Phoenix - bug or not?

[almalino]

I use Phoenix a lot since I bought it 2 weeks ago. It loads of fun and pretty easy to steer into enemy tanks.

I noticed one thing though. Friendly fired (not mine) Phoenix rockets I always see flying in a straight line without any steering. And often those rockets flies straight into the sky.

I think I yet to see any friendly phoenix that was properly steered and doesn't fly into straight line in a strange direction like into the sky.

Any ideas what is going on here?

[VaderShake]

It has a few bugs.....like when it misfires and lands on the ground about 50 feet in front of you. I got to say though I don't mind some of the imperfections, sometimes it heightens the emotional expirience when playing. Like "o'crap a misfire with that tank bearing down on me, reload, reload, reload come on!! Gaaahh!!!" type of stuff...

[Galron]

I've seen plenty curve, mostly in my direction. The ones that don't and run straight out in a single direction were mostly due to my SR-7 or Rams .50m.

[Eggy]

Originally Posted by almalino

I use Phoenix a lot since I bought it 2 weeks ago. It loads of fun and pretty easy to steer into enemy tanks.

I noticed one thing though. Friendly fired (not mine) Phoenix rockets I always see flying in a straight line without any steering. And often those rockets flies straight into the sky.

I think I yet to see any friendly phoenix that was properly steered and doesn't fly into straight line in a strange direction like into the sky.

Any ideas what is going on here?

Its a bug. It happens all the time. Its only the graphic thats screwy. the actual rocket (invisble) will be swerving its way into the enemy tank. While the tank sits there wondering why the enemy is firing into the sky.

Should the tank driver or his top gunner decide to shoot down the rocket like your suposed to be able to, they cant as the on screen visualization of the rocket is in a totaly different position to the actual rocket.

[almalino]

Originally Posted by Eggy

Its a bug. It happens all the time. Its only the graphic thats screwy. the actual rocket (invisble) will be swerving its way into the enemy tank. While the tank sits there wondering why the enemy is firing into the sky.

Should the tank driver or his top gunner decide to shoot down the rocket like your suposed to be able to, they cant as the on screen visualization of the rocket is in a totaly different position to the actual rocket.

That explains why my Phoenix rockets are very seldom get shot.

[bpostal]

Originally Posted by Galron

I've seen plenty curve, mostly in my direction. The ones that don't and run straight out in a single direction were mostly due to my SR-7 or Rams .50m.

This here is an infil who's doing Gods work.

On a more serious note, that has to be a bug of some sort as just about all phoenixes I've seen are driven by hate and anger (towards my face).