Dive Bombers In Training (GWX)

Lanzfeld · 01-25-09, 07:04 AM

I like to test various damage models in the flak academy traing mission in GWX. You do get pounded pretty good there by bombs but only by the swordfish biplanes.

I noticed that the Hurricanes like to come screaming down on you and hit you with cannons very well but they NEVER hit with the bombs that they drop. I have played this at least 50 times and they always drop long it seems. I am not sure if this is a GWX thing as I always am using GWX and have not tested outside this.

...or is it just a training academy thing? A strange quirk like the trawler in the convoy training mission? (the one that attacks the DD for attacking you)

Anyone ever get hit directly by a diving fighter/bomber in the game?

Jimbuna · 01-25-09, 09:07 AM

Yes, often to begin with.....but now I skip academy/training classes.

A Very Super Market · 01-25-09, 12:07 PM

Maybe the Hurricanes are moving too fast or something? Perhaps the swordfish are just better? Go look at the training missions through mission editor and check if the skill levels are different. Career Hurricanes have never missed for me

01-25-09, 07:53 PM

the hurricane is a fighter and the swordfish is slow and is a bomber. also you can never win because the planes shoot each ofther down!

A Very Super Market · 01-25-09, 08:42 PM

No. They both carry depth charges (or just normal bombs) and the Hurricanes always miss him. I've never seen planes suddenly wipe each other out, only ships:hmm:

01-25-09, 07:04 AM	#1
Lanzfeld Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New Tripoli, PA Posts: 994 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	Dive Bombers In Training (GWX) I like to test various damage models in the flak academy traing mission in GWX. You do get pounded pretty good there by bombs but only by the swordfish biplanes. I noticed that the Hurricanes like to come screaming down on you and hit you with cannons very well but they NEVER hit with the bombs that they drop. I have played this at least 50 times and they always drop long it seems. I am not sure if this is a GWX thing as I always am using GWX and have not tested outside this. ...or is it just a training academy thing? A strange quirk like the trawler in the convoy training mission? (the one that attacks the DD for attacking you) Anyone ever get hit directly by a diving fighter/bomber in the game?

01-25-09, 09:07 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Yes, often to begin with.....but now I skip academy/training classes. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-25-09, 12:07 PM	#3
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Maybe the Hurricanes are moving too fast or something? Perhaps the swordfish are just better? Go look at the training missions through mission editor and check if the skill levels are different. Career Hurricanes have never missed for me __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

01-25-09, 08:42 PM	#5
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No. They both carry depth charges (or just normal bombs) and the Hurricanes always miss him. I've never seen planes suddenly wipe each other out, only ships:hmm: __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

01-25-09, 07:53 PM	#4
magicsub2 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	the hurricane is a fighter and the swordfish is slow and is a bomber. also you can never win because the planes shoot each ofther down!