Request: clarification on expected behavior of railguns

[vehementi]

Breaking railgun discussion off to another thread for some clarity...

 

The following is currently true after rigorous testing by multiple people:

A railgun that says "1000 damage" does:

• 250 damage vs shields
• 250 damage vs armor
• 250 damage when shooting a single giant block (not piercing into any other blocks)
• 1000 damage total if piercing through 3 blocks (damaging 4 blocks total)
• 1250 damage total if piercing 100 blocks

Is all of this the expected behavior? There was a patch note saying

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Railgun base damage is now spread evenly over the first 4 hit blocks, then has a falloff

The current implementation does not spread it over the block(s) or target hit, the railgun simply just does 250 damage instead of 1000 damage, and when piercing more than 4 blocks, drops off sharply.

Is it expected that a shield absorbs the entire railgun hit and only does 1/4 damage?

Is it expected that an armor piece absorbs the entire railgun hit and does only 1/4 damage?

Is it expected that the biggest possible bonus of piercing through 10 blocks is simply an extra 25% damage on top of what is listed, after all of the above limitations?

Edited December 15, 2022 by vehementi

[FuryoftheStars]

32 minutes ago, vehementi said:

250 damage vs hull

Was this supposed to say armor?

[vehementi]

Oops, fixed, thanks

[FuryoftheStars]

Np.

 

I’ve been wanting to do some testing on these myself to get their exact figures, but have never had the time. Good to know them, now.