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Thread: Well...Word is out. Might as well Respec now. The AS profession will soon be dead.Tested aug17

Feomatar
Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:02 pm
#27



LeviticusD wrote:
Can 1/1 armor "break" and go to 0/1?



Nope, it will always stay 1/1.



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pykescylla
Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:03 pm
#28

My friend smacked me some more and 1/1 did not go to 0/1.

I'm betting there's a world of difference in the way the game views 1/1 and 0/1. As an earlier poster said, 1/1 is 100 percent condition.



Pyke Winoda
Retired Master Armorsmith w Reformed Smuggler w Former Mayor
Twelve-Point Smith w RIS Certified
DREADNOUGHT Armor w Saldara, Dantooine 6690 -4626

Quizz
Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:10 pm
#29


i never seen 0/0 or 0/1 condition on armor b4. ive always noticed it at 1/1 after a complete failure on repair


If anyone else wishes to test this. u can go about it this way.


1) have some attack u with ranged attack( be sure to take note if its a kinetic or energy weapon)use the same attack for simplicity sake


2) look at combat log and see how much your armor is aborbing.


3) calculate percentage absorbed. (dmg absorbed)/(dmg dealt)x100=percentage


4) take one piece of armor(preferably the pants since it gets hit the most) and reapir it with a crappy repair kit so it completely falls apart. take no of the condition. it should be 1/1


5) now equip that one piece of broken armor and only that piece


6) have your bud attack u with the same attack


7) now your one piece of armor wont get hit everytime but once and a while, but its good enough for this testing purpose and it saves u from destroying your whole suit.


8) again look at your combat log and you'll notice that one piece of armor got hit once and awhile.(about 1 out of 3 times if its pants you are wearing)


9) u'll notice that it is absorbing the same amount of damage as it was when it had full condition. u can calculate percenatge agian if u like to compare.


take your results and post here



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Quizz
Wed Aug 17, 2005 4:14 pm
#30






pykescylla wrote:
Just to clarify, we're talking 1/1 condition armor, not 0 condition armor. I don't have any of that to test.




it was 1/1 condition armor i tested



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Wolfe26
Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:42 pm
#31






Quizz wrote:





pykescylla wrote:
Just to clarify, we're talking 1/1 condition armor, not 0 condition armor. I don't have any of that to test.




it was 1/1 condition armor i tested





Now that it has been tested and the test clarified... As I said it needs to posted to the Current bug list... Here and unfortunately for everyone to see in the current patch bug thread... If it had of been tested earlier and posted about it could have probably been addressed in tonights patch leaving a whole lot of exploiters hurting... because that is exactly what they are doing by knowing it is broken and not reporting it...


Quizz,


I'm not trying to start a flame war either but.... If you want to be taken seriously don't come in here screaming the sky is falling respec now.... Alot of us have endured bug on top of bug on top of bug for SOE and heard the cry every time...

Otherwise good job finding it...




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Quizz
Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:12 pm
#32






Wolfe26 wrote:






Quizz wrote:





pykescylla wrote:
Just to clarify, we're talking 1/1 condition armor, not 0 condition armor. I don't have any of that to test.




it was 1/1 condition armor i tested





Now that it has been tested and the test clarified... As I said it needs to posted to the Current bug list... Here and unfortunately for everyone to see in the current patch bug thread... If it had of been tested earlier and posted about it could have probably been addressed in tonights patch leaving a whole lot of exploiters hurting... because that is exactly what they are doing by knowing it is broken and not reporting it...


Quizz,


I'm not trying to start a flame war either but.... If you want to be taken seriously don't come in here screaming the sky is falling respec now.... Alot of us have endured bug on top of bug on top of bug for SOE and heard the cry every time...

Otherwise good job finding it...







i may be wrong but ive never seen 0/1 condition armor b4. only 1/1 or ive even seen negativexx/1.



And this problem has been here since CU when i first tested it and i know of others of have used 1/1 armor since CU. What makes u think this will be fixed with today's patch when its been known since CU. I'm worried that they have known this siince CU and we still havent got a fix for it. And more and more people are taking advantage of it.



The only discussion we ever had on it, Caile asked to have the thread deleted cause he felt it would be devasting to our profession.Here more then a month after since that discussion andwe have no fix. once its 1/1 u cant get it to 0/1, at least from what ive tried. So u basically have a 9 piece adk suit.



Now if this isnt the worst thing for our profession, then what is, i ask u?








Quizz

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ravingbantha
Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:37 pm
#33






Quizz wrote:


Considering that probably 95% of peeps are group pve grinding why would they need much protetction. A lot of my customers are happy if they can survive a few hits and hope that the rest of the group can share the damage dealt. This has been brought up to me by several people. So many people dont require a whole lot of protection.


I'm not really concerened about the sales but more with armor working as they are intended.


Will get back with some screenies on test rsults and hopefully we can determine the extent of this problem








Becuase they belive they need armor.The only time Armor truely makes a difference is when you are 1 on 1 fighting a mob that is about your level, or a hords os lower level mobs. People has always used armor and belive they still do. You can tell them otherwise but you might as well tell them the world is round.

pykescylla
Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:51 pm
#34



ravingbantha wrote:


Quizz wrote:

Considering that probably 95% of peeps are group pve grinding why would they need much protetction. A lot of my customers are happy if they can survive a few hits and hope that the rest of the group can share the damage dealt. This has been brought up to me by several people. So many people dont require a whole lot of protection.

