December 22, 20178 yr Leave those dirty, dirty minds at the door. But seriously, I don't get it. I also don't get the little icons (-5 Shield, 75% sword and shield) Thank you!
December 22, 20178 yr edit: nvm; I’ll leave this to someone who’s not typing from their smartphone. Edited December 22, 20178 yr by AndreaColombo "Time is not your enemy. Forever is." — Fall-From-Grace, Planescape: Torment "It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question, and he'll look for his own answers." — Kvothe, The Wise Man's Fears My Deadfire mods: Brilliant Mod | Faster Deadfire | Deadfire Unnerfed | Helwalker Rekke | Permanent Per-Rest Bonuses | PoE Items for Deadfire | No Recyled Icons | Soul Charged Nautilus
December 23, 20178 yr Not sure what icons you are talking about but penetration is simple. All armor has specific armor values for specific damage typesExample - plate armor has 9 armor for pierce and slash and 6 armor for crush All weapons (and spells) have a penetration value as well as their specific damage typeExample - sword has penetration of 5 and slash and pierce damage, while a Mace has a 7 penetration and does crush damage You attack the enemy in plate with your swordYour 5 penetration slash and pierce is less than the 9 armor value. Each point of penetration less than what you need causes a reduction of 25% so in this case you are short 4 penetration so you get the maximum under penetration penalty of -75% damage (I think this is the number, it used to be 70% but the concept is the same) You attack the enemy in plate with your maceYour 7 penetration crush is greater than the 6 crush armor and you do full damage You are a Witch (Soul Blade/Berserker) using an Warhammer (7 pen), the weapon modal (+2 pen), the Cipher ability Hammering Blows (+1 pen), while frenzy is in effect (+2 pen) and using a Fine weapon (+1 pen)Your 13 penetration crush/pierce is more than double the 6 crush armor of the plate. You over penetrate and get a multiplicative 30% damage add (you calculate your damage and then multiply the total by 1.3) That's pretty much it. Armor is now useful and penetration is something to look for.
May 16, 20187 yr i have a question to this as well - some abilities show a penetration value while others do not (often spells with magic damage do not show a penetration value)....do only weapons work through the penetration mechanics?
May 16, 20187 yr Leave those dirty, dirty minds at the door. But seriously, I don't get it. I also don't get the little icons (-5 Shield, 75% sword and shield) Thank you! I hit you. You are tough. I do almost no damage. (low penetration/high armor) You're not too tough. I do decent damage. (med penetration/med armor) You're a little weakling. I do crazy damage. (high penetration/low armor) Edited May 16, 20187 yr by Yosharian Yosharian's Deadfire Builds
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