One hit Kills???

[Glasswolf]

Lately, I've been grinding prosperous. I've been using the same weapon I've always used, the GGB.
I've been one hit killing enemies without a critical on occasion. These were not weakened bits left behind by other players.
Is anyone else noticing this?

Wolfie

 

[Emporar]

I've been killing rank28 rocketeers with Fusion Power Rocket, sometimes 1 hit kill with critical when other times no 1 hit kill with crit.

 

[nebulaman]

i managed to one shot a vega tank with power rocket launchers, i thought something was up ^^

 

[Glasswolf]

So this carries over to pvp's too? If so, I should probably bring this up with someone...
Nebula, if you can remember, were they at low hp? Sometimes people forget.
Maybe I can get a few folks together and try it pilot vs. pilot... I'll post here once I do that, letting ya'll know how it went I suppose.

I shot down 4 rocketeers with nothing but a single blaster shot today. I replicated this trick several times using a rocket's AOE while hunting harves. However, I'm not certain that there isn't a massive damage amplification going on at random as some kind of odd bug.
I'll need more evidence before I can make a case for this though... especially regarding the pilot bit. Maybe I'll ask around prosperous later!

 

[passenger8]

-i think that that they (ss) have reduced the graphics of critical hits, and it is common that the best (rare) blasters of a system easily can one shot the low ranking mantis of that system. -but there are strange things like, sometimes they (mantis) just "poof" away suddenly.

 

[Glasswolf]

O_O Gemini Geiger blasters + Mantis Rocketeers = one hit kill...????

I was stuck in that place for 2 months. Never did I pull off a one hit kill with them.
I found them during my first week there, while trying to save an unknown Fusion Storm from a DS...

O_O The critical hit power of this blaster is not nearly enough to one hit the mantis of that system.
The exception to this rule is potentially mantis marauders, but I can't recall one shotting them either before reaching mizar... which was when I began having this incredibly odd, yet somewhat cool problem.

By the way, I didn't use mizar tech when I did this. I don't have a fully outfitted Mizar storm as of the current date and time, so I'm still flying around in the gemini ship.

In other news, can anyone further confirm on this working during pvp? If there's going to be a tournament and this glitch happens there, we could have a serious issue on our hands! D:

 

[passenger8]

-you are probably right. -i think that it is only the vega vendettablaster that for shure can one hit kill in vega. -sometimes i feel that my blasters are very weak, and sometimes very strong and everything in between, like the misses varies too. -maybe on a strong day without misses, it is possible? -i have had one hit kills with antares armageddonblaster on terasa too, but gemini is usually a litle harder for the geigerblaster. -that´s right

 

[defacto]

-you are probably right. -i think that it is only the vega vendettablaster that for shure can one hit kill in vega. -sometimes i feel that my blasters are very weak, and sometimes very strong and everything in between, like the misses varies too. -maybe on a strong day without misses, it is possible? -i have had one hit kills with antares armageddonblaster on terasa too, but gemini is usually a litle harder for the geigerblaster. -that´s right

Strange, i recall that i had to fire twice when attacking all enemies on Terasa except Low-rank frenzionds, and i used Fusion Tempests!! I even needed 2 shots to take out vega custodians...

 

[nebulaman]

theres no way a power rocket could take out a vega tank in one, ususally they do less than 1/4 damage with crit...it has to be a bug.

 

[Glasswolf]

-you are probably right. -i think that it is only the vega vendettablaster that for shure can one hit kill in vega. -sometimes i feel that my blasters are very weak, and sometimes very strong and everything in between, like the misses varies too. -maybe on a strong day without misses, it is possible? -i have had one hit kills with antares armageddonblaster on terasa too, but gemini is usually a litle harder for the geigerblaster. -that´s right

Strange, i recall that i had to fire twice when attacking all enemies on Terasa except Low-rank frenzionds, and i used Fusion Tempests!! I even needed 2 shots to take out vega custodians...

My point exactly defacto. O_O One hitting commanders, ressurectors, rocketeers and the like in gemini, using the rare gemini blaster isn't something that happens under normal circumstances, especially considering that it doesn't even happen with the rare gemini blaster when you're in ANTERES.
I'm going to login and ask around to see if I can find a few more folks who've had the issue by now.

In addition, I'm concerned about the effect that this may have on the tournament. I've received reports and rumors alike, indicating that this bug doesn't stop at mantis, but extends into pvping against pilots as well. I'm going around trying to figure out more about it as best as I can, but...
I actually don't know how this one is working. I really don't. I just know that it is.

 

[passenger8]

-i´m sorry, i don´t know where i had my mind:! -yesterday i logged into my geminipilot on korell, and went to prosperous in my geministorm to see what i could do to the rocketeers at lz. -and right, i had to use two or three shots to take them out with the geigerblaster, and gemini aim computer didn´t seem to make much difference there. -then i logged into my mizarpilot on askone, and went to terasa in my firestorm to see what i could do there with the armageddonblaster. -and it was almost the same, apart from two one hit kills on a avenger and a frenzoid. -then i found my warhawk and went to lyris to see what the vendettablaster could do. -and again, two or three shots to take them out, apart from two one hit kills on eliminators. -and today i repeated the prosperous session with my geministorm on askone, with the same results. -so my mizarpilot don´t have that problem, yet -please have my big mouth excused?

 

[Glasswolf]

Actually, I've noticed this too. The one hit kill problem does not appear to extend past the Gemini System.
I've yet to hear a report of it doing so, in any case. O_O
I recently got my mizar ship... and I've noticed something about it.
I haven't had a 1 hit ko yet while using it. Passenger is right.
It's happened on vega though, and gemini. I have the rare blasters in both areas. Anteres? It's happened a few times I think, but I'll doublecheck.

So strange this glitch! It's very picky now isn't it?

 

[AwesomeFightingAce]

I had this weird problem yesterday. Somehow, I managed to one shot kill a rocketeer on CC (Commerce Central) with the Fusion Tempest Blaster. Not a critical hit (I use Fusion Armor), and it takes three shots for a rocketeer on prosperous to get destroyed with Fusion Tempest! What's going on?