Does this mean my Python has a debug mode which gives it a giant pair of comedic Blackpool style plastic mammary orbs (why is that word bad?)
Stag do convoy anyone?
Stag do convoy anyone?
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Brett C
Frontier
Glad you like the increased developer presence! We've lots more to post!
Excellent news, keep them comingGlad you like the increased developer presence! We've lots more to post!
Mark, thank you once again! These kind of explanations take away so much speculation. They alleviate this feeling of something being broken, when it's just not knowing and understanding what's happening. Now I'm really looking forward to the next fight
Oh, and big thanks to the mods and rest of the Frontier team, too!
Just a note to be clear - What does Armour mean in this sentence? Bulkheads, or the stat that ships have, and HullReinforcements increase? =]
Interesting stuff. It's nice to see how much depth there is to this.
Having read this, I think repair costs are way too low.
And with such high penetration values, walking around our ships - after that exansion - will be quite dangerous during combat. Decompression will be a regular occurrence. That could actually lead to some very interesting gameplay, sealing off compromised areas, etc.
Having read this, I think repair costs are way too low.
And with such high penetration values, walking around our ships - after that exansion - will be quite dangerous during combat. Decompression will be a regular occurrence. That could actually lead to some very interesting gameplay, sealing off compromised areas, etc.
First of all, thank you for the post.It is wonderful that he took time to explain, but the fact that he had to do that exposes a big problem with this game. Its extremely shallow content. One should be able to understand most of that information from the game content and not spend months combing the forums and experimenting with loadouts in the game. FD keeps messing with the background processes of the game while ignoring the part that is visible to players. The part that counts most.We need to see better descriptions of modules. Why not add some of this information to the game itself? Why not explain in the weapon description, for Multi Cannon for example, what kind of damage it does and that it is more effective against hulls that it is against shields?That can't be that hard. :S Why does this forum turn my posts into walls of text?
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Excellent clarification! Thanks for the info, and may there be much more of it
Because that's something for players to find out.
Well, obviously, from the observable effects we as a community couldn't figure it out, and came to the general consesus that the game is just broken. To figure out how something works, you need data.
To me, the outfitting and shipyard stats feel so often like going to used-car-salesman:
That's why I really appreciate all this new developer feedback. I don't mind figuring out stuff by myself, but without at least SOME concrete baseline data, that's almost impossible.
Great post - thanks.
I like the mechanics - especially the detail on penetration depth being based on ship length.
Keep up the great work and look forward to your updates.
I like the mechanics - especially the detail on penetration depth being based on ship length.
Keep up the great work and look forward to your updates.
Btw, i have a question that i hope you can answer (and i hope you will even read it):
So its basically
So...we all know that explosive damage is currently the worst damagetype, since it deals nearly NO damage to shields, and the damage against hull is also not that great either. Not to mention that explosives cant even use the "aim for the powerplant" thing that is changed in 1.4 anyway.
So where do they fit in then?
the missile racks show a penetration of F, so i assume they can only deal hull damage?
does that mean that they cant penetrate armor and create that "ray", neither do they create a "sphere" to affect modules?
so...could you explain how exactly explosive damage works or is supposed to work?
it would kinda make sense if a missile could puncture the hull of a ship and explode (creating a sphere instead of a ray) inside the ship, causing damage to several modules at once, wouldnt it?
also: how does the penetration work for lasers?
So its basically
| Thermal | Kinetic | Explosive | |
| Shield | + | - | ---- |
| Hull/Armor | - | + | ? |
| Modules | + | ++ | ? |
So...we all know that explosive damage is currently the worst damagetype, since it deals nearly NO damage to shields, and the damage against hull is also not that great either. Not to mention that explosives cant even use the "aim for the powerplant" thing that is changed in 1.4 anyway.
So where do they fit in then?
the missile racks show a penetration of F, so i assume they can only deal hull damage?
does that mean that they cant penetrate armor and create that "ray", neither do they create a "sphere" to affect modules?
so...could you explain how exactly explosive damage works or is supposed to work?
it would kinda make sense if a missile could puncture the hull of a ship and explode (creating a sphere instead of a ray) inside the ship, causing damage to several modules at once, wouldnt it?
also: how does the penetration work for lasers?
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I didn't have a chance to browse the whole thread, so hopefully I'm not repeating someone.
One suggestion, that I think will reduce the effectiveness of Power Plant sniping, is for the depth penetrated to have an effect on the damage dealt to the subsystem. I don't think that was anywhere in the damage calculations you referenced.
One suggestion, that I think will reduce the effectiveness of Power Plant sniping, is for the depth penetrated to have an effect on the damage dealt to the subsystem. I don't think that was anywhere in the damage calculations you referenced.
