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Ignominious Death by Defense Platform?
SirWilliam:
"No shields at warp speed would make damage amplification an expected outcome when contacting solid objects." I love that sentence.
Would be interesting to find out for sure. And very smart not to test this on the D3. Ha ha.
I am starting to think you are right and it's just a bug/fluke... for some reason you can collide w/it only if it is in the "pre-death" stage. I'm sure you'll let me know the results of the test Belch.
Belchfire:
I am glad my satire amuses you.
Now for the bad news, I tried all the scenarios possible and neither got the collision alert nor the ship to blow up. I did this in a 70% hull minimally shielded Negh'Var for all 4 platforms. No warning when I got too close, ship took no damage or exploded when I warped over it as it registered solid or was actually exploding. Flying at the platform and over it at full impulse power proved equally fruitless.
So for moment I am forced to conclude this is "another" bug. Or the product of code clashing with some unforeseen internet error and the server. The internet connection with the involved servers is something I doubt can be fully explored except by it's reporting on the forums.
It is now time to remove my "humble pie" from the microwave and ponder how logic usually has no explanation for circumstances in this game.
Be Well,
Belch
SirWilliam:
Perhaps Q was involved, mon Capitan.
SirWilliam:
Question for anyone who knows the answer:
When you inflict enough damage on a defense platform to cause it to go into that pre-death burning phase, is it possible to actually collide with the platform up to the moment of its final explosion? If so this seems to be quite an inconsistency since it is impossible to collide with a platform that isn't "dying" yet.
I ask this because I was killed when the platform my wingman was assaulting seemed to explode directly underneath me (I had unfortunately started warping "over" it seconds before my wingman hit it REALLY HARD.) We had quite the discussion about this and I am just about convinced that I actually collided with the "burning" platform.
Any takers on ths one?
Vysander:
never had a problem with collisions as they burn or are intact
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