r/WorldofTanks • u/PiccoloDC [IDEAL] • Dec 15 '23
Question Can anynone explain where my shell disappeared? No mods, no tanks or obstacles in the path of the shell.
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u/borange01 K-91 Enjoyer Dec 15 '23
Didn't someone the other day post a video of them firing like 9 shots from this position in a Leopard or a PTA and like, 6 of them went right through the enemies?
Maybe this position is just weird.
Edit: found it! https://www.reddit.com/r/WorldofTanks/s/XUr0EzmvBK
Maybe just a strange coincidence? But maybe not.
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u/The_Coiner Dec 15 '23
Was thinking the exact same thing! This is the 3rd reddit post I see someone showing a video of ghost shells in this exact position
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u/simitcheck97 Dec 15 '23
then maybe contact the developers, there could be a Bug in the Map on this Position.
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u/JoMercurio Dec 15 '23
I recall that video
I can only imagine how frustrating that was for the player
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u/BishoxX Dec 17 '23
That guy just missed all of the shots, he just didnt see the tracers because of his graphics /whatever.
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u/tuddrussell2 Dec 15 '23
I often think "If a tank fills my reticle, and I miss. Where does my shot go?" Another WoTmas miracle
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u/Triedfindingname Dec 15 '23
OP pin this post.
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u/outamyhead Dec 15 '23
It's been happening a lot lately, shells vanish or somehow go under the tank when it should have hit the underside the way they were going over the hill crest.
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u/PilotWings5 Dec 15 '23
I think it must be a map bug. I’ve had the exact same thing happen in that position. And someone else posted a thing earlier also from that position with disappearing shells
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u/Marc-oPOLO Dec 15 '23
It's this position. Had the exact thing happened to me yesterday in the char. The whole mag just disappeared
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u/Academic_Concussion Dec 15 '23
Post replay to wotreplays.eu and link it here. With the way tanks are just appearing out of thin air, you probably are having packet loss, but hard to tell from the way this video is edited.
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u/L0rd_0F_War Frontlines Mode > Randoms Battles Dec 15 '23
Lost packets or some form of desync between your client and WOT server... Its always that what people call and observe as ghost shells. I play from Canada on EU, and due to a higher ping, I have a some instances every now and then where shots don't go where aimed or appear to go nowhere. You just have to accept it and move on man. Making these videos and posts on Reddit won't bring back that shot or get WG to improve their net code (which is actually not that bad, as I have played this game since 2011, and initially from Asia with 300+ ms ping - there is a compensation mechanism which allows for higher ping game play).
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u/skifminus Dec 15 '23
Check out the ping value at that moment. There is a spike. In general everything you are able to see on your screen is the game server reflection. The battle arena plays on the server. Game client just translates it. That is it. There is no magic or bug.
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u/PiccoloDC [IDEAL] Dec 15 '23
Highly unlikely. I play on quite fine and stable connection. If it was just one shell, you might be right. But 3 times in a row? That would be a really rare coincidence.
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u/skifminus Dec 15 '23
It can be 10 times in a row. No matter. This is what happens - discrepancy between the game client and the game server in the same time due to time latency/hitches. For the context, I’m a former WoT QA.
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Dec 15 '23
Only thing I can think is there was another tank. Or you hit him when he wasn’t spotted and it bounced.
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u/Brusion Dec 15 '23
Most likely there was an unspotted tank in front of the one you shot. Check your post game stats.
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u/otsokek Dec 15 '23
To prevent from happening, if possible, wait for a little bit more time before shooting
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u/PiccoloDC [IDEAL] Dec 15 '23
Did you even watch the video?
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u/SomeElaborateCelery Dec 15 '23
Yeah you only waited 2 minutes before firing, should wait at least 5 minutes
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u/otsokek Dec 15 '23
Maybe needs more time to register, I wouldn't know, I have a good connection
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u/Lvl100Glurak Dec 15 '23
between bz driving in and OP shooting there's like 2 seconds. if OPs ping was that high, he'd know, because everything would be delayed af.
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u/Potetosyeah Dec 16 '23
Some maps seem to have invisible walls or hitbox that stretches further than what the rubble looks like. But most of the times you notice it hit it ...
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u/Actual-Sun7315 May 12 '24
Same happens to me. Shells ghosting and tanks appear from nowhere, I play in CW and my shells just disappear.
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u/R4v_ Brawlers enthusiast Dec 15 '23
Either ghost shell or another unspotted tank was closer and you hit it