[Shivan Hunter]

The wiki entry for weapons.tbl has two different entries for the "puncture" flag- one which says it reduced hull damage by 25%, and one which says it reduces hull damage by 75% and tells the AI that the weapon is anti-subsystem. Which one is correct? (I hope it's the second one because otherwise the flag does something but is still completely useless).

[The E]

The second one is the correct definition. Puncture weapons, by default, do full damage against subsystems, 25% damage against hull, and the AI prefers to use them against subsystems.

[Solatar]

Looks like someone got "reduced by" and "reduced to" confused.

[Galemp]

Puncture weapons, by default, do full damage against subsystems, 25% damage against hull, and the AI prefers to use them against subsystems.

Umm. Does that override the ArmorMultiplier specified in the table?

[The E]

It should.

[Galemp]

Can you check? What about weapons like the Akheton SDG that should be dealing ZERO damage to the hull?

[The E]

Ahh, sorry. I was wrong about that, I misunderstood what you meant.

The damage calculation for a puncture weapon is like this: <base damage> * ArmorFactor * 0.25