#4376040 - 08/23/17 12:57 PM
Re: Balloon busting missions
[Re: Hermani]
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lederhosen
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its a roll of the dice really. Many have sworn "I shot it down" only to get home and be disapointed. Its just one of those quirks of the game
you can: ignore the mission, shoot down a second balloon if possible. Remember this though.. you will lose a great many wingmen in this mission, so I tend to ignore them
Last edited by lederhosen; 08/23/17 12:59 PM.
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#4376043 - 08/23/17 01:30 PM
Re: Balloon busting missions
[Re: Hermani]
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Robert_Wiggins
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Herman I
In real life the balloon may actually have been hit by friendly ground fire. I usually accept this as a possibility when WOFF denies the claim.
As Lederhosen has stated "it is often a roll of the dice"
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#4376115 - 08/23/17 10:26 PM
Re: Balloon busting missions
[Re: Hermani]
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Fullofit
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Hermani, I find that if you let your flight-members shoot down the balloon, there is a greater chance of the mission outcome being considered a success. Go figure.
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#4376312 - 08/25/17 10:50 AM
Re: Balloon busting missions
[Re: Hermani]
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Ace_Pilto
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Big tip on balloon mission, limit yourself to two passes. If you don't get it, leave the bugger be. Hanging around in all that archie is like being a postman delivering mail to the dog pound. Get in and out quick and watch your backside.
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#4376893 - 08/29/17 03:58 PM
Re: Balloon busting missions
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Remember... just like in 'The Blue Max' movie... even if you don't get the 'kill' you know you have served the Fatherland! Seriously, balloon attacks are very dangerous. I like to fly a few minutes ahead of my squad mates at a little higher altitude then loiter near the target. If any 'bad' guys show then I try to drag them away from the area and across the lines on a path near but not directly to where my guys will be arriving. If I'm lucky my guys will join in the fray on their return! If not I hope to land in friendly territory if I choose not to fight. Every time I have a rejected claim, I can still hear "unconfirmed by Army means Unconfirmed...." "It's a cruel world Stachel..." I like your strategy ARUP, I'll have to give it a go on my next balloon busting sortie!
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#4378047 - 09/06/17 06:36 AM
Re: Balloon busting missions
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JJJ65
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I have probably found an error in code causing unconfirmed balloon kills. See excerpt from "outcomes.xml" file: balloonsDestroyedSummary="1; Pls note, that instead of proper end quote after value 1, we get semicolon. WOFF can not parse properly an outcome data value "ballonsDestroyedSummary", because it expects value in quotes ("1") and instaed it gets ("1;). Just my two cents. I will try to inform Pol about it via PM. Thx to Hermani for his outcome logs and data files.
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#4378078 - 09/06/17 01:04 PM
Re: Balloon busting missions
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Robert_Wiggins
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That's a really good find Jara, and thanks to Hermani as well. I shall now think of both of you as Sherlock and Dr. Watson
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#4378146 - 09/06/17 07:08 PM
Re: Balloon busting missions
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...bloody semi-colons...ruin it for everyone Regards, Jeff
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Exodus
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