Mysterious Stealth Firing

[n00bot]

Tonight there were two separate occasions where I was still seeing stealth fire, down at Tier 4-5.  I don't understand it at all, but in the first case I took 4-5 volleys of HE appearing out of the water.  I never did see that ship, but from the rate-of-fire it had to be a DD or a Russian CA.  On the second occasion, I took two volleys of HE before a Phoenix appeared-- a PHOENIX.

 

wth?  Has anyone else noticed this?  Wish I had a replay...

[n00bot]

I just had a thought... do islands block line-of-sight, even if the part of the island in question is almost completely flat?

[khaenn35]

I just had a thought... do islands block line-of-sight, even if the part of the island in question is almost completely flat?

Yes they do. There are some videos that will tell you in better detail more of the concealment mechanics. Also, some ships (US DDs+RN CLs+some US CLs) have bad shell arcs, and can fire over islands.

[PicknChew]

if there is an island in the way in can be that yes.

 

However you can still OWSF. The way to do it is to fire at max range and let a ship walk into your shells. At the time you fired he was outside your gun range (which somehow is now your detection range !)

 

[Battlecruiser_Amagi]

Some islands, even if they have low terrain, and you'd think there was no way they'd cover your ship, do still block you from sight.  And so, you can still shoot "over" them, and not be seen. It's quite common near the corners and edges of many islands.

[Battlecruiser_Siegfried]

I had an odd stealth firing incident a few nights ago - a Hatsuharu was stealth firing from the map wall. He did it three or four times before finally popping up again. There was no smoke on either side... just an invisible DD shooting at a BB.

[PicknChew]

I had an odd stealth firing incident a few nights ago - a Hatsuharu was stealth firing from the map wall. He did it three or four times before finally popping up again. There was no smoke on either side... just an invisible DD shooting at a BB.

 

 

answer:

you can still OWSF. The way to do it is to fire at max range and let a ship walk into your shells. At the time you fired he was outside your gun range

 

you can open water stealth fire if the target is approaching you as you drive away (kiting).

 

 

 

 

[atPrick__]

Here it is again...

[PicknChew]

Here it is again...

 

 

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Still in denial ?