Talk:Punch Through (Mechanic)/@comment-15661029-20130816204307

I was posting this to a comment below, and decided to put it at the top, as it may be helpful to some people

During this test, I shot a closed corpus door, and killed a crewman ~20m on the otherside of the door. This also makes me think that the mechanic is SUPPOSED to work as hoped, which is to pass through said amount of material, then continue through the air until reaching the another surface of matter. I also believe that it is supposed to work with more than just hitscan weapons, as some people have reported seeing puncture working with flux rifle.

However, this is not always the case. Another test with the same mod loadout (during a different session) with my boltor, would not perform the same way. So I believe the mechanic may just be broken, and inconsistent. High hopes for a future fix, and making it simply pierce through a material surface of X* thickness and continue.

X=amount of puncture

The same test with the braton was also inconsistent. In this case I was also able to shoot through a corpus door, and hit a crewman ~15m away, killing him in a barrage of bullets. But during the same session, was unable to hit another crewman through a barrell looking piece of something when he was directly on the other side (the barrell may have been too thick), so I tried again. After that, I was unable to hit a moa ~15m away through another corpus door.

All of these tests were performed at ~65-70 fps as host.

To clarify, I was about 5 meters from the door. The enemy was usually about 15 meters from the other side of the door. I Walked forward, to open the door. Saw the enemy and lined up my shot, and walked backwards until the door closed. I then fired until I felt content, and occasionally, the enemy was dead on the other side. More often, however, the enemy was still alive and well, and unscaithed. I know this doesn't really answer the ultimate question of "HOW DUZ THEEZ SHEET WORKS!?" I just though some people may be interested in my findings.