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G Torq
ALTA B2O
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Posted - 2013.09.28 16:28:00 -
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Small inquiry, based on some recent tests.
Do Mass Drivers damage enemies, when the shell is hitting a wall next to the enemy?
Reason for asking is that I've had some cases where I'm hitting walls and other vertical surfaces right next to enemies (within splash-damage radius), and not seeing their healthbar drop at all.
Example 1:
Enemy sniper hugging a wall in a corner.
Shell landing on the wall behind the target, less than 1 clone-soldier's height in distance.
After 2 shells, no damage
Example 2:
2 enemies inside a standard "box" on the battlefield - assumption is that this is ca 8m long.
Multiple Assault Mass Driver shells (6.3m radius + skill) landing on the inner wall near the enemies.
No damage observed.
Based on observations, I'd say that in both examples (and these are not unique), the enemies were well inside spash-damage radius. E.g., if the boxes are indeed 8m, and splash is 6.3m + 4 skill, there is almost nowhere to "hide" inside these boxes if the shell lands inside the box.
When hitting the ground, I'm not observing any issue; this appears to be limited to cases when hitting vertical surfaces.
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Shepherd Grey
Capital Acquisitions LLC
Public Disorder.
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Posted - 2013.09.28 16:29:00 -
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good.....good. |
Ploo-Koon
Subdreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2013.09.28 16:38:00 -
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I've heard other people report this problem and it seems to be, primarily, non-horizontal damage. As long as the shot and the merc are on the same horizontal plane it seems to work. That being said, just last night, I was hitting a door frame with shots that were killing mercs trying to come through that door. |
Chances Ghost
D3M3NT3D M1NDZ
The Umbra Combine
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Posted - 2013.09.28 23:28:00 -
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ive actually had alot of success killing people with wall splash damage.
its not 100% though as usually when i resort to wall damage im not in the best poisition and its a last ditch effort to regain an upper hand.
i know that it DOES work, but i cannot verify that it always works
it is limited, ive noticed that the splash has to be body level and the damage radius is somewhat limited and they have to be close to the wall in question.
the programming of this weapon was made to ensure smooth operation of ground level explosives. wall shots and wierd other tricks arnt guarenteed in the manual |
Go Zo
Molon Labe.
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.10.04 19:36:00 -
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Chances Ghost wrote:
the programming of this weapon was made to ensure smooth operation of ground level explosives. wall shots and wierd other tricks arnt guarenteed in the manual
Maybe that needs to be fixed. A large percentage of my mass driver suicides involve hitting a vertical object next to some red dot who closed range on me, and has no business surviving the explosion that killed me unscathed. It should reliably do damage. Sometimes even direct hits don't register if I die in the process. That's broken behavior too. |
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