New AA rocket/flare bug

PredatorFour · 2013-09-16, 03:48 PM

I reported it but just giving a heads up and to see if anyone else has experienced this too. When i get locked on by the single shot AA launcher my flares don't work ( they work perfectly for striker now which is now balanced imo). I dunno if it's something to do with the striker fix but it seems like whenever they fix something, something else crops up lol.

snafus · 2013-09-16, 05:15 PM

It is all lock on based launchers that are currently bugged. It comes out to be roughly a 50% ratio of missiles that ignore flares and still hit the target. And what is worse is there are a growing number of players that are learning this and abusing it to its full extent.

Eggy · 2013-09-16, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by snafus

It is all lock on based launchers that are currently bugged. It comes out to be roughly a 50% ratio of missiles that ignore flares and still hit the target. And what is worse is there are a growing number of players that are learning this and abusing it to its full extent.

There are just as many flyboys abusing render distance and shield bugs to farm softies inside spawn rooms and behind/under shields so its all balancing out.

Also when im in my SkyGuard I have a 50/50 chance of the lib I engage to be 100% immune to FLAK.

Its just a shame that the default action for a large chunk of the player base is to exploit the crap out of each and every bug they can find.

GreyFrog · 2013-09-16, 05:33 PM

My Grounder says hi *wave*

Sunrock · 2013-09-16, 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by PredatorFour

I reported it but just giving a heads up and to see if anyone else has experienced this too. When i get locked on by the single shot AA launcher my flares don't work ( they work perfectly for striker now which is now balanced imo). I dunno if it's something to do with the striker fix but it seems like whenever they fix something, something else crops up lol.

My flairs are working just fine..... At least they never buged out for me during my play section today..

PS: Should perhaps say that I only spend around 1 hour or so in ESF today out of 14 hours of game play.

camycamera · 2013-09-16, 08:44 PM

yeah, i noticed that i had one rocket from my striker still hit an ESF who had deployed flares.

but that was only one instance where that has happened for me anyway.

GreyFrog · 2013-09-16, 11:04 PM

I can replicate this repeatedly so here is when it works.

* You lock and launch, then the ESF pilot flares but the rocket ignores the flares.

It does not work if the ESF breaks your lock before you launch.

snafus · 2013-09-17, 02:42 AM

Originally Posted by GreyFrog

I can replicate this repeatedly so here is when it works.

* You lock and launch, then the ESF pilot flares but the rocket ignores the flares.

It does not work if the ESF breaks your lock before you launch.

Same conclusion here.

Emperor Newt · 2013-09-17, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by GreyFrog

I can replicate this repeatedly so here is when it works.

* You lock and launch, then the ESF pilot flares but the rocket ignores the flares.

It does not work if the ESF breaks your lock before you launch.

Seems to be the same for smoke.