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[KursedVixen]

I shoot a guy directly in the CT with a bunch of lasers and it barley scratches his armor... what the heck is going on? i see a guy front load ppcs into someone and no damage at all... yet the next game i do a similar shot and their armor is now red.

yet i go to the testing ground and i can see clearly the armor go from blue to orange..

Edited by KursedVixen, 20 March 2025 - 10:01 AM.

[martian]

KursedVixen, on 20 March 2025 - 09:56 AM, said:

I shoot a guy directly in the CT with a bunch of lasers and it barley scratches his armor... what the heck is going on? i see a guy front load ppcs into someone and no damage at all... yet the next game i do a similar shot and their armor is now red.

yet i go to the testing ground and i can see clearly the armor go from blue to orange..

The next time post a video of such situation.

[kalashnikity]

KursedVixen, on 20 March 2025 - 09:56 AM, said:

I shoot a guy directly in the CT with a bunch of lasers and it barley scratches his armor... what the heck is going on? i see a guy front load ppcs into someone and no damage at all... yet the next game i do a similar shot and their armor is now red.

yet i go to the testing ground and i can see clearly the armor go from blue to orange..

testing ground mechs have stock armor balance, and no skills, meaning they are significantly weaker than what you will go against in live play, (often ~double the armor on a front CT after skills and re-balancing to shift more armor forward).

[LordNothing]

a lot of the mechs in the testing grounds are older too. many dont come stock with full armor like newer mechs do.

[MrMadguy]

Sometimes it happens. Every time, you play some IS 'Mech with XL: once your ST armor is gone - you're dead instantly. Internals? What internals? It always works like if enemies would have 100% crit chance. And sometimes you see how 3 of your teammates try to kill some Roughneck guy from 3 different directions (top, back, front), no cover, just point blank hits, he has all EVERYTHING red, but refuses to die anyway. And he isn't DCed. He continues to play.