Skyhammer airstrike not working under EV

(Lord.Eblis) #1

Hi all,

I just want to know if it’s intended or if it’s a bug :

When you throw Skyhammer’s airstrike grenade under a roof, it only explode and you have a reduced cooldown.
Today on Chapel I tried 3 or 4 times to throw the grenade under the EV (by being on its side) to get a more precise airstrike on the total length of the EV, and it just do not work : there was no little explosion and no airstrike called and I had the cooldown every time.

If it’s intended, well, that is strange because it’s a way to have a better precision.

(Szakalot) #2

if you stand parallel to the EV path when the airstrike marker pops, the airstrike will come from right-> left on the entire EV position. its a lot better than trying to get one across, right where EV is atm.

(BerylRdm) #3

It’s obvious that airstrike won’t work when marker is under anything. But I don’t know why there is no explosion and you get full cooldown. Sounds like a bug to me.

(The_N00Ba) #4

if you are getting the full cool down, I agree. It sounds like a bug

(Lord.Eblis) #5

No I had the short cooldown (sorry forgot to mention “short”) but I do not hear the explosion nor see it. And by logic, the EV is supposed to be something we can destroy so the marker should call airstrike even if it’s under.

(n-x) #6

The marker only calls in the airstrike if there is a line of sight to the sky. If it is under the EV when it goes off, there is no airstrike and short cool down, like indoors. But there should be a small explosion.

(RyePanda) #7

The Airstrike won’t be called in if the marker is covered by anything, including the EV, players (yes, you can sacrifice yourself to save to EV by jumping on the marker), and even ammo and health packs.

(AlphaUT) #8

It should be able to do some damage to the EV. I guess no damage is a bug.

(Nail) #9

no, it shouldn’t damage a armored vehicle

(BerylRdm) #10

Armored vehicles are damaged/destroyed by mines or other explosives blowing up under them.

(Lord.Eblis) #11

Yes I do that with mines and nades, even when being nader and doing explodydendrom.

Yeah maybe having no explosion under is a bug.

@Kelben and @RyePanda
Yes of course I know about indoors, thank you for the advice about sacrifice, I didn’t know that. When I threw those markers under the EV I had in mind that it doesn’t work indoor but I assumed there was an exception for the EV as it is the main obj to destroy.

(Nail) #12

it’s a flare, not an explosive, you know, smoke marker

(Amerika) #13

it’s a flare, not an explosive, you know, smoke marker[/quote]

Well, except for the fact that in DB it is both.

Also, I am pretty sure you don’t get a full CD when it explodes under the EV. Every time I’ve accidentally put it under the EV I always get the short “indoor” CD instead of the full duration. However, I haven’t played him since the release of the last patch so it might be a new bug if it is now doing it. I pretty much always throw mine to the side of the EV if I have to throw directly at it anyway.

(Nail) #14

does it damage the EV when it goes off beside it, before the strike hits ?

(n-x) #15

Yes, it does.

(Amerika) #16

Yup, it always has. It even got buffed semi-recently with the amount of damage it does to players which also extended to the amount of damage it did to the EV. Which isn’t a lot (rightfully so).

(Dysfnal) #17

@EBLIS if you stand over an airstrike marker when it explodes the strike won’t come, according to an old post by Raziel and a kinda sketchy memory

(Nail) #18

Yup, it always has. It even got buffed semi-recently with the amount of damage it does to players which also extended to the amount of damage it did to the EV. Which isn’t a lot (rightfully so).[/quote]

actually, not always, but cool it does now
thanks