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[KEMikos]

Just seemed a little weird...

Dropped on Forest in a 4xPPC RS. First two shots were insta-kills. That was a head-scratcher; it happens occasionally with that build, but rarely, and not usually at the beginning of the match when everyone should still be pretty close to full armor. Certainly not twice in a row.

I figured I got lucky twice and moved on. Next match, I dropped in the same 'Mech on Tourmaline. Ran into first enemy, took one salvo to the chest and died. My damage listing showed the following:

Damaged by Large Laser
Damaged by PPC
Damaged By ER PPC
Center Torso Destroyed
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Now correct me if I'm wrong, but that tells me I took three hits, totaling no more than 29 damage, and then my CT blew.

However: That particular Atlas has 80-some points of armor on the CT. No way those three shots should have killed it, so between that and my experience in the previous match, I'm wondering if there's something wonky going on with damage or crits this patch...

Edited by KEMikos, 05 April 2013 - 04:13 AM.

[Axident]

I took a head-on shot in a Stalker from a Jager with twin gauss. My front armor was fine, but my rear armor vanished completely and my engine went yellow. I figured it was a net-code issue since I have quite high latency. I've also had friends who say they seem to be dying very quickly, even with full armor in assault mechs, and was wondering if it might be related.

[Brethgar]

I am pretty sure that it doesn't tell you if multiple weapons of the same type hit you. Ie. 4 ppcs would read "damaged by ppc"

I would personally like to see a more detailed death report.
Like "20 dmg to CT by AC/20"
"20 dmg to CT by AC/20"
"20 dmg to CT by AC/20"
"9 dmg to LA by Large Laser"
"Center Torso Destroyed"

So it is entirely possible that the laser, ppc, and erppc were multiples that cored you and not just singles totaling 29 pts dmg.

Not saying there aren't bugs and glitches though...

[KEMikos]

Brethgar, on 04 April 2013 - 11:03 PM, said:

I am pretty sure that it doesn't tell you if multiple weapons of the same type hit you. Ie. 4 ppcs would read "damaged by ppc"
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So it is entirely possible that the laser, ppc, and erppc were multiples that cored you and not just singles totaling 29 pts dmg.

If that's true, it definitely could explain what happened. It's worth noting, though: I played two more matches after I posted that last night, and it didn't happen again to me, but I did get 6 more one-shot kills, and a ton of components destroyed. That still feels off to me, or at least different from previous patches. I don't think I suddenly got that much better. 4xPPC used to feel powerful, yes, but not "Finger of God" powerful.

Or...
Maybe PGI ninja-patched the PPC hit detection issues other people were complaining about? Maybe this is how it should have been all along? Come to think of it, that makes some sense; 4xPPC has the same alpha as 2xAC20, and everyone says that's a devastating build; theoretically, they should be similar, but until last night, it sure didn't feel like it to me...

OK, new question: Do PPC's feel different to anyone else this patch?