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Hollow
Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:17 am
#1
Okay, heres the deal. Ever since the last couple of patches, I haven't been able to do damage properly.
"Let me es'plain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up."
I'm flying a dunelizard with tier 2 components along with my friend who is flying something similar. (For reference)
It doesn't seem to matter what tier my target is but I will use the Trader Bodyguards that fly around the Endor space station as the example.
I can be properly draining my capacitor on my target and not do a single bit of damage. Visually, it only seems to recognize every 5th shot hitting it when a vast majority should have been blowing it into space dust. I could be doing this for a good 8-9 minutes and all of a sudden a lot of shots will connect, like its catching up with damage. Sometimes this might be enough to destroy it or at least disable the ship but usually it doesn't get all the damage I should have inflicted and then it will go back to not taking damage again. One big problem is this gives the NPCs shields time to fully recharge. Extremely aggrovating.
Okay, to add to the conundrum, my friend who, as I said, is flying with similar stats can do damage just fine. He doesn't see this laggy issue at all. What makes it even wierder, when he is attacking my target, I can do damage as well, even to the point of us disabling the ship and I can pound on it till its nothing but debris. I hate having to rely on someone else to get the XP needed.
What I've tried:
Changing weapons, didn't work. Using my friends weapons, didn't work.
Relogging, doesn't work because it happens each time I log in. Full scan, didn't work.
My PC has the same stats as my friends, in fact my CPU is a little faster. It's not lag from client to server, I've got a nice 92 ping with no packet loss.
None of the guys in my guild have this issue. Whats the deal? Anyone else having this problem?
TsN-Wizzer
Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:22 am
#2
Being the Friend with the Similar Ship, I can confirm this. I actually Sat and watched him Fighting one of these guys for a while before joining in. It was really wierd. When I would start Nailing the ship he could do damage, But alone he was screwed.
Very wierd indeed.
I Know he had no Other Net Traffic going and No Virus/Spyware/Adware on his machine.
Anyone else getting this issue?
RSQViper
Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:26 am
#3
This is wierd. I've never noticed this, but I'll pay better attention now.
truewildman
Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:32 am
#4
Well, I haven't had to group with anyone yet, and currently at 4433, but I haven't noticed my shots not connecting...
Vyko
Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:39 am
#5
I've noticed this quite a bit. I think it's connected to the "invulnerable on the top and bottom" bug/issue I read about. 9 times out of 10 on these guys, if I use my booster to get dead aft (behind) my target, I can start doing damage again. All the same, I'd say there are some definite damage issues.
Hollow
Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:44 am
#6
Vyko wrote:
I've noticed this quite a bit. I think it's connected to the "invulnerable on the top and bottom" bug/issue I read about. 9 times out of 10 on these guys, if I use my booster to get dead aft (behind) my target, I can start doing damage again. All the same, I'd say there are some definite damage issues.
That might have something to do with it I suppose but it's not all of it. I've gotten dead behind them to the point of drinking their exaust fumes and shoving blaster bolt up their tail pipes and they didn't even seem to notice me.
truewildman
Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:49 am
#7
Hollow wrote:
Vyko wrote:
I've noticed this quite a bit. I think it's connected to the "invulnerable on the top and bottom" bug/issue I read about. 9 times out of 10 on these guys, if I use my booster to get dead aft (behind) my target, I can start doing damage again. All the same, I'd say there are some definite damage issues.
That might have something to do with it I suppose but it's not all of it. I've gotten dead behind them to the point of drinking their exaust fumes and shoving blaster bolt up their tail pipes and they didn't even seem to notice me.
Now, I've noticed that if you get too close, say 60m or closer, you seem to miss more than if you're 120m or more out.
Hollow
Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:52 am
#8
truewildman wrote:
Hollow wrote:
Vyko wrote:
I've noticed this quite a bit. I think it's connected to the "invulnerable on the top and bottom" bug/issue I read about. 9 times out of 10 on these guys, if I use my booster to get dead aft (behind) my target, I can start doing damage again. All the same, I'd say there are some definite damage issues.
That might have something to do with it I suppose but it's not all of it. I've gotten dead behind them to the point of drinking their exaust fumes and shoving blaster bolt up their tail pipes and they didn't even seem to notice me.
Now, I've noticed that if you get too close, say 60m or closer, you seem to miss more than if you're 120m or more out.
Honestly, it really didn't seem to matter what position was in nor atwhatdistance. I'll try again tonight from different spots to see what I get.
DaBootcher
Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:02 am
#9
Okay, not sure if this has been suggested in any other thread related to "top/bottom invulnerablity" bug, but it seems that not everyone is experiencing this bug,including me,(watch, now that I say this I'll start getting it. LOL). But has anyone, who is having a near impossible time doing any damage to enemy ships, tried uninstalling & re-installing their game? Maybe it's something the full scan, if you've done one, is not catching. Just a thought. Otherwise everyone who is/has experienced this bug should get together & see what the commonalities might be.
My .02....now where's my change?
My .02....now where's my change?
AEK
Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:02 am
#10
I was getting way frustrated by this top/bottom invunerability also. While the enemy space punk is flying loopties around you, and you are filling him full of plasma, it only APPEARS that he is taking hits and making a little frying sound.
I just realized last night that if you target in the leading reticle (or slightly behind) that it seems to hit much more frequently, even though it seems you are aiming way off.
Hope this helps.
I just realized last night that if you target in the leading reticle (or slightly behind) that it seems to hit much more frequently, even though it seems you are aiming way off.
Hope this helps.
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Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:03 am
#11
/bump
I have noticed this a lot lately. A lot of shots I fire just go straight through some ships. An example is with Y wings, I shoot them and i can see my lasers going through their ship without damaging them. This happens when their disabled too sometimes, so I know its not my aiming, but rather some sort of bug. Before this bug I could land almost every shot I fired, but now most shots miss and its very frustrating. This doesn't only happen with y wings, but they seem to be the hardest to hit, along with A wings. Its happend with things as large as lambda shuttles, and freighters too.
Yet like you, my friends just sit there pounding away at the ships. It doesnt affect how much I hit the enemy, by whether someone else is also attacking though, it just seems random for me. Ican empty my capacitor and have taken the enemies shield down to a pathetic 80%, where as if it had been working, should have destroyed them before my capacitor drained.
I havn't tried this with missiles, but it would be interesting to see if I get the same problem.
For me I think some of the issue is due to lag. Since its been happening my load times have gotten rediculously long. My connection isn't the fastest but its decent (512kb line), and used to run the game fine till about 3 days ago. Its also not my computer as that is pretty top end (Athlon 3200+ 64 bit, Radeon x800xt, 2gb ram, 120gb 7200rpm hard drive split into 3 40gb partitions, 1 dedicated to swg alone, and all the rest that doesnt really affect performance).
Glad you posted about this, I was wondering if my aiming had gone to pot 
truewildman
Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:05 am
#12
AEK wrote:
I was getting way frustrated by this top/bottom invunerability also. While the enemy space punk is flying loopties around you, and you are filling him full of plasma, it only APPEARS that he is taking hits and making a little frying sound.
I just realized last night that if you target in the leading reticle (or slightly behind) that it seems to hit much more frequently, even though it seems you are aiming way off.
Hope this helps.
Yes. I hope everyone is aware that the leading targeting reticle is only meant to be an approximation of where to shoot. You still need to have some piloting instincts to aim it right.
jeff1134
Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:06 am
#13
I have noticed this, but it hasent happened lately.....
Dunno what u could do to fix it 
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