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Hydra's cannons not actually hitting aerial targets...

serimos6

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serimos6

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Has anyone else been experiencing this problem? Everytime I'm in a Hydra & find myself in a dogfight & are using the cannon, I'll land 4-8 cannon hits on my target and yet it acts like I haven't even hit them at all. I see the shots detonate on their plane yet they are always completely in-tact. This isn't a lag issue either, the Lazer works just fine still & my savage also has no problem with its cannon, it's only the Hydra that I've been having this issue with.

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CrysisAverted

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I get this every so often with Lazer, figure it must be the other guy

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askinnywhitedildo

askinnywhitedildo

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I get this often.

 

I believe it's a problem with the Lazer too, but as far as I can remember, it's only happened to me with the Hydra. And it's made me lose kills/got me killed plenty of times.

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Misanthrope Z

Misanthrope Z

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the savage has this problem also

 

the machine gun does absolutely f*ck-all to enemy choppers.

 

i don't even see the shots detonating, the game just completely ignores the fact i'm shooting another aircraft for some reason.

Gridl0k

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i don't even see the shots detonating, the game just completely ignores the fact i'm shooting another aircraft for some reason.

 

Yeah, I emptied about a 15 second burst into a police chopper with no effect, until it blew up 2 or 3 seconds after I stopped shooting it. Hence my belief this is lag. Someone else's, probably, as my connection is fine.

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Nutduster

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the savage has this problem also

 

the machine gun does absolutely f*ck-all to enemy choppers.

 

i don't even see the shots detonating, the game just completely ignores the fact i'm shooting another aircraft for some reason.

 

If you don't see them detonating, you might not be close enough. The Savage's explosive guns have a very short range compared to the MGs on the Lazer or Hydra. The bullets basically just vanish outside that range.

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jdv95

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Has anyone else been experiencing this problem? Everytime I'm in a Hydra & find myself in a dogfight & are using the cannon, I'll land 4-8 cannon hits on my target and yet it acts like I haven't even hit them at all. I see the shots detonate on their plane yet they are always completely in-tact. This isn't a lag issue either, the Lazer works just fine still & my savage also has no problem with its cannon, it's only the Hydra that I've been having this issue with.

could be that the other guy is in passive mode (ps4 xboxone only) the bullets will detonate on impact but won't harm the target

Misanthrope Z

Misanthrope Z

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the savage has this problem also

 

the machine gun does absolutely f*ck-all to enemy choppers.

 

i don't even see the shots detonating, the game just completely ignores the fact i'm shooting another aircraft for some reason.

 

If you don't see them detonating, you might not be close enough. The Savage's explosive guns have a very short range compared to the MGs on the Lazer or Hydra. The bullets basically just vanish outside that range.

 

i'm 100% positive i was within range though. the machine guns do have a short range, but less than 50 ft away is a bit ridiculous.

BADMAN500

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I just posted a comment in a different thread asking the exact same question! I shoot other planes with my hydra with the canons, they explode on the jet but the jet is completely unaffected. I thought it may be lag but its happened everytime I dog fight. Its ridiculous. I also kamikazied into an enemy jet to find that it killed me but did nothing to him. We were both in hydras, he was hovering and I was accelerating into his jet! It said he got the kill too! Little f*ck got his first kill on me. Before, it was 38 - 0 when I was killing him on foot. I sniped him out though and he quit.

 

It seems to be a bug i am sure of it. It does it in invite only sessions with just 2 people.

Privateer

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They probably just nerfed the cannons so that they don't explode your opponent in half a second and make the dogfights last longer.

Miniguns with a 50 meter range and plastic bullets. I know that times are rought and funds are limited but then..

 

I got just got a question, did anybody try if the cannons are still effective against helicopters?

Furry_Monkey

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I've been doing an uncharacteristically large amount of dogfighting since I bought the Hydra and have experienced this issue once, just a few nights ago.

 

Myself and another player were both flying up, moving slightly towards each other (think of an inverted V) and he passed in front of me as I fired my cannon. I literally sprayed rounds over the bottom of his Hydra from tip to tail, and it did no damage whatsoever. The rounds clearly exploded and we were very close to each other so I was definitely in range. To me, it looked like a clear case of terrible lag, but if others are saying there are problems with the cannons then who knows.

 

Hopefully if it is an issue then it will get resolved. I've personally not experienced it enough for it to spoil the game for me, but I'd obviously rather it was working correctly.

incog

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this happens in my savage when I go after the helicopters that appear on the map you can take out for money. I'll land lots of hits with the cannon, doing apparently no damage. but if I shoot it with a missile they go down and the game says the helicopter crashed and I dont get any money

KEAWATHAW

KEAWATHAW

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This has been happening to me with both Hydra and Lazer.

 

Lazer: I did the the deathmatch Fort Zancudo, and before the Heists Update, just a couple of cannon shots would do the job against other Lazers, but after the Heists Update, I did the deathmatch again, used the cannon, and I didn't kill anybody with It.

 

Hydra: I was in a fight with a guy in a Lazer, I shoot him with the cannon, he's just fine. Somehow he manages to shoot me 2 times in the back and the engine catches fire and I have to get out of the Hydra, otherwise It would crash and I would die.

 

Land targets for me are just fine, but the air ones...

 

My Air Target Jet Cannon Destroying Fun Is Over (MATJCDFIO).

slowburn29

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I tried my hydra for the first time since I bought it, took it over the prison to start something and then hovered and had a duel with the police choppers

 

needless to say, my direct hits did nothing to he choppers 90% of the time, and I was inevitably shot down. I'm starting to hate this game

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