| WHEN IS A TANK DESTROYED? |
| Written by DOC |
| Monday, 07 December 2009 14:43 |
Edelman's question in the Motor Pool: "I dont seem to learn this. Whats the gamerules for this? If my tank loses, say the gunner, but the driver is alive and i return to base. Is that tank going directly to the spawnlist or is it lost and needs the 7 hour resupply time to get a new one? Is it the same for atgs and other multicrew equipment?" DOC: Kills are awarded based on the success or failure of the shooter killing the units basic or primary combat ability. Think of them as mission kills on the unit in question rather than actually killing the crew, although killing the crew specific to the units combat mission are counted. Note that the deciding factor is not the crew but what that crew do relative to the units combat mission objective.Kills also mean that there is no reason to RTB the unit since it is lost to supply for the maximum replacement time value. Tank and AFV Kills: Driver dead = killed Gunner dead = killed Main Gun destoyed = killed Engine destroyed = killed Both tracks and their main suspension component are destroyed = killed (tracks can be broken but it isn't a kill unless the suspension is destroyed as well) Tank blown up (turret off) or burnt out from catastrophic fire = killed Plane Kills: Pilot dead = killed Engine dead = killed Wing or fuselage failure = killed Plane flames up and kills the pilot or removes the wing = killed ATG or AAG Kills: Gunner dead = killed Main gun destroyed = killed Truck and heavy hauler kills: Driver dead = killed Engine dead = killed Wheels and main suspension component destroyed = killed Blown up or on fire = killed Boat Kills: Engines dead = killed All main guns dead = killed All crew dead = kill (you cannot kill all the crew on a destroyer except by sinking it) Boat sinks = killed Boat on fire = killed There are some situations where you as the shooter will assume you got the kill but are not awarded it, but these happen because: 1) Somebody else already got the kill for previous damage done before your damage was done. Only 1 kill is awarded for each unit although it can of course be damaged after it is "dead" according to it's mission as a combat vehicle. You might blow the turret off a tank with a dead gunner in it for example, and thus somebody already "killed it" before it blew up. 2) CSR error: sometimes (for reasons we haven't yet solved) the scoring database will "lose" a kill report. These are not very common and usually result from a glitch between the client and the host in despawn hand-off between the gameworld and the client in the sortie database handling. |
ATG/AAA the other dood (not the gunner) dead = killed
System says u dead - even though u can sail around full speed indefinitly & all guns function.