Armorsmith Archive
Thread: Why bother even wearing armor...
phosho delka
You might want to get a better weapon with more speed and put power-ups on it.
I fought 3 Fumbaa's the other night at the same time, and did not die. I was buffed, and I wear 68% kenetic armor. I am a Novice Commando, and was using my Flame Thrower the whole time, but it took about 10 full minutes to kill these 3 Fumbaa's (really BIG dinosaur looking things). They were stomping and biting me the whole time. You might really look into a better gun. Your hits of 250-500 at a time really just irritate bigger monsters
I also take on missions of killing stormies, and don't die. My Energy Resist on the armor is not bad, but nowhere near the kenetic resist.
If you die while taking on these creatures, stop messing with them. I go out alone all the time, and know what I can and can't take on. Maybe you were just biting off more than you could chew.
I have not encountered this "hole" that some people say they have.
on his grave
Im grinding pistoleer, so im not going to invest more money into a pistol that I wont use in a few more days...and hold-out shot (point blank area 1) hits all the targets around me so i just spam that when i have a few attacking me instead of shooting my more powerful hits at them (it takes about the same time to kill them all)
anyways, get back on topic...
HOWEVER, more to the point.... as of the mini-publish that got the gen bunker in, I've noticed alot more hits coming thru the armor hole... they definetely need to put some effort into fixing it.
I think they also need to add the damage type into the combat spam... it would help us alot. At least it would help us rule out when people are getting hit by a vulnerable damage type, instead of an "armor hole"
It's why all my basic suits are now being made with a 4% stun layer. just made me some nice 38% stun segments. ham's a bit high (80/80/330) for helm at 60% base, 67% elec, 38% stun, but i'm just using 10pts. plus it's much better then pvp eyeshot or rifleman spam with a stun weapon (sonic blaster or jawa ion). hell, you could pick up a chest plate for fencer defense
Phosho wrote:
This armor hole problem is a HUGE problem. Why dont they try to fix this instead of nerfing melons and stupid **edit**. I was fightning 3 pikets, I had full buffs, and about 50% kinetic armor on. I was killed in under a minute. Here are some screenshots of my combat log and how often this stupid bug happens:
http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=setandget&tp=49393
http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=setandget&tp=49396
I have also been experiencing the armor hole from time to time. Not often enough to put me in big trouble, but just once every now and then.
I have been hunting pikets on dantooine over the last couple of hours, and I have noticed 3 or 4 times that a significantly higher number than usual appeared over my head. With my armor I usually take like 20 damage per hit from the pikets, and the few exceptions that I have noticed have been around 200, clearly indicating a hit that went right through my armor. Every time this has happened I have immediately checked the combat chat to have this fact verified. I have also checked to make sure that none of my armor pieces are wrecked or anything.
I am wearing a full 9 piece suit of composite with high resists against everything except stun. So either pikets have some incredibly rare attack that can deal stun damage, or there is an armor hole that is not covered by a full composite suit.
I used to be a pistoleer before I picked up swordsman. The best way to handle multiple mobs is to hit them all one at a time with pistol whip then health shot 2. Once they're all bleeding, start concentrating on them one at a time with body shot 2, at least until you get stopping shot. AoE specials for ranged fighters vs. melee mobs are weak because they're a cone effect, while the mobs circle you.
Phosho wrote:
Im grinding pistoleer, so im not going to invest more money into a pistol that I wont use in a few more days...and hold-out shot (point blank area 1) hits all the targets around me so i just spam that when i have a few attacking me instead of shooting my more powerful hits at them (it takes about the same time to kill them all)
I see your getting hit several times before your armor kicks in. I bet your taking damage before your armor can protect you, even though it’s shows it in the combat spam.
I’ve had it happen to me a few times when lag is a problem. I get hit, my combat chat show the damage getting reduced but everyone in my group sees me take full damage. I fall over died form what I see as 50 points of damage.
You need to bug it and post your pic’s in the tech support forum.
Message Edited by Unit_ on 03-12-2004 07:47 AM