This is Messed Up!

Using the Client I just shot a Guardian NPC for 40k with flares and had previously been sinking them in TWO shots! Right before that, I used flares and was hitting NPCs like I was using hollows! Maybe somebody can check out the flares?

 

Hello,

please check if you still have your commonwealth sellsword or if you havent (by mistake) changed presets.

Everything works like it should be, the problem must be in your current preset

Rymar

 

My Sellsword is Level 3 and fine. I guess it was just a strange glitch. But it was a real one. I'll wait and see if it happens again. Thank you for your help.

 

Rymar: It just happened again in Map 27/2. I shot an HRMA Revenge II, and with my Guardian Level 2 and 424 cannons I hit for 50k-60k with confetti ammo. I also could not board it, and *did not* get any kind of notice that I had failed or succeeded! When I switched back to my Sellsword Level 3 and 474 cannons, I hit for 180k-200k with confetti ammo. Something is indeed messed up.

 

Thats correct damage with Guardian equipped. Please be aware that Sellsword gives you extra hit prob. bonus to NPCs and thats why there is so big difference in damage. In maps 21+ npcs have a lot of def. thats why hit prob. is necessary.

Did the admiral had swords icon next to it?

If no that means it has been boarded before - so you wont be able to board it again.

Please check our Boarding bible entry.

Hope that solve your problem.

Rymar

 

It did indeed have the crossed swords (I have boarded a few NPCs in my 11 years on here). I have not seen that huge of a damage difference before. It is literally 200/50 = 4 - 1 = 300% higher. That seems like a lot more than what the Commonwealth Officers' descriptions say. But okay - thank you for looking at it for me. I appreciate it! P.S. With *no* Sellsword or Guardian on, I have a current hit probability of 154.8%. And I just now shot a Freedom II (with flares) and with the Level 2 Guardian on and hit 180k (non-critical). This is what makes it so baffling to me. I wonder if the confetti ammo has a problem? Oh well...thank you.

 

Ahoy,

As Rymar has mentioned, some NPC's have a lot of Dodge Chance designed into them, where as others may have more Damage Prevention, both, or even neither. Each NPC has been designed slightly differently, so where as one setup may work for one, it might not work for another.

Unfortunately we are not provided with the stats for each NPC, it is a pirates job to experiment and find the most appropriate setup for each NPC they are shooting.

Swift

 

Thank you very much for this elaboration. That is a good explanation. Thank you both!

 

Ahoy,

I'll go ahead and turn the light off

Happy sailing!

~Closed~