stjobe, on 11 March 2014 - 09:46 AM, said:
What? No, there is most definitely damage transfer from arms to side torso.
Try it yourself; go to the Training Grounds and shoot the arm off a 'mech. Keep firing at the debris left over and see the side torso take damage. After the side torso is destroyed, keep firing at that arm debris and watch the CT take damage.
I'm telling you that if you clean shot off an arm, there is no side torso transfer. I've been plaing my CTF's for over a year and a half now and not once has it transfered damage.
If you are skeptical, I invite you to do space science. PM me if you're in game and we can drop and shoot each others arms off.
For the record, I'm aware there is transfer if you shoot at the remains of the arms, which will transfer damage a 30% reduced rate, which is why Cataphracts are significantly more bulky as part of their Side Torsos were made into Arm Hitboxes. However, at the impact the arm is destroyed, none of the rest of the alpha that destroyed the arm will transfer.
Edited by mwhighlander, 11 March 2014 - 09:56 AM.