I'm not really concerened about the sales but more with armor working as they are intended.

Will get back with some screenies on test rsults and hopefully we can determine the extent of this problem



Becuase they belive they need armor.The only time Armor truely makes a difference is when you are 1 on 1 fighting a mob that is about your level, or a hords os lower level mobs. People has always used armor and belive they still do. You can tell them otherwise but you might as well tell them the world is round.



The world isn't round?

/stepsbackfromedge



Pyke Winoda
Retired Master Armorsmith w Reformed Smuggler w Former Mayor
Twelve-Point Smith w RIS Certified
DREADNOUGHT Armor w Saldara, Dantooine 6690 -4626

Keeper32
Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:40 pm
#35

Instead of everyone justtalking about it, let's do something since we've had it confirmed.


I've sent Tiggs a PM about this, as I see it as an exploit of a bug. Not just a bug. If people purposely get their armor broken in order to have invulnerable armor, they are exploiting a system bug which is not allowed according to the EULA.


Exploits are (usually) taken seriously and fixed.



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Rancor418
Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:28 pm
#36



MonKaiku wrote:
I had 5/7 peice of armor in ADK (was waiting for health enhancers to be fixed) and all of the sudden I was getting worked over by BH marks that I would normally trash. It took me a while to figure out what was going on, but the two peices of armor were at 0 condition. I replaced those peices and havent had a problem
I refuse to believe that 0 condition armor offers any protection at all whatsoever based on my personal experience and getting trashed while wearing 0 condition armor (it was a helmet and pants if anyone cares)
get some hard numbers and maybe, but I have tested 0 condition armor (not on purpose) and I can say that there were some huge hits getting through.
sales have been brisk,



Same thing happened to me with my BH marks. Swapped out that 0 cond helm and I was back in action.



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Quizz
Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:11 pm
#37






Rancor418 wrote:





MonKaiku wrote:

I had 5/7 peice of armor in ADK (was waiting for health enhancers to be fixed) and all of the sudden I was getting worked over by BH marks that I would normally trash. It took me a while to figure out what was going on, but the two peices of armor were at 0 condition. I replaced those peices and havent had a problem


I refuse to believe that 0 condition armor offers any protection at all whatsoever based on my personal experience and getting trashed while wearing 0 condition armor (it was a helmet and pants if anyone cares)


get some hard numbers and maybe, but I have tested 0 condition armor (not on purpose) and I can say that there were some huge hits getting through.


sales have been brisk,






Same thing happened to me with my BH marks. Swapped out that 0 cond helm and I was back in action.





im not saying 0/1 condition is preventing dmg, im saying condition 1/1 is preventing full damage. u get 1/1 condition when you repair armor and it completely fails. once u have 1/1 it will never change even if u get hit, not even from decay when u clone. so as 1/1 the game is thinking its 100% condition and is absorbing ful damage. I call this the poor man's adk bug/exploit.



bah.. i give up trying to explain this and how this is already being taken adavntage of by many people and how it will only get worse, and when that time comes everyone will be up in arms.


Nothing gets fixed in this game unless several tickets and discussions like this exist. And we as a community tend to be laid back then other professions.


Message Edited by Quizz on 08-17-2005 11:13 PM



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Quizz
Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:35 am
#38

well...sorry to announce this but i just tested this personally. I was getting 56.1% with near full contion armor when i had my bud shoot me.. i then broke my armor for a condition 1/1 by reapiring it. i then had the same guy shoot me with the same weapon and attack and it was still reducing damge by 56.1%.


So dont pretend this isnt an issue. armor still works like new even if it has 1/1 condition. Dont believe rumors and test it for yourself. Have someone attack u and check your combat log to see how much your armor is absorbing, then try to break itby repairing it. U should only have to break one piece of armor to test this. then just equip only that piece and again watch your combat log, u'll notice that one piece of armor gets hit occasianally and u'll see that its still protecting u for the same amount as if it was new.


I hate to say, "The sky is falling" but this is terrible to our proffesion. Like i said i already have lots of people telling me that armor is still working to full reisists evn thou it has 1/1 condition. and now i even tested this and seen it for myself and its true.



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Quizz
Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:45 am
#39

Well guys. I ve tested it personally and found out that armor still protects as if it was new with condition 1/1. i had a bud shoot me and i was absorbing 56.1% damage. i then took my pants and broke it by using a crappy repair kit. it resulted in condition 1/1 and the stats didnt even change. i then equiped only that broken piece of armor and had my bud shoot me again with the same attack and weapon. i looked at my combat logged and noticed when my one equiped piece of broken armor got hit its was still absorbing 56.1% energy as if was still new.



Dont kid your selves with rumors, go and test it for yourself. I hate to say, "the sky is falling," but this is devasting to our profession. Like i said word is out and people know about this bug as it has been brought up to me in game by several people. so dont blame jedi unlocking for lack of sales but for people knowing that broken armor still works like new. And if your sales are not affected it will only be a matter of time.





Quizz

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