... He needed two shots to my front from 5 metres. It simply doesn't work like this. If he hit in a bad angle, why doesn't the shot bounce off? The first shot got through my tank, so I should have been killed. ...
But thats how the angle mod works, as far as I know. It does NOT change the penetration (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) only the damage dealt in angles under 30° between incoming shot and armor.
So basicly every shot from a gun, which hits a surface, which has a lower armor value, than the penetration of the gun, gets calculated as penetrated AND deals damage. After this the damage gets calculated.
The angle mod still allows side shots, but they deal much less damage. Though the feedback-system still tells you, you achived a hit on target, although it might not have been any sufficient damage.
So again, I MY opinion - Watch out, opinion!!!! - most things you talk about, are problems caused by angle mod and not enough/ wrong/ misunderstood feedback by the game.
Standing frontal to a StuH with a Firefly and shooting at this range (
5 metres!!!!!!) is like shooting from 90 degree. There is nothing left of a StuH, if the shot penetrates at such a range and it infact did. And ofcourse does the angle mod change the penetration, otherwise shots wouldn't bounce off sloped armor. Or do you always get a hit marker while shooting at a tank? And that are the situations, where the angle mod works like a charm. I made a funny test yesterday while shooting at the sloped armor of an M8 with a Panther on Bastogne. I shot like twenty times on it and always got a hit marker (damage should be dealt). Then after those twenty shots I changed the side to take a look at the armor of the M8 - and ohoh - there was zero damage dealt. So why do I get a hit marker (my feedback) and the shot doesn't simply bounce off like in other situations? I know that there are some bugs and that this system is still in development, but why get those reports of bugs only something like - "Stop Whining"?
Still, whether a Panther destroys a Sherman from 90 degree or not, isn't a matter of calculation or an opinion - or what do you expect after a Panther penetrates a Sherman from this angle? Sometimes it just feels rediciolous and frustrating, because tactics play less a role than luck. Thatswhy we are dicussing here. Antoher nice example of the weakness of the PIV gun. I was standing with my Sherman M4A1(76)W at the bridge at Cobra. A PIVH succeded to flank me from 270 degree and
shot through my turret from 50 metres. Guess what had happened? He only took me half of my HP, then I simply turnt my turret and shot him in his face. Should it work like that?
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Edit for Taz: It is nice that you allege us all, who are complaining about bugs, that we told BS. Atleast you sound like this. Manage it like a Betatester and respond to feedback accordingly and not with your condescending attitude.