I readily admit I just may be off my game today. I'm curious, though, if anyone else has been running into a lot of inexplicable point-blank misses this afternoon. Had a game where I plugged a cataphract @ less than 100m with ERPPCs multiple times. Not only was I missing the side torso I was aiming at, I wasn't registering damage at all. (Yes, they were the ER flavor, not standard PPCs.) My ping was in the 50-60 range, so that's not it.
Anyone else? Otherwise I'm just going to presume a bout of derp aiming on my part.
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Missing At Close Range, Or Just Me?
Started by Thundercles, Apr 05 2013 01:28 PM
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Posted 05 April 2013 - 01:31 PM
At the moment there are connection problems. My buddies and me got a lot of warping and rubberbanding. Don't know if the hotfix messed something up or that the servers have severe connections problems.
When your target warps 20-50m to another location then your shot will likely miss him even if your client shows otherwise.
When your target warps 20-50m to another location then your shot will likely miss him even if your client shows otherwise.
Edited by Mechkilla, 05 April 2013 - 01:33 PM.
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Posted 05 April 2013 - 01:47 PM
hai, it is the rubber banding. I do not know how many of my team mates I have actually hit due to that.. delayed firing, repositioning.. at last I have not had a team kill...yet..
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Posted 05 April 2013 - 02:00 PM
I put a pair of AC20 rounds straight through a Cent's CT at 26m without inflicting damage. He was stationary, which makes it worse.... I watched as they impacted the sloped wall behind him...
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Posted 05 April 2013 - 02:11 PM
Were your ER PPCs/AC20s on your arms?
There are issues with point blank shots where the weapons don't converge right --- so the shots cross either in front of or behind the enemy.
Oftentimes this happens against mechs like the centurian with a thin waist, your shots converge directly behind him after passing between his arms and torso.
[Unlike some games, your weapons are actually to the left and right of your cockpit, so they fire at an angle to intersect the point where your crosshairs are resting. ]
YOu also get crazy AC20 shots that converge directly in front of you. PPCs might do it too.
There are issues with point blank shots where the weapons don't converge right --- so the shots cross either in front of or behind the enemy.
Oftentimes this happens against mechs like the centurian with a thin waist, your shots converge directly behind him after passing between his arms and torso.
[Unlike some games, your weapons are actually to the left and right of your cockpit, so they fire at an angle to intersect the point where your crosshairs are resting. ]
YOu also get crazy AC20 shots that converge directly in front of you. PPCs might do it too.
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Posted 05 April 2013 - 02:17 PM
I almost rage-quit last night when I was in my Cicada dueling with a Raven and 90% of my ERPPC shots when right through him without registering hits.
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Posted 05 April 2013 - 02:48 PM
Krondor, on 05 April 2013 - 02:17 PM, said:
I almost rage-quit last night when I was in my Cicada dueling with a Raven and 90% of my ERPPC shots when right through him without registering hits.
I have seen this numerous times where a ppc bolt of either type goes THROUGH a target at close range. That's one reason I stick to gauss anymore.
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