weary token
Grinding 3 Teir IX Artys I have played dozens of battles in them. Of the last 10 or twenty the highest damage has been around 400 for a penetration shell - HE.
This compares ridiculously with the supposed damage in the Arty garage of 800 or more.
I understand partial damage, but not one of the scores of shells getting anywhere near 800 ?
Can anyone explain?
floral ether
What and where are you hitting?
Are you asking about a very recent change or have you not played arty in awhile?
They did change accuracy a bit ago so you may not be hitting the same. Also the shape of the explosion changed quite a bit ago.
weary token
This is Arty we are talking about ! And you ask where I'm hitting ? ? ? ? ? With the accuracy nerf some time ago we have to be happy if we even splash the tank ! !
You are missing the point some what. I'm comparing the constant 30% to 40% damage done by penetrations to the book figures posted by WG in the game.
It is a bit of nonsense.
proud falcon
If you are frequently getting sub-50% of the listed damage, then you aren't actually getting penetrations.
In order to do your listed damage, you have to penetrate your target with the HE round. Non-penetrations will do 50% at the most, likely lower due to perks, equipment and armour thicknesses.
weary token
Yes you are correct re penetrations.
If you look, as I do, at the battle log it will tell you info on the vehicles you hit.
Examples like - Penetrations 1 - Damage 220 - You destroyed this tank, I understand as possibly 220 was all the health left on the tank.
But ....
I am counting all those with the likes of
Pen 1 - Damage 235 - You did NOT destroy this tank
Pen 2 - damage 455 - You did NOT destroy this tank
With almost zero cases of Damage over 450, when the pen figure for the Arty is 850 to 1000+ (3 diff artys) there has to be some thing wrong here.
FYI - here's the relative stats from my last battle.
Tier IX B-C 155 55
Shots fired 19 - Pens 11
Targets Info
1 Pen - 254 - Destroyed
1 Pen - 391 - Not Destroyed
1 pen - 216 - Not Destroyed
2 pen - 648 - Not Destroyed
1 Pen - 409 - Destroyed
1 pen - 249 - Not Destroyed
4 Pen - 1366 - Not Destroyed
Hope the above makes it clearer.
To irrumatio
Of course they are not penetrations. Why on earth could they be when the game says they are . Not possible is it ?
bold oak
I feel like saying that those arent penetrations. Dealing partial damage with HE based guns is known as "splash damage".
proud falcon
HE Splashes do get listed as penetrations in the post battle report, but these are not full HE penetrations.
You can tell because they're about half of the average damage
rancid crow
Grinding 3 Teir IX Artys I have played dozens of battles in them. Of the last 10...
Hello, if you are only doing half damage, that means you are dealing splash damage and did not penetrate the vehicle.
We have not made any changes to Artillery.
weary token
HE Splashes do get listed as penetrations in the post battle report, but these a...
So you are saying the game says "Penetration" but it is only a partial splash penetration - and - a "Full Penetration" is about as rare as hens teeth ?
weary token
https://youtu.be/YtuYAiVZ050?si=2_2cMvNiRAcl-5SW
Thank you for the informative vid. Nothing new in there and nothing to explain away the fact that 99%+ of arty shells produce nothing more than 50% damage.
bold oak
Thank you for the informative vid. Nothing new in there and nothing to explain a...
The video tells you why. Artillery shoots HE, and to deal full dmg the round has to penetrate, otherwise it will splash, dealing partial damage.
weary token
Why does everybody keep missing the obvious point? Is it treason to mention that WG have fixed arty to 50% damage for 99% of battles?
floral ether
Oh no it's not treasonous. It's just that everything in the game is like that. WG thrives in obscurity which is where their game is headed. They don't want to be honest or clear with the players really. They refuse to give clear explanations or details on mechanics, gaslight players, and just expect players to "eat the chilli" regardless of what is in the chilli.
It's a great game in many ways, can be really enjoyable, but it's underpinned on making money not through the simple enjoyment of the game, which is likely its eventual fatal flaw.
weary token
Sad this - makes me wonder why they bother having an "Ask the Team" on Discord 😋
rancid crow
Sad this - makes me wonder why they bother having an "Ask the Team" on Discord �...
Hello, all questions were answered and explained why.
weary token
Sadly the main question was not addressed once. Not sure what question or answers you have been reading.
rancid crow
Sadly the main question was not addressed once. Not sure what question or answer...
You asked why your shots were only doing half of their listed value. It was answered several times from others and myself. Its because your rounds did not penetrate in order to deal full damage. Instead, you dealt splash damage.
weary token
You asked why your shots were only doing half of their listed value. It was answ...
I beg to differ - I asked - quote "I understand partial damage, but not one of the scores of shells getting anywhere near 800 ? Can anyone explain?"
So I asked why approx 99% of arty tier IX shells were doing less than 50% damage. Where exactly did you answer that?
bold oak
This has to be bait.