What the hell is up with the bomb sights?

[Venom462]

i drop a bomb on a base right in the middle of the reticule, and it lands ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ miles away from where i aimed every time.

i see a lot of ofther very confused bomber pilots in chat asking about this now im getting rather annoyed with it.

[Sleepless Glowness]

You cant drop a bomb at high altitude. you need to drop around 2k meters or 1k meters

[=VIC= LycanThor]

People R saying its to do with Ur " Weapon Maintenace " on th Bomber's Crew Points on th Bomber, Improve those it it gets better and mor accurate,

[Parminio]

Make sure you're dropping it on the right cross hair. There are two. The one in the middle of this site never moves. That is NOT the one you use. That simply marks the aircraft's position over the ground, not the target for the bombs to hit.

There's a second, very light cross hair that will move back and forth and side to side based on your attitude. That's the one you use.

Also, if you're using assault fuse and bombing from higher than about 8000 feet, you're doing it wrong. The bombs will detonate before they hit the ground. That's the curse of the assault fuse: The bombs go off 5 seconds after dropping no matter what.

So if you're bombing from high altitude, you need to select a much longer fuse. Odds are, you're hitting the target if you were using the right cross hair, you just used the wrong fuse and the bombs blew up before they ever landed.

[Mr Teddy Bear]

Originally posted by Parminio:

Make sure you're dropping it on the right cross hair. There are two. The one in the middle of this site never moves. That is NOT the one you use. That simply marks the aircraft's position over the ground, not the target for the bombs to hit.

There's a second, very light cross hair that will move back and forth and side to side based on your attitude. That's the one you use.

Also, if you're using assault fuse and bombing from higher than about 8000 feet, you're doing it wrong. The bombs will detonate before they hit the ground. That's the curse of the assault fuse: The bombs go off 5 seconds after dropping no matter what.

So if you're bombing from high altitude, you need to select a much longer fuse. Odds are, you're hitting the target if you were using the right cross hair, you just used the wrong fuse and the bombs blew up before they ever landed.

The assault fuse makes it so it can't explode for 4.5 seconds after being dropped from a plane then its armed and will detonate on impact.

[Daemia]

After bombing for 2 years without any issues whatsoever, I can't hit a single thing anymore. **** me, I dropped 5 loads (18x250lbs) with my Welly (the one freaking game that I survive without getting eaten alive in 5sec), and I only hit with 2 bombs. WTF?!?!?!!?!?!

Why the hell do you do this Gaijin?! Seriously, are you just making fun of everyone, or are you actualy that ***** to intentionaly **** up everyones game?!!!

Not to mention another lame holiday event. USSR Kingcobra?! ROFL.

Not a single discount on for RP?!?!

Yea. Keep it up. Just keep it up. And in some time (I would imagine less than 1 year), there will be noone left to play your game besides 10 year old kids.

[Daemia]

Originally posted by Parminio:

Make sure you're dropping it on the right cross hair. There are two. The one in the middle of this site never moves. That is NOT the one you use. That simply marks the aircraft's position over the ground, not the target for the bombs to hit.

There's a second, very light cross hair that will move back and forth and side to side based on your attitude. That's the one you use.

Also, if you're using assault fuse and bombing from higher than about 8000 feet, you're doing it wrong. The bombs will detonate before they hit the ground. That's the curse of the assault fuse: The bombs go off 5 seconds after dropping no matter what.

So if you're bombing from high altitude, you need to select a much longer fuse. Odds are, you're hitting the target if you were using the right cross hair, you just used the wrong fuse and the bombs blew up before they ever landed.

Since when?! I consider myself as quite good at bombing, seeing as I started playing this game as bomber, seeing as I aced mostly every single bomber in game, SINCE WHEN IS THIS THE THING?!!??!

First the did something to the fuse, which made hitting ground targets waste of time, nothing hit. Then, out of nowhere, they changed it back, which ofc, meant that I killed myself while low-alt bombing. Now this?

Are you sure we are playing the same game?!

Seriously Gaijin, stop messing up things that work perfectly well, and fix the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ things that are totaly broken in your game! Oh. And happy 2016. Sigh.

[Parminio]

Originally posted by TaWPhoenix:

The assault fuse makes it so it can't explode for 4.5 seconds after being dropped from a plane then its armed and will detonate on impact.

Incorrect. They changed the way it works so that suicide bombers would no longer blow up on contact. That's why once you crash, you have 5 seconds before the bombs detonate. But the problem is that carries over into regular bombing. Once you release them, they detonate in 5 seconds regardless, so you have to fly low enough to where the bombs will hit their target in less than 5 seconds.

The highest I've bombed from and made it work is 7200 feet.

Screen shot showing explanation from game: http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad230/Parminio/shot%202016.01.01%2013.27.19_zpswy9rf5cl.jpg

That's why you can bomb from 100 feet and the blow up the instant they hit the ground, but if you bomb from 12,000 feet, you never see a thing about your bombs blowing up because they detonate before they ever hit the ground.

That's the price you pay for using the assault fuse.

