Talk:Exercises (PvP)/@comment-2132878-20170824173950

I have a sneaking suspicion that planes actually do gain and lose ranks in pvp, but there's some sort of UI bug that doesn't show the changes in rank until something specific happens, like a menu refresh or a game restart. On multiple occasions I've seen a 0 plane slot still with max rank after just one pvp fight, yet I lost track of them to confirm the theory.

Since the conditions to get a plane wipeout and reproduce the experiment are kinda specific (to meet either an entire carrier task force or an AA battery bristling with high-angle concentrator guns  in a single pvp match ), I'd like to request some assistance. If you are interested, when you see such a match pop up in your queue, mark some trash planes and send some CVL with them into the fight. Yes, you will lose and it will cost you alluminum, but hey, I am not asking you to wipe out an entire Kaga worth of planes (that's pretty much impossible anyway), a Houshou will do just fine - the smaller the slots, the easier it will be to wipe them. After you've successfully done it, do some random stuff. Take off the planes, put them on again. Refuel, then repeat. Try another carrier. F5 the game. Do anything you think will force the game to update the plane status. After that, reply to this post with any results. Thanks.