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[Pezzer]

Didn't feel like making a big post, but basically whenever an arty/air strike hits a Jenner, it almost always does damage or directly hit the Head component. Always. Every time. Even when I've seen the arty strike hit my leg, it does damage to the head.

There's clearly a bug, it is clearly not simply bad luck when it comes to arty hit placement. The Jenner is bugged, and something needs to be done to fix arty and air strikes doing damage to the head component. Even with full head armor, 2-3 hits to a Jenner PERIOD will kill it via headshot. Think it has to do with the geometry (head hitbox is probably on the top of the torso nacelle) coupled with the way AC/35s dish out explosive damage.

This has been going on since the Clan patch afaik and it's become quite frustrating. Would be nice to see a fix, which is why I'm reporting the discrepancy o7

[ShinVector]

I don't really agree on this as a 'bug'.
I think it is just really bad head hit location which is at the most front part of the mech and the side windows..

However... Now that you mention this again.

I believe many mechs had their head hit box size reduced but not the Jenner and the Raven ?
Eg. Some used to have side window head boxes but it got removed like the Stalker.

On the other hand sometimes that big head hit box on the Jenner is useful as additional CT armour. LOL.
*Almost everything hits the CT in the Jenner.

[Asmosis]

I feel like my atlas head hitbox has been increased O.o getting headshot way more often now by clan mechs, even by lasers at 500m range while moving.

[Cyborne Elemental]

You just have to start using builds that have more than 4 head armor.
Arty specifically has always hit Head hitboxes reliably every time you get dumped on.

If you put 6 or higher armor on your head, the only thing you'll have to worry about are those lucky AC-20 or a gauss direct hit.

I threw away my Jenner after the fall damage/JJ nerfs anyway, but when I played it with 6 head armor, I still only ever got cored or my back blown out, I can even count on 1 hand how many times I got shot out of my cockpit in a Jenner.

+ when you see red smoke, you have more than enough time to GTFO in a Jenner.

Edited by Mister D, 27 July 2014 - 03:27 AM.

[gloowa]

ShinVector, on 25 July 2014 - 09:48 PM, said:

*Almost everything hits the CT in the Jenner.

So much truth. I run around 8 armor on LT/RT (front and back combined) in my Jenner builds and still get CT cored before any side torso.

It's like the exact opposite of what happens to Stalkers. When i play Stalker it's like "Oh hello there red mech, let me unload my weapOOOHHHH YOU STOLE MY LT!"