[Mr Teddy Bear]

Originally posted by Parminio:

Originally posted by TaWPhoenix:

The assault fuse makes it so it can't explode for 4.5 seconds after being dropped from a plane then its armed and will detonate on impact.

Incorrect. They changed the way it works so that suicide bombers would no longer blow up on contact. That's why once you crash, you have 5 seconds before the bombs detonate. But the problem is that carries over into regular bombing. Once you release them, they detonate in 5 seconds regardless, so you have to fly low enough to where the bombs will hit their target in less than 5 seconds.

The highest I've bombed from and made it work is 7200 feet.

Screen shot showing explanation from game: http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad230/Parminio/shot%202016.01.01%2013.27.19_zpswy9rf5cl.jpg

That's why you can bomb from 100 feet and the blow up the instant they hit the ground, but if you bomb from 12,000 feet, you never see a thing about your bombs blowing up because they detonate before they ever hit the ground.

That's the price you pay for using the assault fuse.

"Assualt Fuse - The bomb explodes ON IMPACT, but not less than 5 seconds after discharge from the aircraft"
Meaning it has to be in the air for 4.5 seconds, someone said that was the actual timer not 5seconds, then when it hits the ground it explodes other wise it rolls and bounces away from target. You bombing from 7200 FT and getting hits was more the bombs landing on target and any higher your crew couldn't drop the bombs to land on target...

[Parminio]

Pal, if it had to be in the air for 4.5 seconds, it wouldn't work for tactical bombing from 100 feet. It does. It works perfectly. You're reading it wrong.

Remember, people not well versed in English are writing this stuff. I have no problems and never have with assault fuse. Many people do.

It's because they're not reading it right like you.

[Egro]

Originally posted by Parminio:

Pal, if it had to be in the air for 4.5 seconds, it wouldn't work for tactical bombing from 100 feet. It does. It works perfectly. You're reading it wrong.

Remember, people not well versed in English are writing this stuff. I have no problems and never have with assault fuse. Many people do.

It's because they're not reading it right like you.

^
Mate, The bomb will arm itself after 4 seconds is right. It's a real safety systems exist in WWII which many nations used it, I have no idea why you think it won't bleeding work. Beside, realistically no Dive bomber will ever drop their bomb from 100 ft, even in this game no one do that beside kamikaze idiots...

[Daemia]

Originally posted by Venom462:

i drop a bomb on a base right in the middle of the reticule, and it lands ♥♥♥♥ing miles away from where i aimed every time.

i see a lot of ofther very confused bomber pilots in chat asking about this now im getting rather annoyed with it.

And there is still no explanation about this.

As it stands, bomb sight is totaly useless.

I dropped bombs way early (like 2 base lengts before the actual base), I missed. Fine. Next try- I dropped late. Same ♥♥♥♥. I can't hit anything, and as said before, I aced almost every bomber, so I would say I know wtf im doing.

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN WTF IS GOING ON, AND HOW THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO USE BOMBERS?!

But yea, screw the playerbase. Screw my booster which was thrown away (I was saving it especially for Welly). No explanation, just changes that destroy the game completly.

Gaijin, I salute you.

[Kameraden]

Should try using a dive bomber the assault fuse is murder, watching your bombs bounce away from the target you tried to destroy only to completely miss. lol

Just did a level bombing run with amy Do217 hit the target dead on from 2.3km.

[Parminio]

Originally posted by Egro:

Mate, The bomb will arm itself after 4 seconds is right.

No, it isn't. Because if it was I wouldn't drop bombs from my He 111 at 100 feet and have them instantly destroy an entire line of light tanks and AAA.

If you were right, I'd drop them, they'd bounce around for 5 seconds probably missing everything in sight and then go off long after I'd left the scene.

They don't. They go off the INSTANT they hit.

But tell you what you do; go on believing what you believe and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about the problem and crying about how it's broken.

I'll go on doing it my way (the right way) and hit everything and blow it to kingdom come.

[Kameraden]

Dropped a singel 500kg bomb on a AA battery from 2.4km just now, direct hit, literally, the gunner likely caught the bomb in his arms. hehe

[Mr Teddy Bear]

Originally posted by Parminio:

Originally posted by Egro:

Mate, The bomb will arm itself after 4 seconds is right.

No, it isn't. Because if it was I wouldn't drop bombs from my He 111 at 100 feet and have them instantly destroy an entire line of light tanks and AAA.

If you were right, I'd drop them, they'd bounce around for 5 seconds probably missing everything in sight and then go off long after I'd left the scene.

They don't. They go off the INSTANT they hit.

But tell you what you do; go on believing what you believe and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ about the problem and crying about how it's broken.

I'll go on doing it my way (the right way) and hit everything and blow it to kingdom come.

Why are you at 100FT? Do you mean 1,000FT because 100 feet is nothing above the ground. Also I don't cry about the problem because my bombs hit on target and they almost always blow up on impact or they bounce and get another tank or armored car with the one bomb... I'm almost sure you aren't at 100FT because at 100M I'm barely above the ground and 100Ft is 30m... Barely above the ground and the shockwave would destroy your plane.