Pilum shots disappearing?

**Exploding_Silver** · 07-01-2007, 04:04 PM

Question

If you fire a pilum shot and are immediatly killed, does your pilum shot disappear in mid air or does it land on the target ?

NecktieRemedy · 07-01-2007, 04:15 PM

IDK, if a tree falls in a forest with no-one to hear it, does it make a sound?...
Just kidding, it does like any other rocket.

**Anospa** · 07-01-2007, 04:19 PM

They also seem to have a very very far range. 'Bout a month or two ago, we were testing out the bullet drop on snipers and trying to make sense of the crosshairs, and decided to test out the pilium as well. It seems like it'll continue in a straight line for at least 300 m.

**Vortex421** · 07-01-2007, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Anospa

They also seem to have a very very far range. 'Bout a month or two ago, we were testing out the bullet drop on snipers and trying to make sense of the crosshairs, and decided to test out the pilium as well. It seems like it'll continue in a straight line for at least 300 m.

Semi-related question -- just how in the world do you aim a Pilum shot effectively? I've found that at least 25% of my shots do not go where aimed -- they either go high or low or whatnot.

**pedestrian01** · 07-01-2007, 05:14 PM

I'm pretty sure if the shot is already in flight then it will continue to its tartget but it you're killed while it is still firing it won't. I know I've shot a tank before and it killed me just after I fired but I still killed him too. The second part is just from what I've observed but it may just be due to latency.

**Eroak** · 07-01-2007, 05:29 PM

ALL shots continue until they strike a object, boundry or 300m mark. I gotten plenty off kills after I been killed myself. Most commonly while you fire a AT-tracking missle and in mid guidance.

This also goes for bullets, tank rounds and gunship missles.

FrankHelicoptr · 07-01-2007, 06:19 PM

I think I have experienced times when it shows it firing on my screen, however it does not go. Maybe an issue of latency...

Zoraster · 07-01-2007, 06:42 PM

the pilum is always accurate within the second circle (the outside one). It can go anywhere in that circle. If you can put a target entirely within that outside circle, you will always hit it (provided it doesn't move, of course).

**MasterEditorInChief** · 07-01-2007, 07:46 PM

Oh, I thought it was a rhetorical thing, like the whole 'if a tree falls and no one's around to hear it, does it make a sound' type of deal.

NecktieRemedy · 07-01-2007, 10:13 PM

I knew it wasn't, but I was just trying to make a joke.

mat552 · 07-01-2007, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [STARS] Vortex421

Semi-related question -- just how in the world do you aim a Pilum shot effectively? I've found that at least 25% of my shots do not go where aimed -- they either go high or low or whatnot.

I always wondered about that.
I mean, come on EA, it's 2142, and we can float some 3000 ton hunk of stuff with hover engines, but you can't make a 300 gram un-guided projectile go straight? It just does not make sense.

**Augustus Gloop** · 07-02-2007, 12:35 PM

In my experience, if you are killed while any of the engineer shots is in flight, your shot will NOT hit its target. I haven't done any kind of testing on this, but I've noticed every time I've had someone lined up, fired and then died, I haven't gotten any kind of kill notice. It's happened often enough that random chance should have allowed one or two kills by now.

**thedogwarrior** · 07-02-2007, 12:52 PM

I would agree with that; it does seem that if you are killed, your Pilum round in-air, dies along with you.

And while it may be 2142 and we can have levitating tanks (and Titans!), we also have sniper rifles with ammo that has zero travel time, and no effect from wind or gravity.

What a wonderful world it will be...

**Anospa** · 07-02-2007, 12:57 PM

Haha, sniper rifles are not an insta-weapon. Oh boy they are not. Gravity effects them a whole bunch as well. After 180ish and further I think, you'll start to notice bullet drop and delay. Longest delay I've had has been around a 1/4 of a second, dunno how much of it was lag, but for all the people I was hitting, it seemed like this was about right.

Be interested to see this pilium thing though, might check it out later if I get a chance.

**thedogwarrior** · 07-02-2007, 01:52 PM

I've never really tested the sniper in 2142, but did in BF2.

07-01-2007, 04:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
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07-01-2007, 04:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
NecktieRemedy Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: A Store Near You, Florida Posts: 69	Re: Pilum shots disappearing ? IDK, if a tree falls in a forest with no-one to hear it, does it make a sound?... Just kidding, it does like any other rocket.

