v0.18999 Pierce/Punch - Is there really a Softcap?

[dreuseff]

In reference to the v.18999 release...

I am confused, about what is meant by "...damage applied gets halved...will automatically lead to a softcap at around 7 blocks deep"

If I manage to do 8500 damage to the first block, then I'm doing over 50 damage at 8 blocks deep.
8500 -> 4250 -> 2125 -> 1062 -> 531 -> 265 -> 132 -> 66 -> ...

If I manage to do over 100k damage to the first block, then I'm doing over 50 damage at 11 blocks deep, maybe even 12.
100000 -> 50000 -> 25000 -> 12500 -> 6250 -> 3125 -> 1562 -> 781 -> 390 -> 195 -> 97 -> 48 -> ...

So, while I need deal 12 times more damage to that first block to penetrate 4 blocks deeper - which is significant! - I don't see any sort of cap there.

Am I missing something?

(just to be clear here, this is all just math based on what was stated, and is not any sort of analysis of in-game testing)

 

[Criss]

Well perhaps you should test it before making a thread. I am sure they didnt state there was a soft cap if there wasn't one. It's also soft, meaning it isn't exactly going to be 7 blocks each time.

 

[Mered4]

Well perhaps you should test it before making a thread. I am sure they didnt state there was a soft cap if there wasn't one. It's also soft, meaning it isn't exactly going to be 7 blocks each time.

In the case of starmade, napkin math is about the same as testing.

Here, have some napkin math:

1000 damage applied (takes X blocks)

1000->500->250->125->67.5->33.75 (cutoff)
6 blocks that cost X

2000 damage applied (takes 2X blocks)

7 blocks, the extra block costs X

4000 damage applied (takes 4x blocks)

8 blocks, the extra block costs 2x

And so on.

Essentially it gets exponentially more difficult to get that extra block as you increase the size of the array.

Thus, the softcap.