Citadel Damage Question

[Soshi_Sone]

I received two cit hits from a Nagato.  A Nagato gun has a max AP damage of 12600.  Two cits would amount to 25200.  However, the damage shown on the after action report is 29358.  Can anyone explain the additional damage?

 

 

 

[Macabe]

Could be the bug where it does the damage roll for a normal pen on top of a citadel pen.

[Soshi_Sone]

Yes, that works out mathematically, as 4158 is .33 of 12600:

 

12600 + 12600 + 4158 = 29358

 

So one of the cits also achieved a .33 pen.

[TenguBlade]

Could be the bug where it does the damage roll for a normal pen on top of a citadel pen.

So it counts as a normal-pen and assigns appropriate damage before the shell even stops moving?  Sounds like lazy programming to me: seems like common sense that the shell's final resting place (or at least where it ends up prior to detonation) should determine the damage: if it leaves the ship, it's an overpen, if it's inside it, normal-penetration, if it's in the citadel, citadel hit.

 

Unless someone can explain to me why something like that isn't currently implemented?

[Ukrainian_Farmer]

What if it went through the citadel, but detonated on the other side? Most of the explosion would be outside the critical area.

[NCC81701]

I wonder if it could be a rare case where the shell exploded within the citadel armor so it counted as both a citadel hit and a non-citadel pen. 

 

Also a possibility for a display error in the after battle report, as in you actually got hit 3 times?

[Stonehammers]

What if it went through the citadel, but detonated on the other side? Most of the explosion would be outside the critical area.

 

Then it would be a citadel overpen. I think ~60% or ~40% damage? I can't remember. Also is the explanation for overpens that do 6000 damage.

[Macabe]

 

Then it would be a citadel overpen. I think ~60% or ~40% damage? I can't remember. Also is the explanation for overpens that do 6000 damage.

Citadel overpens are still overpens so 10%. It's why cruisers are only instadeleted some of the time and not every time a BB looks at them.

[templar627]

I've gotten high damage rolls off only overpens, but I think it might just be ribbons acting up.

[SireneRacker]

Had something similar.

 

A clean citadel hit but the damage is such an uneven number...

[LittleWhiteMouse]

The hit system is funny.  We've known it to be funny for a while.  We've seen penetration ribbons awarded for zero damage (usually because they smuck a module like a secondary or AA gun, but not always).  My guess is that it miscounted a hit but if it is a single shell doing damage twice, that's worth a bug report.  Do you have a replay?

[Killjoy1941]

Magazine hits, I would assume.

[Ukrainian_Farmer]

 

Then it would be a citadel overpen. I think ~60% or ~40% damage? I can't remember. Also is the explanation for overpens that do 6000 damage.

Even if it didnt exit the ship? 

[Skyfaller]

Could be the shell doing damage to the section above the citadel and then penetrating the citadel itself.