverse him and pound 35 rounds of 20mm into them, blow them into 45 peices, and end up getting an assist. Why? 

Skuzzy, for 1000 points!!!





Lord I apologize