question: 2 seat bomber

[Jaeron]

OK, so a buddy and I join a server to try out the 2 seat bomber. We jump in and take off with me as the pilot and him as the bomber. I watch his first bomb head towards an enemy tank and then veer off to kill a teammate at the end. Well I think it was an admin or something cause he was immediately kicked, which I thought was pretty funny. So he rejoins and tells me that he wants to fly this time so that he doesn't get kicked/banned if it happens again.

second attempt he is flying and I am bombing. I get my first "i got lock" fire!... watch the bomb/missle head to the lock then veer off and hit the ground right next to the target but far enough away to do no damage. Next few times I get lock, all the targets (friend and foe) dissappear just after I shoot... the missle harmlessly hits the ground and all the targets pop back into existance.

Now I looked at the ping's for me and my buddy and both of us were under 100. What I want to know is this a common problem or was it just the server?

[poisonsoul]

Re: question: 2 seat bomber

The trick to use the missles in the two seater is you'll only hit what's in front of the jet. You can only go a little to the left or right of the nose of plane, if you go too far it'll just fly into anything. I believe it works fine going up or down, however, not to the max down.

I haven't flown in a two seater since the patch, but I believe that rule shouldn't have been changed.

[WarGimp]

Re: question: 2 seat bomber

To put it another way;

The anti-vehicle missiles on the bombers have a maximum turning radius. They launch straight ahead. If the target is outside the turn radius of the missile, it's going to miss.

I haven't seen any air to ground missiles break away from an enemy lock to go after a friendly. Neither before or after the 1.3 patch. Previous to 1.3 I bingoed several friendlies, but that was due to the bug that painted friendlies and enemies with the same target box.

That's not to say I don't believe it happened... rather that I haven't seen it.

[Lagadelphia]

Re: question: 2 seat bomber

To put it another way;

The anti-vehicle missiles on the bombers have a maximum turning radius. They launch straight ahead. If the target is outside the turn radius of the missile, it's going to miss.

I haven't seen any air to ground missiles break away from an enemy lock to go after a friendly. Neither before or after the 1.3 patch. Previous to 1.3 I bingoed several friendlies, but that was due to the bug that painted friendlies and enemies with the same target box.

That's not to say I don't believe it happened... rather that I haven't seen it.

It's happened to me. Also, it seems like the F-15 loses lock more often than the Su's do. That has always seemed to have been the case regardless of what patch.

[zipp0r]

Re: question: 2 seat bomber

To put it another way;

The anti-vehicle missiles on the bombers have a maximum turning radius. They launch straight ahead. If the target is outside the turn radius of the missile, it's going to miss.

I haven't seen any air to ground missiles break away from an enemy lock to go after a friendly. Neither before or after the 1.3 patch. Previous to 1.3 I bingoed several friendlies, but that was due to the bug that painted friendlies and enemies with the same target box.

That's not to say I don't believe it happened... rather that I haven't seen it.

used to happen alot, mostly when your target gets destroyed as your firing, it then veers off and kills a friendly tank. can sometimes be guided out of the way tho.

[baggygreen]

Re: question: 2 seat bomber

I've seen this every now and again. i've found it helps to keep your crosshairs over the target, cos they do guide the bombs.