black gunpower dont work

hi ihave problem with black gunpowsertghey do no damege as mydamege still the same even when i activate them

 

Black powder provides a +10% accuracy and +10% critical damage buff, if you already have 100% accuracy you will not notice a difference in your base damage.

 

Has your fellow pirate's answer helped with this question?

Tex

 

no my

my my ship probably has not anything maximum i think thats a problem

 

You should check your ship stats in your ship equipment screen to see if you do indeed have 100% accuracy

 

platine2 you can that info here:





has this helped??

Tex

 

yes thanks tex but mine is not 140%yet and mygunpowders do almost nodamege

 

@platine2 So long as this value is above 100% you will not notice a difference on the vast majority of NPCs, accuracy above 100% does not add any damage at all except when you have an opponent with dodge chance which oly apply to players and select NPCs

 

thank you so much this was really helpful

 

Glad to be help, you're welcome

 

In addition, Powers will increase your damage with this Skill:

Powder Punch
Placing Skill Points in this Skill will increase your Black Gunpowder Bonus.

Depending on the number of Skill Points assigned, each Skill Point increases this value by a different amount:
1st to 25th: +0.6%
26th to 48th: +0.4%
49th and 50th: +0.5%

The total Black Gunpowder Bonus gained with 50 Skill Points assigned to this Skill is 25.2%

 

@Bawdyn would you know if that bonus applies to both crit and accuracy?

 

The wording in the FAQ is not very clear. It implies that you just get more of the Critical Damage and Accuracy that you get from base powders, but the reality is that it gives a damage bonus. Even against NCP that have no dodge (ie Hailstorms make no difference) this skill increased the damage in both normal and critical hits by the percentage of the skill.

This is just an empirical conclusion from using this skill, maybe a mod can confirm it.

 

I have wondered for a while yeah, I just assumed it was just more accuracy/crit damage but if it increases base damage too that's pretty OP

 

It does not effect base damage sorry.

Tex

 

Then why do I hit harder with them on when shooting an NCP without dodge?

Example: against any non commonwealth ship I hit harder with powders on by approximately the same percentage as I have from this skill for regular hits and even harder for critical hits? If it wasn't effecting base damage then only the critical hits would improve. I've tried this with Powders off and Hailstorms on/off and the hits were the same either way, so accuracy increase didn't change the damage.

 

I am sorry but when they are equipped they do effect (add) to base damage. That was my mistake . When equipped they are applied to base damage just like cannon damage.

Tex

 

So the skill just adds a damage percentage and no additional accuracy/crit damage? Either way looks like I gotta change some formulas xD

 

The way I understand it, the powders on their own add to the accuracy/critical and the skill adds the additional damage to them. So with the skill you get all three bonuses.

 

Bawdyn is correct the skill augments all three



Tex