Undead BaneDec 05 10:06 (PST)Hi *****!Thank you for clarification. I suspected such protection existence in my first letterMy last question regarding the issue is the following: may this be announced publicly with reference to these letters, or it is still a subject to test/change, so it should not? Because many of my fellow players were frustrated by performance of AC20s and PPCs at close range, but did not know the reason.Best regards,********** "aka" Undead Bane"PSSorry for the almost empty letter, pressed "send" accidentally***** (MechWarrior® Online™)Dec 05 08:31 (PST)Hello **********,My QA team has cleared things up for me a bit. There was a change to the ballistic rounds handling to prevent many of the one-shot-kills that players were experiencing (and being frustrated by). The point of impact for many of these weapons has been increased, close range can further increase this diameter so the damage from your rounds was being spread correctly.Seems we both learned something today!Regards,*****GameMasterMechWarrior® Online™***** (MechWarrior® Online™)Dec 04 07:21 (PST)Hello **********,Thanks for that info! I'll get this back to testing.Regards,*****GameMasterMechWarrior® Online™**********Dec 03 15:45 (PST)Sorry, forgot the mech name: Catapult K2---------- Forwarded message ----------From: ********** Date: 2012/12/4Subject: Re: [MechWarrior® Online™] Re: Strange behavior of dual AC20(ticket #57238)To: MechWarrior® Online™ Hello!Here is the loadout:Upgrades: Endo steel, double heatsinksHead: EmptyCT: STD Engine 200, 2xAC20 AmmoLT: AC20RT: AC20LH: Small laser, Double heatsinkRH: Small laser, Double heatsink, AC20 AmmoLL: 2xAC20 AmmoRL: 2xAC20 AmmoArmor:Head: 18CT: 62LT: 44RT: 44LH: 40RH: 40LL: 41RL: 41Weapon grouping:Group 2: 2xSLGroup 3: 2xAC20No chain fire.Shots were fired as following (all of them were fired while I was notmoving):at CDA: he was standing in front of me at ~50M still, facing me (lookingfrom cockpit to cockpit). Shot with 2xAC20 was made right when crosshairscame over cockpit.at Jenner-D: jenner was running at ~300M from right to left after jumping.Oh, and that was Jenner of a player with nickname ***** (DHB member), hehas streak ammo in legs, not in torsos.at C1: C1 was standing facing left at ~250M.Maybe it was some kind of explosion, but here is the problem: from taking2xAC20 in the face CDA should get more damage, than just orange internalsin the head, from taking 2xAC20 to CT jenner should die or get red CT (Dvariant can have 44CT armor max, and that one was already damaged to yellow=> he had around 30 left). Maybe convergence? But then, why more than 2location got damaged?..Thank you for the feedback!Best regards,********** "aka" Undead BanePSI should have not typed in the name here in cyrilic letters ☺2012/12/4 ***** **********Dec 03 15:44 (PST)Hello!Here is the loadout:Upgrades: Endo steel, double heatsinksHead: EmptyCT: STD Engine 200, 2xAC20 AmmoLT: AC20RT: AC20LH: Small laser, Double heatsinkRH: Small laser, Double heatsink, AC20 AmmoLL: 2xAC20 AmmoRL: 2xAC20 AmmoArmor:Head: 18CT: 62LT: 44RT: 44LH: 40RH: 40LL: 41RL: 41Weapon grouping:Group 2: 2xSLGroup 3: 2xAC20No chain fire.Shots were fired as following (all of them were fired while I was notmoving):at CDA: he was standing in front of me at ~50M still, facing me (lookingfrom cockpit to cockpit). Shot with 2xAC20 was made right when crosshairscame over cockpit.at Jenner-D: jenner was running at ~300M from right to left after jumping.Oh, and that was Jenner of a player with nickname Kitara (DHB member), hehas streak ammo in legs, not in torsos.at C1: C1 was standing facing left at ~250M.Maybe it was some kind of explosion, but here is the problem: from taking2xAC20 in the face CDA should get more damage, than just orange internalsin the head, from taking 2xAC20 to CT jenner should die or get red CT (Dvariant can have 44CT armor max, and that one was already damaged to yellow=> he had around 30 left). Maybe convergence? But then, why more than 2location got damaged?..Thank you for the feedback!Best regards,********** "aka" Undead BanePSI should have not typed in the name here in cyrilic letters ☺***** (MechWarrior® Online™)Dec 03 14:25 (PST)Hello **********,We're doing some tests and believe this may be due to your shot hitting ammunition and causing an ammo explosion.Quick question...which model and variant of mech are you piloting? We want to recreate this as closely as possible.Regards,*****GameMasterMechWarrior® Online™***** (MechWarrior® Online™)Dec 03 08:20 (PST)Hello **********,The issue you submitted has been added to our database and forwarded to the development team so they are aware of it and to test.This ticket is now considered to be closed, you can reply to this mail if you have pertinent information to add. Your issue may be fixed soon! Please be sure to regularly read the change log.Regards,*****GameMasterMechWarrior® Online™**********Dec 01 19:53 (PST)Hello! Here are situations of strange AC20 behavior. Can you pleasespecify, if it is bug or a feature? If latter, then when will it beannounced?situation 1: I have an almost undamaged Cicada in front of me (enemy one).I shoot it with 2 AC20 in the face, hoping to get CT. It happend so, thatit was my only shot in the game (we got outcapped a second later in a PUG),so watch the numbers and weirdness.Instead of just dying (like it should from 40 damage), Cicada gets its headstripped of armor, internals of the head become orange (not even red) andall torso parts go from no to orange and from yellow to red.Results table showed, that I did exactly 40 damage, but it got spread overall the Head, CT and side torsos.Situation 2: a Jenner with yellow armor runs. I shoot him with twin AC20and hit CT. Instead of dying, his CT gets stripped off armor, goes orange(wut?), other parts start flashing too.I know that player (he was from DHB, actually, just PUGgin in opposingteam), so I know he does not have 40+ armor on the Jenner CT, that wasalready damaged to yellow. In fact, I'm not even sure, that Jenner can havethat much armor + internals. But damage got spread out.Situation 3: Completely undamaged catapult C1. Enemy. Noone but me around.I shoot his CT, score a hit and then, suddenly, I see his CT and both sidetorsos getting bright orange armor. But I did hit CT. Ok, even if one slugwent to CT, one to side torso, there should be two locations damaged. Buthe got three damaged. So, the damage got spread again.And overally, I noticed, that dual AC20 became close to unplayable latelydue to strangely low concentrated damage output.So, what is it? A bug, or some "anti-one-shot-kill-protection" feature? Iflater - this sucks. Because quite a few Assaults actually CAN hold twinAC20s.Oh, and yes, that all is since last patch.Best regards,********** "aka" Undead Bane