4,299 [WOLFG] DrHolmes52 Members 11,810 posts 10,962 battles Report post #1 Posted February 4 I know bots can torpedo you, but when they do as much damage as the bots with their guns, something is going on. We were about 6km from each other, and there was nothing to shoot at. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,129 [CO-OP] HamptonRoads Members 2,845 posts 28,456 battles Report post #2 Posted February 4 That is amazing; 76K potential damage, and only 6 hits (for no damage.) There goes the theory about bots having homing artillery shells. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,299 [WOLFG] DrHolmes52 Members 11,810 posts 10,962 battles Report post #3 Posted February 4 6 minutes ago, HamptonRoads said: That is amazing; 76K potential damage, and only 6 hits (for no damage.) There goes the theory about bots having homing artillery shells. Well, there were only two volleys fired at me. I don't know how many rounds the Minnesota fired, but the Iowa hit with all his shells. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
646 [P-V-E] b101uk Members 1,649 posts Report post #4 Posted February 4 if I recall potential damage was any ordinance hitting or passing within 700m radius of your ship, and is based on the maximum theoretical damage that the shell/bomb/torp/(assumes rocket) can do. at least that was the case after 0.7.4, however I get the feeling it has been changed again some time later last year, as I have had torps go right past my ship at <200m and they have not registered as potential damage. (bug or change from the 700m radius I don't know). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
414 black_hull4 Members 1,186 posts 1,695 battles Report post #5 Posted February 4 HAHA ROUND GO BOINK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,655 [RLGN] Estimated_Prophet Members 15,665 posts 27,399 battles Report post #6 Posted February 4 38 minutes ago, black_hull4 said: HAHA ROUND GO BOINK Like that torpedo did against the Kongo at mountainous Roi-Namur in Midway... (Except I don’t think a Kongo was ever at Kwajalein, and the Roi and Namur islets there are flat as pancakes...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
935 [REVY] Lord_Slayer Members 2,639 posts 14,459 battles Report post #7 Posted February 4 12 hours ago, DrHolmes52 said: Well, there were only two volleys fired at me. I don't know how many rounds the Minnesota fired, but the Iowa hit with all his shells. Reading the screenshot, Iowa appears to have only hit you 3 times, same as Minnesota, so unless the Iowa only fired one turret at you the Bot did not hit with all his shells. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,299 [WOLFG] DrHolmes52 Members 11,810 posts 10,962 battles Report post #8 Posted February 4 Just now, Lord_Slayer said: Reading the screenshot, Iowa appears to have only hit you 3 times, same as Minnesota, so unless the Iowa only fired one turret at you the Bot did not hit with all his shells. The bot only fired 1 turret. With nothing available to shoot at. And I was like 6km away, so it wasn't like we were spooning. There was a spotted ship that was behind an island like 15km away, so maybe the programming got confused. But even for bots this was strange behavior. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,907 [SALVO] eviltane Members 3,098 posts 7,088 battles Report post #9 Posted February 4 (edited) 13 hours ago, DrHolmes52 said: I know bots can torpedo you, but when they do as much damage as the bots with their guns, something is going on. We were about 6km from each other, and there was nothing to shoot at. I don't understand what the problem is supposed to be here. Potential damage has always been greatly inflated. It counts full damage value ( citadel damage) from shells. That's why people get potential damage in the millions regularly. Edited February 4 by eviltane Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
321 [VOP] Airjellyfish Members 961 posts Report post #10 Posted February 4 13 hours ago, HamptonRoads said: That is amazing; 76K potential damage, and only 6 hits (for no damage.) There goes the theory about bots having homing artillery shells. Maybe there is a difference between homing and being hit and homing into your citadel? lol For me it seems to be the latter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
321 [VOP] Airjellyfish Members 961 posts Report post #11 Posted February 4 If ships are close together, does only one ship receive the potential damage from an incoming or do all ships close enough receive it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,299 [WOLFG] DrHolmes52 Members 11,810 posts 10,962 battles Report post #12 Posted February 4 7 minutes ago, eviltane said: I don't understand what the problem is supposed to be here. Potential damage has always been greatly inflated. It counts full damage value ( citadel damage) from shells. That's why people get potential damage in the millions regularly. It was just that the Iowa on my team (a bot) up and decided to shoot 1 turret at me, with nothing around red to shoot at. I've had humans do this, but never bots (torps excluded). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,456 [SALVO] ArIskandir Members 7,046 posts 5,529 battles Report post #13 Posted February 4 13 hours ago, HamptonRoads said: That is amazing; 76K potential damage, and only 6 hits (for no damage.) There goes the theory about bots having homing artillery shells. 76K potential is about 1 or 2 BB salvos, nothing really. What I wonder is, the module hit/no damage thing wasn't supposed to had been corrected some patches ago? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
935 [REVY] Lord_Slayer Members 2,639 posts 14,459 battles Report post #14 Posted February 4 31 minutes ago, DrHolmes52 said: The bot only fired 1 turret. With nothing available to shoot at. And I was like 6km away, so it wasn't like we were spooning. There was a spotted ship that was behind an island like 15km away, so maybe the programming got confused. But even for bots this was strange behavior. Yeah, Bot behavior confuses me at times. They will ignore the closest ship actually firing on them, to fire on a ship further out. I had thought at one time that they were targeting a lower health ship, but there have been times when that lower health ship was closer to the bot, and it still fired on the further target. 12 minutes ago, Airjellyfish said: If ships are close together, does only one ship receive the potential damage from an incoming or do all ships close enough receive it? All ships receive it. I was playing as an Un-spotted DD, moving to smoke a spotted BB. Shells went over my DD and hit or went over the BB, but as they came close enough, the potential damage counter clicked up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
