On 2011-10-28 19:59, Talien wrote:
Shields often get taken down quick enough for rotation to not cover it all, even with it raised to 20% transfer. We see the shields never hitting 0 on our end but to the server some damage gets through.

On 2011-10-29 14:21, *XO*Defiance{CM7} wrote:
Yea. Lots and lots of weapons go strait through shields. Ive just listed the most obvious.

This happens even at the very beginning of battle. You take anywhere from 1% to 10% hull damage without loosing shields at all.

On 2011-10-31 23:17, Pantheon wrote:
It's not possible. Armor and shield gadgets don't actually control where you take damage, as it's the ship itself that does the hit detection. If there is an armor plate or shield generator on that facing and it has hp, then the damage will be done to that gadget first, and the remainder will be done to the hull if any exists. So there's no use blaming it on the gadget code. hp() is hp() for both gadgets.

The only way you can take hull is if the gadgets are low enough to either not completely absorb the damage or mitigate some of it. If you still see your shields at enough %, then there's a possibility that you might have been hit on another arc or you've taken more damage than you thought, or your client has calculated it incorrectly and had to wait for the replicated data from the server.

There is nothing we can do to accurately solve this. I can give you an example to make it easier to digest as to why this happens:

If a torpedo hits you 'just' on one arc where you have shielding, then there is a huge likelihood that due to latency (and we can't fix this, it's the nature of an online game) you might have actually been hit on another arc which has no defence. Your client will simulate the damage done to you on the arc YOU think you got hit on, but the server will correctly calculate it, as it is the only 'client' which has zero latency, and it didn't receive the 'turning' command for another 50-250ms.

We simulate all damage on the client at 50% of what it actually is just because we know there are situations that happen often in which you will likely find you took more/less damage to the arc you think you got hit on. Every few seconds the server will replicate down all the data on all objects that your client requires and update itself, at which point you will see the correct information.

This is why you see damage/hull %'s jump, and it's why you will sometimes see you've taken damage when you 'think' you've defended yourself.

Again, unfortunately there is nothing we can do to fix this. This is the reality of having an MMO in which damage is not roll-based, and we simulate everything in real time. This is the reason why 99% of MMO's do roll-based gameplay - that 'Fireball VII' you just cast already knew if it was going to hit the target before it had even rendered the projectile graphic.

[ This Message was edited by: PantheoOoOon on 2011-10-31 23:19 ]