What is this "written off due to severe damage"?

[DIIIZZY]

This new system is complete garbage, sometimes I lose a fighter thats almost perfectly intact for no reason, still can fly, shoot and maneuver and still getting taken out the game feels frustrating.

[Wandering Flare]

It's a replacement for being counted as dead, although the severe damage is, as would be expected, completely ♥♥♥♥♥♥. You might set a guy on fire until his engine burns down but the game will count it as a crit but then shoot off a flap from another and somehow it's "severe damage".

[mogami_99]

In actual fact there were planes that returned to base that were written off. Now that might have been because the base did not have the parts required to repair where another base might have fixed the damage

[magazine2]

Hi. We've implemented it this way so that players with a severely damaged aircraft don’t try to hide and avoid combat in the hope that they’ll not be finished off.

Full article here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/236390/announcements/detail/7598205277471550903

[FireFromBehind]

Enemy gets a sever damage on you

You didnt crash or land yet

Game ends

You die and enemy gets kill as you were severly damaged and not yet repaied

You can trace you problem to the first tjing I said, sever damage can be a bit off. You can have barely any damage (black piece of fusalage) and it will be sever damage. You can also have both wings missing, on fire and no tail control and be severly damaged.

Conclusion - sever damage needs some polishing

[Wandering Flare]

Originally posted by FireFromBehind:

You can also have both wings missing, on fire and no tail control and be severly damaged.

I was honestly expecting you to end it with "and be just fine" because ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ have I had so many assists from people I practically tore in half and set on fire.

Polished as ever.

[RollClassic]

I got credited as a kill for another player because during a fight I accidentally deployed my landing gear while hitting flaps, apparently that was enough that it counted me as dead because he hit me with one 7mm or something? It's pretty stupid.

[Chikuwu]

ive noticed its messed up a little bit. I've gotten severe damage notification in game when shooting at a plane, most notably in late turboprops, where the plane when looking at enemy POV gets orange part at best or middle part of fuselage becomes black but doesnt really affect that much other than flying a bit.

Then again, i've torn of both wings of a bomber, all 4 engines in fire, and some guy in a biplane got the kill when he was following the bomber. go figure.

[Wandering Flare]

Originally posted by Chikuwu:

Then again, i've torn of both wings of a bomber, all 4 engines in fire, and some guy in a biplane got the kill when he was following the bomber. go figure.

Reminds me of a time I watched a friendly bomber on the runway go from missing a tail, a wing and burning both engines on the other get repaired. Meanwhile I lose half a wing and the aircraft is "damaged beyond repair and will be abandoned".

[Samdalfthegray]

I think I once just broke one some props flaps and it said severe damage

[Alukat]

Originally posted by Chikuwu:

Then again, i've torn of both wings of a bomber, all 4 engines in fire, and some guy in a biplane got the kill when he was following the bomber. go figure.

haha... reminds of my plane kill a few years ago... i was in my waffenträger, just looking where the planes go and got a plane kill out of nowhere xD

[HottestKnees]

Originally posted by Alukat:

Originally posted by Chikuwu:

Then again, i've torn of both wings of a bomber, all 4 engines in fire, and some guy in a biplane got the kill when he was following the bomber. go figure.

haha... reminds of my plane kill a few years ago... i was in my waffenträger, just looking where the planes go and got a plane kill out of nowhere xD

He J'ed out then, because it gives credit to the closest enemy player, regardless of whether they actually shot at or hit you.

[Smetrix]

Yeah it seems to be a little bit silly. I took moderate damage while dogfighting the last Bf-109 in a match, and shortly after killing him the game decided to write me off the same second the match finished lol... Granted, nothing lost, but I'd be very annoyed if it decided to do that when I am perfectly capable of returning to base.

Edit: The match in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g46dzKiJoXg