Freedom & Flares

I'm trying to understand this. I thought that Flares were supposed to do more damage against the Freedoms? I just shot at one on my own and my hits were about 25% less than normal not more than normal. Usually there is a group shooting it so I never can tell which shot is mine, but this time it was just me.

As a side note, I've seen it said that flares can be made to hit harder in general. I've added the Wildfire Castle, which adds a DoT to the Flares, but the base damage remains the same. I've seen people hitting huge amounts with flares, so how do they do it?

 

How high is your hit probability? I would say you need 135-145% + the sellsword to add the extra 40% on NPC to hit freedom for your max damage.

 

Dot technically is adding damage to flares, if you see a player and your curious, spy there stats, to compare to your own. might help give you a little insight, also remember because of the ever lasting weekly deals, players more n more are getting full lvl'd doom-pains-devs...
also some npc's have jacked dodge' so if your running a crit gem ( boat or pet ) even with polish'd your hits gunna be lacking that punch your seeing from others

 

Ahoy,

Your fellow pirates are correct. Hit Probability plays a big factor in your damage against the Freedom as this NPC has a lot of Dodge Chance.

Has the advise from your fellow pirates answered your query?

Swift

 

Freedom having Dodge probably explains the lower hits I had as I didn't have the sellsword on at that time.

As for the Flares, it still seems that some of those shooting them are getting more out of them than the DoT. Like 3 or more times more than I do with the sellsword and nothing lower than voodoo cannons (310) and I have the Wildfire castle (6) . I can't imagine that full dooms would be that much more damage if its just their cannons making the difference.

 

Ahoy,

Although the Sellsword may help you with your Hit Probability, its possible that these other players have a higher amount of Hit Probability, such as a Level 3 Sellsword, Polished Muzzle, higher level Gems, Trophies, etc.

Players can also have up to 446 Cannons, that in itself is a third more damage than a player who has 410. If these were level 4 Doomhammers this would provide about 30k extra damage than someone who has 446 Level 5 Voodoo Cannons.

Has this answered your queries?

Swift

 

I guess so. These explanations can account for some of the difference, it just seems with some it is more than that. I was hoping there would be mention of something I didn't know about that I could try to acquire. Might as well close this then.

 

Ahoy.

As requested, this thread shall now be closed.

Happy Sailing!

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