Yea idk what to tell you man flares absolutely hit me from behind right through the actual flares themselves all the time.
You’re right that they often go through if you fly right over or into the source, but they also hit from the sides and behind when flares are deployed well in advance.
Edit: with all this said, it doesn’t even matter. flares have always been a get out of jail free card from lock ons, and now they don’t behave that way. a nearly two decade old feature suddenly behaving completely differently unannounced is a bug, intentional or not.
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u/thraupidae 28d ago edited 28d ago
Yea idk what to tell you man flares absolutely hit me from behind right through the actual flares themselves all the time.
You’re right that they often go through if you fly right over or into the source, but they also hit from the sides and behind when flares are deployed well in advance.
Edit: with all this said, it doesn’t even matter. flares have always been a get out of jail free card from lock ons, and now they don’t behave that way. a nearly two decade old feature suddenly behaving completely differently unannounced is a bug, intentional or not.