07-01-2007, 04:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
Anospa Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northeastern University (Boston) Age: 21 Posts: 3,671	Re: Pilum shots disappearing ? They also seem to have a very very far range. 'Bout a month or two ago, we were testing out the bullet drop on snipers and trying to make sense of the crosshairs, and decided to test out the pilium as well. It seems like it'll continue in a straight line for at least 300 m. __________________ "Brittle?! Dude you just took a localized tactical warhead to the face." -Eroak

07-01-2007, 05:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
pedestrian01 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Detroit, MI Age: 22 Posts: 484	Re: Pilum shots disappearing ? I'm pretty sure if the shot is already in flight then it will continue to its tartget but it you're killed while it is still firing it won't. I know I've shot a tank before and it killed me just after I fired but I still killed him too. The second part is just from what I've observed but it may just be due to latency. __________________ Supported Ribbons \| Nomination Guidelines \| Submit a ribbon nomination .....

07-01-2007, 05:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
Eroak Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In a AC-130 shooting 105's at you. Age: 28 Posts: 3,030	Re: Pilum shots disappearing ? ALL shots continue until they strike a object, boundry or 300m mark. I gotten plenty off kills after I been killed myself. Most commonly while you fire a AT-tracking missle and in mid guidance. This also goes for bullets, tank rounds and gunship missles. __________________ Do you know your roots? R.I.P. Lost Fires - June 16, 2001 - June 18, 2008 An EverQuest guild - We miss you Faylon

07-01-2007, 06:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
FrankHelicoptr Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NY Posts: 23	Re: Pilum shots disappearing ? I think I have experienced times when it shows it firing on my screen, however it does not go. Maybe an issue of latency...

07-01-2007, 06:42 PM	#8 (permalink)
Zoraster Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Age: 23 Posts: 1,325	Re: Pilum shots disappearing ? the pilum is always accurate within the second circle (the outside one). It can go anywhere in that circle. If you can put a target entirely within that outside circle, you will always hit it (provided it doesn't move, of course). __________________ \|TG\| Zoraster \| Tactical Soccer Managing

07-01-2007, 07:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
MasterEditorInChief Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 784	Re: Pilum shots disappearing? Oh, I thought it was a rhetorical thing, like the whole 'if a tree falls and no one's around to hear it, does it make a sound' type of deal. __________________ "On that day half a century ago, our species was pushed to the crumbling edge of extinction. And as we teetered on that precipice, staring down into the abyss, a hand reached out, pulled us back from the brink, and gave us hope... the hand of a Hero."

07-01-2007, 10:13 PM	#10 (permalink)
NecktieRemedy Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: A Store Near You, Florida Posts: 69	Re: Pilum shots disappearing? I knew it wasn't, but I was just trying to make a joke.

07-02-2007, 12:35 PM	#12 (permalink)
Augustus Gloop Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Gone for the weekend folks! Age: 32 Posts: 2,589	Re: Pilum shots disappearing? In my experience, if you are killed while any of the engineer shots is in flight, your shot will NOT hit its target. I haven't done any kind of testing on this, but I've noticed every time I've had someone lined up, fired and then died, I haven't gotten any kind of kill notice. It's happened often enough that random chance should have allowed one or two kills by now. __________________

07-02-2007, 12:52 PM	#13 (permalink)
thedogwarrior Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: WV, USA Age: 40 Posts: 1,451	Re: Pilum shots disappearing? I would agree with that; it does seem that if you are killed, your Pilum round in-air, dies along with you. And while it may be 2142 and we can have levitating tanks (and Titans!), we also have sniper rifles with ammo that has zero travel time, and no effect from wind or gravity. What a wonderful world it will be... __________________ *\|TG-8th\| Mercs New to TG? Start Here * Become a Supporting Member**

07-02-2007, 12:57 PM	#14 (permalink)
Anospa Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northeastern University (Boston) Age: 21 Posts: 3,671	Re: Pilum shots disappearing? Haha, sniper rifles are not an insta-weapon. Oh boy they are not. Gravity effects them a whole bunch as well. After 180ish and further I think, you'll start to notice bullet drop and delay. Longest delay I've had has been around a 1/4 of a second, dunno how much of it was lag, but for all the people I was hitting, it seemed like this was about right. Be interested to see this pilium thing though, might check it out later if I get a chance. __________________ "Brittle?! Dude you just took a localized tactical warhead to the face." -Eroak

07-02-2007, 01:52 PM	#15 (permalink)
thedogwarrior Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: WV, USA Age: 40 Posts: 1,451	Re: Pilum shots disappearing? I've never really tested the sniper in 2142, but did in BF2. __________________ *\|TG-8th\| Mercs New to TG? Start Here * Become a Supporting Member**

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