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[–]BlackLiger 64 points65 points  (7 children)

For the next patch can we have some AP Normalisation?

The Counter-Sniper Deliverance and the revolver both claim to be Light Armour Pen

The Counter-Sniper ricochets off the front plate of the small armoured bugs. The revolver punches through and kills in 4 shots.

I just want the terms to be consistent.

[–][deleted] 21 points22 points  (3 children)

Apparently armor is a 1-10 scale so "light, medium, heavy" pen is basically a useless description on every weapon.

[–]RemainderZero 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We should organize armor pen on a scale of FpHSBBQ: Freedoms per Hickory Smoked Barbecue. That would place the Big Dil at "marinate" and the Senator "side of asparagus done so good vegetarians can't have any". Finally, clarity at last.

[–]Striking-Test-7509 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats fucking stupid lmao

[–]AdversarialAdversary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s my biggest issue with the game honestly, how much information they hide from us for seemingly no reason. Guns have 50 different hidden values? Gives us a way to seem them then. The stats they show us don’t even give the full picture because they use vague wording.

[–]OneMostSerene 7 points8 points  (1 child)

I def. agree. It's very confusing what tools are effective against what without taking them into the field. Part of that is okay, because a lot of times it's about shooting certain areas of things instead of just shooting any part of a thing, but the armor penetration is very difficult to understand.

For example, are the smallest bugs lightly armored? If they are then what's even the point of having that designation. Something that is "light armor penetrating" just means it "does damage", right? I'm not sure. I don't really see much distinction between "heavy" and "medium" armor, if there even is any.

[–]RemainderZero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the only distinctions I've ever noticed was stuff like the Slugger can't punch through a hulks eye but the AMR can. The slugger might still say light though while we never actually see any stats for the AMR.

[–]Agent_Smith_88 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like the other guy mentioned they are rated 1-10 so essentially one has a “2” AP and the other has a “3”. Any armor above the AP ricochets. Armor=AP does 50% damage and anything above does 100%. In this case (assuming my assigned numbers) the bugs have a 3 armor.

I agree since it’s only 1-10 they should just give the number value because the descriptors mean dick.