Accuracy of Mobile 88s
 

Hi,

during a round of El Al today, I really started wondering about the mobile 88s. For some godforsaken reason, they seem (this may just be me smoking crack or having a bad day) to have far more deviation than the stationary ones, or maybe I'm just trying to engage at greater distances.

It really seemed to me that I wasn't hitting squat, while I tend to have a much higher hit rate with the stationaries--and no, before someone makes a smartass comment, my halftrack wasn't in the process of sliding down the hill.

Considering the mad high velocity of 88 shells, it seems to me they should be a lot more exact than they are over distances, especially on maps like El Al, with tank battles over wide open spaces and no real hiding places to go "hull down" with mobile 88s. Anyone?

Re: Accuracy of Mobile 88s
 

I think the reason for that is that fh is a "pop" mod.
They sometimes tent to balance stuff in a strange vehicles, maybe to make the mod more fun for n00bs :D

Re: Accuracy of Mobile 88s
 

... Lobo and other devs have said before - FH does not do this. How many times do they have to say? Sometimes there is a little miscoding here and there but generally the mod is leaning towards realism. What you said is absolute rubbish - not trying to flame you but the devs have said it before.

Fuzzybunny - I myself have not noticed this. On Aberdeen I have scored succesive kills time and time again using that mobile 88. I find that I have to aim a little bit above the targets but not miles above. Generally though they seem extremely accurate to me ...

Re: Accuracy of Mobile 88s
 

What? they ALL have said some things may be changed, NOT MISCODED to balance it!

Re: Accuracy of Mobile 88s
 

You misunderstand - when I said 'miscoded' I was implying that maybe a few bugs have come through here and there.

Re: Accuracy of Mobile 88s
 

OK, fair enough--I was just soliciting opinions on the issue (which may not even be one--I'd be completely willing to accept that it's just me with a lot of bad luck.) I just reeeeally started wondering on both Aberdeen an El Al whether the damn things were as accurate as the stationary 88s, since my shots seemed to drop all over the place except on enemy tanks (with the exception of the single Sherman I hit frontally, and it didn't even smoke...)

..and I'm really not _that_ miserable a shot. Usually.

Re: Accuracy of Mobile 88s
 

Well who is talking rubbish here?
HOW COME HALFTRUCKS TAKE TwO TANK SHELLS NOW? (from medium tanks, KT still 1s1k)
When you ask the devs you get the answer "...so more people use them"
And thats JUST the proof that they do.
Not that it is bad in all cases, but in some like the 88 it is. (Dunno if the 88 is balanced though.)

Re: Accuracy of Mobile 88s
 

The halftracks are not coded that way "so more people use them." It is to simluate the tendency of some AP rounds to pass right through non-critical parts of the vehicle, without causing the spalling and other lethal effects that might occur in a more heavily armored vehicle. It's not a perfect solution, but it is not just an arbitrary distortion either.

Re: Accuracy of Mobile 88s
 

i have had the same problem but im just shit so thats my problem!

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I once stole a Tiger on Orel and saw a Panzer II swinging out of a main road. I fired, dead right behind the turret. Doesn't even show damage. I fire once more, it takes it out immediatly. Maybe it was the same thing, that nobody wants to use the tankettes, so they made them more durable.