Getting assist instead of kills

[Obamenau]

It now has happened to me several times : i give a tank a killing blow, but instead only get an assist. The 'assist' message shows up instantly as i shoot the tank so it was extremely unlikely that someone else shot him.
The kill cam with 'target destroyed' also shows up as if it was a normal kill. Its now happened 3 times in an hour. Is this a known bug?

EDIT: It happened againt and now Im 100% sure : I shot a tiger H1 in the side with my T29, i saw the killcam wich said "destroyed", yet i got the assist message AND didnt get the kill reward. There was no possibility someone else shot him but the kill went to a random guy on my team.

[Obamenau]

Nice to hear that its indeed a bug, although i didnt whitness any 'magic shots' as you described. Maybe it was a killcam bug?

[Ishan451]

Originally posted by kymsheba:

not to mention the shots that go through solid rock and kill you like rock is not there.

Not a bug, but a feature. If you fire regular AP rounds without explosive filler you can penetrate buildings and rocks to kill the target behind it.

[OldMemes.biz]

Originally posted by Ishan451:

Originally posted by kymsheba:

not to mention the shots that go through solid rock and kill you like rock is not there.

Not a bug, but a feature. If you fire regular AP rounds without explosive filler you can penetrate buildings and rocks to kill the target behind it.

You do understand how ridiculous that is in 99% of cases? Penetrating doesn't mean the round doesn't diverge from its course. But then "realism" was never a concern...

[MoonPrune]

If you kill a tank after having wounded that tank in a past life, sometimes it comes up as kill assist - but fear not, you still get full credit for a kill. It's a visual bug, nothing to worry about.

[Obamenau]

Originally posted by MoonPrune:

If you kill a tank after having wounded that tank in a past life, sometimes it comes up as kill assist - but fear not, you still get full credit for a kill. It's a visual bug, nothing to worry about.

Sure? i didnt get a kill in the scoreboard either.

[MoonPrune]

Originally posted by ;357288572138350730:

Originally posted by MoonPrune:

If you kill a tank after having wounded that tank in a past life, sometimes it comes up as kill assist - but fear not, you still get full credit for a kill. It's a visual bug, nothing to worry about.

Sure? i didnt get a kill in the scoreboard either.

How odd, I don't know then. Everytime this has happened to me I've been credited...

[Obamenau]

Hmm im not exactly sure anymore if i did get credited or not. Ill have to play some more games as i dont have any proof

[kiro the avenger!]

most times i get an assist its due to previous life damages and im credited for the kill

sometimes however i get a bug where i get a kill and it gives someone totally different the kill. its really weird, i cant explain it because its not even like the other guy was shooting him
one time it happened (and this is a very rare bug) i saw a churchhill rolling out of spawn in my Dmax [the game was over in all but name dont judge] i shot him, killed all 5 crew and blew up the ammo. some guy on the airfield got the kill

[TaxFraudTodd]

Originally posted by Mindstream:

It now has happened to me several times : i give a tank a killing blow, but instead only get an assist. The 'assist' message shows up instantly as i shoot the tank so it was extremely unlikely that someone else shot him.
The kill cam with 'target destroyed' also shows up as if it was a normal kill. Its now happened 3 times in an hour. Is this a known bug?

I think this glitch might be based on who does the most damage like in planes where the kill is awarded to the person who did the most damage.

[Obamenau]

Originally posted by One Badass Kangaroo 2142:

Originally posted by Mindstream:

It now has happened to me several times : i give a tank a killing blow, but instead only get an assist. The 'assist' message shows up instantly as i shoot the tank so it was extremely unlikely that someone else shot him.
The kill cam with 'target destroyed' also shows up as if it was a normal kill. Its now happened 3 times in an hour. Is this a known bug?

I think this glitch might be based on who does the most damage like in planes where the kill is awarded to the person who did the most damage.

Most definetly not : I shot a a Tiger IIP in the turret with and 105mm APHEBC shell and got the assist message. No way someone else did more damage to him( most of his crew was still alive).

Anyway it did not play any other tank before that which makes it weird. I cant remember if i got credited for the kill or not in the stats tab.

[Dr.Pepsi Man]

This is not a bug, the kill goes to the one who does the most damage. In RB, this is a great way of getting rid of idioctic team killers. They may damage your tank badly not not kill you, but the way they can get caught is by having that tank they damaged get killed so the team kill is awarded to them.

[kiro the avenger!]

Originally posted by One Badass Kangaroo 2142:

Originally posted by Mindstream:

It now has happened to me several times : i give a tank a killing blow, but instead only get an assist. The 'assist' message shows up instantly as i shoot the tank so it was extremely unlikely that someone else shot him.
The kill cam with 'target destroyed' also shows up as if it was a normal kill. Its now happened 3 times in an hour. Is this a known bug?

I think this glitch might be based on who does the most damage like in planes where the kill is awarded to the person who did the most damage.

makes zero difference, its all based on who got the last shot
in tanks its even more wacked because if they complete a repair between when you shot them and when they die, you get nothing. kill 3/5 crew and make them freeze while theyre flanked? tough mate they managed to fix that track someone else popped off

even in planes its only loosely based on how did the most damage
i could be on my way to make a crash landing because x shot my engine out. but y on my way down tickled me with 7.7s such that i would be able to fly fine
y gets the kill

[kiro the avenger!]

Originally posted by Dr. Doktor:

This is not a bug, the kill goes to the one who does the most damage. In RB, this is a great way of getting rid of idioctic team killers. They may damage your tank badly not not kill you, but the way they can get caught is by having that tank they damaged get killed so the team kill is awarded to them.

who does what makes 0 difference
its entirely done on who shoots last

and i mean literally that.
a guy can be on fire, if you pop his track off before he burns out, you get the kill

[Obamenau]

This is not a discussion about what an kill is and what not.Countless posts have been made about this.

I was reporting some kind of bug where i got a clear kill on an enemy , including 'target destroyed' cam, and yet got an instant 'enemy kill assist' message. I am however not sure if i actually got credited for the kill or not.

[kiro the avenger!]

Originally posted by Mindstream:

This is not a discussion about what an kill is and what not.Countless posts have been made about this.

I was reporting some kind of bug where i got a clear kill on an enemy , including 'target destroyed' cam, and yet got an instant 'enemy kill assist' message. I am however not sure if i actually got credited for the kill or not.

im just pointing out that who did what means nothing

its a weird bug and im honestly not sure what causes it, perhaps its just random
but if you got credit in the chat, its your kill 100%