Sorry if this topic was already brought up but I searched for "damage" / "damage bug" / "hull damage" but I did not find exactly my problem / a solution.
Maybe I am also just not understanding things - forgive me if I do so but I just recently joined. I pilot a "CT-53 "Heron" Civilian Train" with 6 "Class 4 Turrets" and I got stopped by a Pirate. As the pirate did not request any Credits and just wanted to annoy me by wanting me to jettison my cargo and blow it up - I tried to fight him.
He was alone and in a Super Heavy Fighter with around 22.000 Hull Strength. So after he attacked me I fired back and his Shields were down in like 3 shots. But then... I did not do a single hint of damage to his hull? Like... seriously nothing? I mean... of course I did not hit him all the time but the few hits I made... dealt zero Hull Damage? But obviously I could hit him as his shields were down in a second.
So what am I doing wrong? I had enough time to check this as it took him quite a while to blow me up.
Am I just misunderstanding things like the relationship between a wepaons "Hull Damage" and "Hull Hitpoints"?
I am sorry if this has an obvious answer but I am fairly new here.
First: what turret did you use, if it was transport turret type 1 which affects only shield, the answer is clear
Second: hitbox of shield is bigger than hull so its easier to hit
Third: if you dont have type 1 and you are sure you hit him, i have honestly no idea whats the problem
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With Type 4 turrets (the fast firing ones) you should have a very good chance. You can improve your aim by turretsteer/turretzoom (Zoom out quite a bit to have him in your view all the time) . Also chainfire your guns. Every salvo has a better chance of hitting the target.
It sounds weird if class 4 do not to any hull damage at all. Nomally, you should be able to fight off a VHF.
As stated in my first post I use Class 4 Turrets. And my ping is around 20 ms so it shouldn´t be too bad. I just can´t compare it as I play as a freelance Freighter pilot. And I am very sure that I hit him. The pirate didn´t seem very skilled... he did not try to outmanouver me that much and he also stayed within my turrets range. (Knowing that I cannot outmanouver him I remained rather stationary and hused the "Turrest Camera" for better aiming.)
I do not blame that guy for cheating anything and I lost roughly 800.000 Credits... so I am all fine about that and he was using proper RP-talk before attacking...
I just have no idea why I did not do any damage...
This is a rare glitch, but I have seen it happen to around three people now.
Frankly, I came here to see if there was a fix for this. I too have no idea what causes this to happen or how to fix it. Have you tried shooting anything lately?
Either way this is a bug or this guy somehow cheating. There was same problems with not dealing dmg to hull before with lots of people, but I think its already solved by Devs with last updates.
About cheating - if a pirate didnt want any credit from you but wanted you to blow your cargo - he definitly wanted to just PvP you. at least if he not Xeno, they can force you to do it if you not libertonian. so if he was intented to PvP it makes sense that he had some cheat to be stronger then you.
I had similar problem with one guy who somehow made his transport 1 and 2 guns have refire bigger then any laser can have. he instad my GB with matter of secounds before I even toke down 50% of his shield. anticheat not working?
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