Situation: HE shells don’t do enough splash damage, rendering them effectively useless. HE shells cannot be used to destroy destructible environment unless directly hit.
Solution: Increase the splash damage to be akin to either a grenade or an explosive charge.
can HE shells cause damage or destroy buildings?
No. None at all, actually.
It is possible in war thunder, at least some of the building is destroyable
I think HE shells should also be able to blow them up.
I agree that The damage output and splash area is very small, basically Takes a direct hit with a HE shell do kill someone. Than i could just us The AP and dont switch when i meet a tank as The pzIII B has useless armor
I found it works good for now but if it will be slightly increased - may be more realistic. And if you hit infantry directly with at shell it needs to be lethal
the only thing i can say about that is that it depends upon the actual HE shell being used by the tank and i don’t have any kind of extensive knowledge on themso i can’t tell
They cannot for bar the weakest of buildings, HE from most tanks could not really damage them and the devs don’t want points to become completely open etc, which is why bombs and artillery don’t as well.
They don’t need to destroy anything other than random clutter that’s laying around the map, in all honesty. But the way it’s currently implemented is extremely useless. If you shoot the ground next to someone with an HE shell, they’re gonna survive every time. For the tanks we currently have, I’d recommend making the HE shell do around an M24 Grenade-worth of AoE (Area of Effect for those who don’t know) damage. It’d be well-balanced and would allow for some interesting shifts in gameplay, as it solidifies tanks as true force multipliers that require quick disposal.
Never disputed that HE needs to be more powerful, in fact, it is in my own suggestions post, merely that HE shells never caused building destruction bar the huge 105 mobile howitzers and the bunker busters (which even then didn’t really work, or do al that much), but HE does currently damage and destroy light things, just needs to be buffed a bit to actual values.
What is caliber of gun which are you talking about?
Scythian plays mainly germany. ( in this test )
but this issue can be addressed to any tank in this game.
HE does not work like in real life.
in the game, HE shells does not have splash damage, and sometimes, doesn’t even 1 kill with a direct shell into a soldier ( with or without perks wise )
this could be only used on light vehicle like on war thunder. the problem is, there are no light vehicle. ( yet )
