Comet tank quirks

• I can't explain what or why, but attack grounding with the Comet seems to "miss" far more often than it does for other tanks. In fact I feel like I've seen shells basically land on the enemy but count as a miss. Unsure if I'm delusional or if this is real and I'd like others to comment
  
  
• The grenade ability seems to cancel about 40-60% of the time without going off and you have to baby sit it to make sure it gets used
  
  
• The smoke shell / wp shells ability seems to cancel randomly sometimes, although less frequently than the grenade toss
  

Jump back to quoted post4 Sep 2015, 21:25 PMMr. Someguy

I noticed the first one in a stream, very clearly because the explosion and dust kicked up right under where a StuG III was sitting.

Jump back to quoted post7 Sep 2015, 15:19 PMContrivance

I figured it had something to do with the projectile for the Comet's gun so I had a look in AE.

The Comet has NO PROJECTILE. What you're actually seeing is a tracer FX, same as for small arms fire. Tracers have no physical collision, so if the Comet's shot misses and scatters, the scattered tracer cannot collide with anything and trigger a hit, even if the tracer collides with the same tank because the scatter distance wasn't enough to completely avoid it.

I'm actually kind of surprised they did this, since all cannons of around 30mm caliber and up use projectiles. Only reason I can see for using a tracer is because it might have looked better. However right now it makes the Comet the most inaccurate tank when firing on other tanks.

Jump back to quoted post7 Sep 2015, 17:04 PMContrivance

The 9.75 inch flame mortar ability refers to an experimental Valentine that was in development but never produced, and an EBP for it exists (though no model, it's got the Priest as a placeholder), so at one point they were thinking of that ability being a tank call-in rather than an off-map artillery attack.

Jump back to quoted post7 Sep 2015, 15:19 PMContrivance

The Comet has NO PROJECTILE. What you're actually seeing is a tracer FX, same as for small arms fire. Tracers have no physical collision, so if the Comet's shot misses and scatters, the scattered tracer cannot collide with anything and trigger a hit, even if the tracer collides with the same tank because the scatter distance wasn't enough to completely avoid it.

Jump back to quoted post7 Sep 2015, 17:04 PMContrivance

Also discovered that at one point they were considering (or might still be considering, for future DLC) the Archer tank-destroyer and the Humber armored car, since weapons for both exist.

Jump back to quoted post7 Sep 2015, 17:04 PMContrivance

The 9.75 inch flame mortar ability refers to an experimental Valentine that was in development but never produced, and an EBP for it exists (though no model, it's got the Priest as a placeholder), so at one point they were thinking of that ability being a tank call-in rather than an off-map artillery attack.

Jump back to quoted post7 Sep 2015, 15:19 PMContrivance

I figured it had something to do with the projectile for the Comet's gun so I had a look in AE.

The Comet has NO PROJECTILE. What you're actually seeing is a tracer FX, same as for small arms fire. Tracers have no physical collision, so if the Comet's shot misses and scatters, the scattered tracer cannot collide with anything and trigger a hit, even if the tracer collides with the same tank because the scatter distance wasn't enough to completely avoid it.

I'm actually kind of surprised they did this, since all cannons of around 30mm caliber and up use projectiles. Only reason I can see for using a tracer is because it might have looked better. However right now it makes the Comet the most inaccurate tank when firing on other tanks.

Jump back to quoted post8 Sep 2015, 12:30 PMKatitof

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