Its lag it happena to me sometimes

As you probably know, a plane needs two hits to go down. The first hit makes it smoke. The second hit will bring it down, and light it up on flame. The guy who land the SECOND hit get the credits. So, always try to shoot a plane at least twice in a row.
About tanks, they need five hits. I didn't realise yet how many shots it takes before smoking, but it doesn't matter at all. Tanks need five hits to die. Again, the guy who makes the fifth shot gets the credit.

So, if you see a plane smoking, hit him/her; but if you see a plane in flames, just LET IT BE, GO NEXT TARGET! Don't waste your bullets on a flaming plane! If he/she is taking some time to go down, he/she is lagging, so you better run away, cuz YOU WONT KILL HIM/HER (cuz he/she is already dead), and he/she CAN HIT YOU because of the lag.

To keep it simple:

If you read on the screen that you hit a plane twice or more and your victim doesnt go down, go next target IMMEDIATELY!!! Don't keep shooting at him! Don't even complain about it ingame, cuz the more you type, the less you fly.

The same goes for tanks: if you hit a tank five times and he doesn't die, GO NEXT TARGET!!!!

Stuart wrote: Thanks for your response. I will remember. Now I know everyone uses lag as an explanation for just about everything.

So, I have reported to Zuperman, not once but many times. I am not complaining, I just want credit for want you just explained.

I routinely hit planes 6-8 times, as recorded on my screen and I do not receive credit. This has happened to me 100's of times. I have talked with Kevy, and Davy many times about this. It happens to all of us. Once Manfred and Zuperman told me that three hits on a plane recorded on the screen, results in a kill. 6 hits on a tank.

If that is so, than the system has a real recording problem.

It does seem like lag is a big 'excuse' for most people, and quite often it is...this game lags...get used to it, ive had this happen to me many times...I get two hits...and someone else gets the credit, ive learned there is nothing I can do about it except GET MY SHOTS OFF FIRST before anyone else can hit him/her...then I get the credit for the kill even if someone alse also gets multiple hits. (on a side not...sometimes with lag even if they were already shot repeatedly, and you shoot them like you were taking them down (3-6 hits normally) when they respawn they get shot down because of the lag...lag catches up when you are on the runway)

Stuart wrote: Now I know everyone uses lag as an explanation for just about everything.

Just because 90% of DF issues ARE lag related. Its a FACT. Im not "using" it.

And RoyalFlush is right, I forgot to mention it: lag sometimes make double kills, mostly registered when you respawn. But as he said too, its a matter of learning to live with it.