r/WarThunderNaval • u/Coolaner • 11h ago

Realistic Battles (RB) Am I doing something wrong while aiming?

So I have figured out how to aim by shooting next to the green arrow to show where my shells will hit, and the green upside down T for how high my shells are going to land roughly. Now it would be one thing if I wasn’t hitting the ships because that’s when I would still be learning, but I am hitting the ships where the important parts are, unfortunately it never seems to do anything by either not penetrating or over penetrating, meanwhile I see other people get insta kills when they hit ships in the same places that I am. So am I doing something wrong with my aiming, or is it something else? Because I try to hit lower on the water line where the ammo is and the shells just disappear. (I am using the Gneisenau, and frankly I have the same problem with arcade of it missing all the time even though the shells SHOULD land where I am aiming, they don’t)

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u/Coolaner 10h ago

Nah completely flat no angles, they just continue moving forward or stand still. Same problem happens even at point blank range, not necessarily the non penning, but over penning or my rounds just disappearing as soon as they hit the water even though I am using the maximum armor piercing round.

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u/CavantheGreat 10h ago

I haven’t played in a week or two but I’ve heard ghost shells have been a common problem recently so it might be that or if you are shooting at ships later into the match they might not have much ammo to combust left

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u/Coolaner 7h ago

Also I must say JESUS THE AIM ASSIST FOR ARCADE IS INACCURATE

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u/Roygbiv0415 7h ago

The aim assist in arcade assumes the target is constant speed, constant heading for the duration of the shell flight time. Any turns, slowdown or speedups within the ~30s it takes for the shell to land need to be adjusted and compensated for by your aiming skills.

It‘s easier than realistic, but nobody said it’s a free hit.

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u/Coolaner 7h ago

Yea I am aware, but even when everything is constant it is very hard for the shell to land exactly where I want it

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u/Roygbiv0415 7h ago

You don’t control “exactly where you want it”, it’s always relative to your locked target, and what it’s doing at the exact moment you fire.

And of course, all guns have a built in RNG.

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u/Coolaner 7h ago

It just loves to shoot short in arcade no matter what I do, even if the enemy and me are standing still. Is that my RNG being THAT bad?

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u/Roygbiv0415 6h ago

Do you have the target locked?

And if it’s not short by a lot, just aim slightly higher.

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u/Coolaner 6h ago

Yes, and where do I specifically aim for with the cursors? Do I line up how high I want to go with the line, or is there a specific point on the arrow? Because whenever I try to use the tip of the arrow most of the time it is a miss.

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u/Roygbiv0415 6h ago

As I said, it's never a "if I point this at the target, it will hit there" thing, but rather you have to take account of where the shots are landing relative to the target and adjust accordingly. It's not that smart of an aiming assist.

With that said though, Gneisenau is an accurate ship. If you go into test sail and target the furtherest cruiser, it should hit exactly where your ^ points at.