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#4324119 - 12/28/16 11:37 PM Waterproof claims not accepted (even on easy)  
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I started flying with claims on normal, because i want the whole campaign to be as realistic as possible.
Then there were a few moments like me shooting down an enemy craft right beside my home aerodrome (it crashed into the ground), or me shooting down a bomber (going down from 3k with its wings departing due to overspeed) while my wingman was next to me, and wasn't credited with the kills. Ok i thought, that's not realistic at all.
So i changed it to easy. Last flight i was shooting down an enemy aircraft pretty much over the battlefield, but on the friendly side. It crashed into the ground. A lot of soldiers to witness, and the wreck as proof. I wasn't sure if it was a Nieuport 16 or 17, so i claimed single seater. It got rejected - like already said on easy. I don't know if it just doesn't work for me, but this way it isn't even realistic on easy.
I'd understand if you wouldn't be credited with a kill deep over enemy territory, with no wingmen around to witness. But over friendly territory, with plenty of witnesses..no matter if WW1 or WW2, but in those cases you always got your kill confirmed. Last campaign i ended up with 16 (certain) claims and 3 confirmed - 2 of them balloons. During the real war it was rather the case that pilots got credited with too many kills, then less....
A little demotivating that way..guess i have to try easiest next

Edit: I forgot to mention, that a message appeared after the mission, that i got a claim, and i have to fill in the claim form in order to get the kill acknowledged. Which i did, but it got rejected anyhow. This happened a few times with claim mode "easy". Anytime i wasn't sure which model i shot down i just filled in single/two seater

Last edited by Manu; 12/29/16 12:07 AM.
#4324228 - 12/29/16 11:11 AM Re: Waterproof claims not accepted (even on easy) [Re: Manu]  
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This has been thrashed a thousand times, there are many threads on how to improve your claims from WHAT you say in the narrative box.

If an a/c crashes near your home base usually ground gunners were trying to blow it to hell at the same time, so no it's not waterproof, and just because you had a wingman with you doesn't mean he reported it the same way or perhaps he was even watching his back or looking elsewhere.

You will see other players will have dramatically different experiences.

Rejected on easy - maybe you didn't restart the manager - often best to restart to make sure it's applied directly.


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#4324275 - 12/29/16 02:42 PM Re: Waterproof claims not accepted (even on easy) [Re: Manu]  
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#4324358 - 12/29/16 07:59 PM Re: Waterproof claims not accepted (even on easy) [Re: Manu]  
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Thx for the links, i had no idea it's important what to fill in in the narrative box..guess i have to learn that


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