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Make .50's work right. They shoot in pulse(or something like it) as opposed to all of them firing in synchronization to keep a steady stream of lead going down range as they did in reality. I've seen planes fly through my stream of 8X.50's with tracers in front and behind with no damage. If I shoot 8x .50 MG's at 1200 rpm (lets even be conservative and say 900 rpm) I should score many many many hits as the plane flies across/through my line of fire. However I do not. If I'm in a 109 or 190 (or any German plane with HE munitions) I can score 1 or 2 hits (raking fire across not lining up behind) and render the enemy plane ineffective immediately. If they aren't killed out right, they are sluggish enough to be killed/disregarded  at will. This is not the case when flying American planes and shooting at Axis planes. This needs to be addressed.

[Hitcher]

+1 to non perfectly synchronized guns 

[[CPT]Crunch]

I'd be nice, but are you prepared to choke down your PC's CPU even further for the extra required performance is the question.  There are no freebies, it all has to be tracked, every single gun on every single plane in your missions.

[von_Tom]

Or, let’s be accurate and say 750 rounds per minute. 
 

As far as I know they fire in a steady stream. See this post (though I haven’t checked the current position):

 

Aside from that, the most kills in a sortie online that I’ve seen is 15, in a P51. 

 

Maybe check net speed/ping and packet loss to whichever server you’re in. 
 

if it’s 750 rounds per minute and the guns are synchronised, perhaps, just perhaps, it isn’t the game?

 

Just a thought. 
 

von Tom

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Other games seem to be able to simulate the stream of lead well enough. I don't know what they're doing different but apparently it can be done. I ave a pretty decent CPU as well (i7 7820x). As I said, I've seen replays where the plane flies through the stream of tracers and takes no hits because no tracers hit the plane. I NEVER have this issue with german guns. I've EXPLODED enemy planes with 2 MG13's which aren't putting out nearly as much damage, so maybe it's not me just a thought.

 

 

I'm sure people are better than me and 15 kills in a sortie is surely the exception not the rule. This doesn't change the reality that I usually will connect bursts in a rolling scissors with an enemy 4 or 5 times and they can still fight and will usually get behind me, score one hit on my P-47 and I'm done because I'm too slow or cant fight anymore. 

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[von_Tom]

Try it offline, record a track showing your findings, and report it in the bugs section. 
 

That’s the best way to deal with it. 
 

von Tom 

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Maybe it's an issue with the online part of the game (net code or whatever) so offline has no relevance. As I said I have no issues killing people with 2 MG13's ONLINE but rarely down small fragile fighters with a good burst from 8 .50's. I don't have much issue with the offline game.

 

[von_Tom]

So it may be a net code thing. Fair enough, but that doesn’t mean that the 50 cals need to be fixed again until API rounds are available. 
 

As for 2x13mm, that is effectively 2 x .50 cals but look at the ammunition type composition. 
 

Personally I always do better with weapons aligned along the centre of the aircraft (109/FW/Yak/La) than wing mounted weapons. 
 

von Tom

 

 

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22 minutes ago, von_Tom said:

 

As for 2x13mm, that is effectively 2 x .50 cals but look at the ammunition type composition. 
 

 

 

This is exactly the issue. 2 x .50 cals should not be more effective than 8 regardless of orientation or ammo composition.

[MisterSmith]

Duplication of multiple .50 threads. Locked