Teflon-Coated Damaged Ships

[Tenebrous Pirate]

Ok, so I was originally just sending this to Cory, but then I realized that I might ask the rest of you if any of you guys have noticed anything similar to this.

Basically, I will severely damage a ship, and then suddenly it will be impervious to any successful hits. I told Cory I would start keeping notes of when this happened. Here is a log of a fight I had this morning. This type of fight happens a lot for me.

I started taking notes on round 35 where I have already successfully damaged them a good bit, but suddenly I have not been able to hit them for several rounds.

276.26AE
Battle in orbit of Salveria Prime, Clan Javat (31,-6)
Round 35

Opponent
Clan Javat
Comet Freighter
Level 98 Merchants
Hull 26/28
Armor 0/12
Engines 2/26
Sails 17/34
Crew 100/100
Hold 38/105
Guns 0/20
Torps 4/4

Me
De Valtos Pirate
Level 50
Charisma 10
Wisdom 25
Quickness 65
Strength 12

Explorer 1
Pilot 65
Negotiate 1
Tactics 25
Stealth 65
Warrior 12
Intimidate 10

First Officer Military
Second Officer Veteran
Third Officer Mechanic

Ship
The Khan
Dark Royal
Ancient Engines (+6), Heavy Bulkheads (+2), Battleship Architecture (+20/+30%), Titan Components (+5), Omni-Stealth Array
Hull 22/22
Armor 13/13
Engines 55/55
Sails 31/32
Crew 182/182 (morale10/10)
Hold 91/100 (water 41, l. rations 1, records 1, electronics 6, weapons 38, artifacts 2, crystals 1, metals 1)
Guns 20/20
Torps 5/5


Rounds 35-314 close range
They try to escape and fail, I fire at engines and miss

Round 315 close->medium range
I retreat to medium range

Rounds 316-325 medium range
They try to escape and fail, I fire guns and miss

Round 326 medium->long range
I retreat to long range

Rounds 327-365 long range
I fire a torpedo and miss, they fail to escape/miss me with a torp

Round 366 long->medium range
I close to medium range

Round 367 medium-short range
I close to short range

Round 368-400 short range
I shoot at engines and miss, they fail to escape

Round 401 close->medium range
I attempt to board, they repel me and gain range

Round 402 medium->close range
I close to close range

Round 403 close->medium range
I attempt to board, they repel me and gain range

Round 404 medium->close range
I close to close range

Round 405 close->medium range
I attempt to board, they repel me and gain range

Round 406 medium->close range
I close to close range

Round 407 close->medium range
I attempt to board, they repel me and gain range

Round 408 medium->close range
I close to close range

Round 409 close->medium range
I attempt to board, they repel me and gain range

Round 410 medium->close range
I close to close range

Rounds 411-511 close range
I shoot at decks and miss, they fail to escape

Round 512 close->medium range
I retreat to medium range

Round 513 medium->long range
I retreat to long range

Rounds 514-700 long range
I fire a torp and miss, they fail to escape/miss me with a torp

Round 701 long->medium range
I close to medium range

Round 702 medium-short range
I close to short range

Rounds 703-1002 short range
I shoot at engines and miss, they fail to escape

Battle ends in a draw.

[HateSolstice]

This is something I'd like to know more about as well. I haven't had any fights that got into the 900-1k range, but I've seen my guns and torps hit enemy ships with no damage actually dealt. Just the explosion animation, and the combat text saying "10 damage to hull!" or whatever.

[Cory Trese]

The opponent listed here is a LEVEL 98 Merchant. Keep that in mind when you read this post!

I think most people who read this might worry -- is the game going to give me Captains I cannot fight? Only on higher difficulty levels.

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I think a lot of this will be fixed by correcting the bugs with Captan damage, Captain soak. Very high level Captains (Merchants, Smugglers and Alien) in particular are constructed using a Captain building function that gets downright nasty at higher difficulty levels.

Higher difficulty levels means the game INTENTIONALLY makes Captains that are WAY better than you. That's what higher difficulty means sometimes. Level 90 Merchants can easily have 120 Stealth and Pilot, which is more than double the PC's rank.

EDIT: The bugs I am talking about are related to the Toasts or Alerts that the player gets (and damage summaries) during Captain Damage and Soak results -- the default "10 damage" is misleading and we have talked about it on several threads now I think

[Cory Trese]

HateSolstice - "10 Damage" is code for "Captain Damage / Captain Soak"

The PC Captains have 10 maximum health. On higher difficulty levels, NPC Captains can have that plus a very large soak pool (up to 45 points) which can be used to avoid death, save crew, etc. Consider this a normalized version of the character's special abilities and cargo bonuses. (NPC get no cargo or push bonuses like the PC does.)

[HateSolstice]

Good to know. I thought maybe there was a trick I was missing, or a glitch in the system somewhere. This makes more sense.

[Tenebrous Pirate]

Jun 12, 2011 1:04:47 GMT -5 Cory Trese said:

The opponent listed here is a LEVEL 98 Merchant. Keep that in mind when you read this post!

I think most people who read this might worry -- is the game going to give me Captains I cannot fight? Only on higher difficulty levels.

Oops. Sorry if this sounded misleading or too negative. >.<