Starships and Traps to defeat Jumps

[ArtyMac]

What about a starship that is specifically designed to defeat jumps? I can find no starship that will take them out, and when your own troops blindly shoot walls etc... a starship that will cause ‘significant’ damage to jumps would be a great addition. I would have thought that a Tie or an X wing would do the job.....they don’t. Also for defence, what about a trap to defend against jumps? All attackers favour them (including me!) so why not make them a little less desirable?

[DeathStriker]

What about a starship that is specifically designed to defeat jumps? I can find no starship that will take them out, and when your own troops blindly shoot walls etc... a starship that will cause ‘significant’ damage to jumps would be a great addition. I would have thought that a Tie or an X wing would do the job.....they don’t. Also for defence, what about a trap to defend against jumps? All attackers favour them (including me!) so why not make them a little less desirable?

ArtyMac - Good Suggestion.

• Instead of adding 1 more Starship Strike just make a "current" Starship Strike have Damage Multiplier against "Flying Infantry" (currently all have a Damage Multiplier of 0).
  
  
  How about making X-Wings / TIE Fighters have a Flying Infantry Damage Multiplier same as for Infantry - that is 100.
  
  
  IMPORTANT NOTE: U-Wing / TIE Brute Armory Equipment for X-Wings / TIE Fighters currently provides a Flying Infantry Damage Multiplier of 100.
• There IS one Trap that DOES target Jets / Jumps - the LAAT Trap / IDT Trap.

LINKS:

• Air Units
• Air Armory Equipment

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[Schruaf]

Wait a second....Tie Brutes damage Jumps/Jets???
Holly shit how could i have missed this.
Was it always the case?

[DeathStriker]

Wait a second....Tie Brutes damage Jumps/Jets???
Holly shit how could i have missed this. Was it always the case?

See this Link - Scroll down to bottom of Table...

Should be "tested" to validate.

[Schruaf]

I tested it.
Either I am the worst marksman ever (and I think I am not) or Tie fighters with tie brute skin do no damage to jets/jumps. And I think the later is it.

Anyone else tested it?

[strawman3125]

I tested it.
Either I am the worst marksman ever (and I think I am not) or Tie fighters with tie brute skin do no damage to jets/jumps. And I think the later is it.

Anyone else tested it?

I tried it a few times after reading this and, either I am bad at targeting as well or they do not affect jets...

[DeathStriker]

I tested it.
Either I am the worst marksman ever (and I think I am not) or Tie fighters with tie brute skin do no damage to jets/jumps. And I think the later is it. Anyone else tested it?

I tried it a few times after reading this and, either I am bad at targeting as well or they do not affect jets...

Schruaf and strawman3125 - Thanks for doing the "tests"

The Un-Buffed Unit - X-Wings / TIE Fighters have a Flying Infantry Damage Multiplier of 0 - so perhaps the Data Miner Website is correct but the Game is not using the correct Damage Multiplier.

While the U-Wing / TIE Brute Armory Equipment for X-Wings / TIE Fighters currently provides a Flying Infantry Damage Multiplier of 100 when you multiply 0 (result of Un-Buffed Unit Damage Value) TIMES 100 you still get 0. The U-Wing / TIE Brute does provide for greater Splash Damage Radius of 5 Tiles so perhaps that might also be a factor why you get no kills (Unit using "default Splash Damage Radius" of 2 Tiles)

I will see if I can get some other Testers to further confirm your findings.

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[Trammel]

Jumps and jets do get damaged by traps when a ground unit walking underneath them (stacked) triggers a that trap.

But starships used in attack cannot damage a defending jump/jet emerged from a Squad Center even if it is stacked with a ground unit.

[Schruaf]

While the U-Wing / TIE Brute Armory Equipment for X-Wings / TIE Fighters currently provides a Flying Infantry Damage Multiplier of 100 when you multiply 0 (result of Un-Buffed Unit Damage Value) TIMES 100 you still get 0.

I think that's it: unit damage*damagemultiplier*skin buff*skin damagemultiplier, because one factor is 0 the product is 0 and the skin damagemultiplier dosen't matter in that case.

[strawman3125]

While the U-Wing / TIE Brute Armory Equipment for X-Wings / TIE Fighters currently provides a Flying Infantry Damage Multiplier of 100 when you multiply 0 (result of Un-Buffed Unit Damage Value) TIMES 100 you still get 0. The U-Wing / TIE Brute does provide for greater Splash Damage Radius of 5 Tiles so perhaps that might also be a factor why you get no kills (Unit using "default Splash Damage Radius" of 2 Tiles)

I will see if I can get some other Testers to further confirm your findings.

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Sounds reasonable!

There is more to the UWing and Brute skin data in the swcpy that is suspicious... The damage bonus shows 170% but the final calculate damage per cycle is SIGNIFICANTLY higher:
XWing/UWing: 21K to 176K damage (that's more like a 700% damage bonus!!!)
Tie/Brute:21K to 97K damage
The shooting cycle changes for both as well.

I am not sure why the devs would have made the Uwings do double the damage of Brutes when the unskinned versions did the same damage and the displayed % damage bonus is the same...?