The Amazing Vanishing Airstrike!

[Exzeebo]

XBox 360
ToW

For the past week or so, I have noticed that my higher-level airstrikes (level 2/3) do not seem to affect my opponent. It happens intermittently, so it is hard to narrow down exactly what may be causing this.

Essentially, what will happen is I will call in a level 2 or 3 Airstrike on an opponent's unit. The animation/sound for the airstrike will happen, but the enemy unit will not be affected. It is like the airstrike never happened.

This can happen at any given time on any map; airstriking any unit type. It seems to happen more often with level 3 Airstrikes than with level 2 (go figure). It has also happened with level 1 strikes, but not enough to cause a problem.

Level 2 Airstrikes "vanish" about once a game/once every one game. Level 3 Airstrikes seem to "vanish" at least once per game, if not more. I had one round on Okefenokee where every single Level 3 strike simply vanished without causing any damage.

If there is any one unit type that it seems to happen to the most, it would be infantry in cover at uplinks. Now, the game was designed to have infantry in cover have better defense, etc... but the strikes work well against infantry in buildings, just not against those in uplinks.


I make sure to have Line Of Sight on the enemy unit that I am calling the Airstrike on, to make sure I do not "miss' with it. I also know that sometimes the game lags and the damage appears on the unit several seconds later. This too does not happen. The Airstrikes simply "vanish," as if they never happened except for the flashy animation and the hit to my cp.

[Exzeebo]

XBox 360
ToW

For the past week or so, I have noticed that my higher-level airstrikes (level 2/3) do not seem to affect my opponent. It happens intermittently, so it is hard to narrow down exactly what may be causing this.

Essentially, what will happen is I will call in a level 2 or 3 Airstrike on an opponent's unit. The animation/sound for the airstrike will happen, but the enemy unit will not be affected. It is like the airstrike never happened.

This can happen at any given time on any map; airstriking any unit type. It seems to happen more often with level 3 Airstrikes than with level 2 (go figure). It has also happened with level 1 strikes, but not enough to cause a problem.

Level 2 Airstrikes "vanish" about once a game/once every one game. Level 3 Airstrikes seem to "vanish" at least once per game, if not more. I had one round on Okefenokee where every single Level 3 strike simply vanished without causing any damage.

If there is any one unit type that it seems to happen to the most, it would be infantry in cover at uplinks. Now, the game was designed to have infantry in cover have better defense, etc... but the strikes work well against infantry in buildings, just not against those in uplinks.


I make sure to have Line Of Sight on the enemy unit that I am calling the Airstrike on, to make sure I do not "miss' with it. I also know that sometimes the game lags and the damage appears on the unit several seconds later. This too does not happen. The Airstrikes simply "vanish," as if they never happened except for the flashy animation and the hit to my cp.

[Templar11709]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Exzeebo:
XBox 360
ToW

For the past week or so, I have noticed that my higher-level airstrikes (level 2/3) do not seem to affect my opponent. It happens intermittently, so it is hard to narrow down exactly what may be causing this.

Essentially, what will happen is I will call in a level 2 or 3 Airstrike on an opponent's unit. The animation/sound for the airstrike will happen, but the enemy unit will not be affected. It is like the airstrike never happened.

This can happen at any given time on any map; airstriking any unit type. It seems to happen more often with level 3 Airstrikes than with level 2 (go figure). It has also happened with level 1 strikes, but not enough to cause a problem.

Level 2 Airstrikes "vanish" about once a game/once every one game. Level 3 Airstrikes seem to "vanish" at least once per game, if not more. I had one round on Okefenokee where every single Level 3 strike simply vanished without causing any damage.

If there is any one unit type that it seems to happen to the most, it would be infantry in cover at uplinks. Now, the game was designed to have infantry in cover have better defense, etc... but the strikes work well against infantry in buildings, just not against those in uplinks.


I make sure to have Line Of Sight on the enemy unit that I am calling the Airstrike on, to make sure I do not "miss' with it. I also know that sometimes the game lags and the damage appears on the unit several seconds later. This too does not happen. The Airstrikes simply "vanish," as if they never happened except for the flashy animation and the hit to my cp. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I've had this happen once that i know of using a level 3 on Shenandoah against JSF artillery.

[Exzeebo]

Glad I am not a lonesome freak in the matter.

[PositronicBrain]

Hi Exzeebo,

Does it happens on specific maps?
Which faction are you playing?

Sometimes the damage is not applied visually immediatly for various reason but logically, it is (squads are lost, stats are adjusted, etc but the team seems healthy) If it happens, the team will suddenly receive the damage 20-30 seconds after the impact. Is it what's happening to you?

Can you put a replay online with the bug happening and PM me your gamertag so I can go get it?

[mad_mordegan]

if they are behind the link in accordance with the direction of your airstrikes they wont get damaged because the round hits the front top and blows up and out, try ordering it on the infantry itself or stop wasting cp on airstrikes and spend it on units to go in there and get them arty tanks whatever.

[Templar11709]

I called my level 3 strike using voice command on JSF artillery and everything looked like it was a good hit, mini map shock waves are right on top of them, visually it looks like a good hit but the damage never hit, visual inspection from a gunship squadron confirmed they didn't even lose a single vehicle.

Edit - Actually i had almost forgotten this but near the end in the same match on Shenandoah a hostile Rifleman unit wes trying to capture Yankee ,my teammate and I started calling in level 1 air strikes on them but all the strikes went off near Lima.

[ValermosSMR]

Do the hostile icons disappear from your HUD between you ordering the air strike and it actually hitting? I've had multiple instances where an air strike doesn't do any damage, and almost every time the unit I'm targeting has gone off the HUD just before it hits. The unit takes the full blast of the strike, but no damage is done.

[xenocidic]

maybe they EMP'd it =)

i noticed this happening last night but the unit took the damage a while later

[Templar11709]

No they didn't disappear off the HUD, i had a gunship squadron watching. Also you must have bad luck because i never have had an air strike miss if they went off the HUD.

It also was not EMP, there was definitely an explosion but nothing got damaged from it.