30+ PSA: Combat Recap - 70 Bombs

Bridgeburners Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:30 pm

Hello [FAM]ilia,

As you recall, I was looking for some bombs so that I could write a Combat Recap about a bombs work for a top-end pirate.

I've removed the ship and player names, but in a combat recap like this, it's somewhat hard to really hide the identify of the participants.

The pirate who performed the bombing gave us some commentary - I've marked it in italics.

In this example I do a bombing run where it doesn't matter what I have for a build. All that matters is you have an expert tech and use enough bombs. To highlight this I equipped a malfunction suit and still won a fight I normally never could have won even in my best build. When you are faced with a build or stats you absolutely cannot win against your only option is expert tech and between 70 and 90 bombs. This is a guaranteed win because of the +1 minimum damage, even against very high HP opponents.

Due to lucky rolls, in the example I actually waste about 10 bombs killing him down to negative HP. But had I only used 70 instead of 80 and a few more misfired it wouldn't have been a guaranteed kill.

* Active Consumables/Effects:

(none)

* Installed On Ship:

[x15] Overamped Laser Battery - [Uninstall]
Protocol: OverAMP Gunnery Protocol - [Uninstall]

Normally, it's difficult to win a fight with this build.

* Modded Stats:

+1070% Weapons XXX
-75% Shields XXX
-14% Engines XXX
Malfunction +363%
Damage Modifier +60
Surprise Damage +68
Hull Points +170
Install Slots 0/15

The inevitable consequence of having a 15 OALBs installed.

* Active Officer:

34 Expert Technician 1,673,329 / 1,751,373 [75%]
Description: ACTIVE 9 hours 38 minutes

* Increase engines by 136%
* Maximum surprise damage increased by 68
* Reduce malfunction chance of bombs you plant by 7%
* Increase damage of bombs you plant by 1
* Chance to discover bomb increased by 100%
* Hull Points increased by 170
* Odds of salvage foray success increased by 34%
* Increase weapons and shields against game-controlled opponents (i.e. not against other players) by 10% (stacks with other bonuses)

The key here is the the 'Increase damage of bombs you plant by 1', as you will see. The 'Reduce malfunction chance of bombs you plant by 7%' will also have a point.

* Combat Log:
(using 80 bombs)

Space Combat
Friendly Pirate Level: XXX Hull Points: XXX
Weapons: XXX Defense: XXX Engines: XXX
Max. Damage: XXX
vs.
Worthy Opponent Event Level: XXX Hull Points: XXX
Weapons: XXX Defense: XXX Engines: XXX
Max. Damage: XXX

I've had to hide the stats for both of the pirates - but you will see that it won't matter that much.

Worthy Opponent superior engines bonus: +90 Hull Points.
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 651 damage to Worthy Opponent (2,599 HP remaining)

Wow! A small bomb does 651 damage? This will be really easy...

Except that bombs do damage base on the current hull of the opponent, not the total hull of the start of the battle.

FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)

Each small bomb has a base malfunction of 40%. The Friendly Pirate's officer reduces this to 33%.

Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 183 damage to Worthy Opponent (2,416 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 151 damage to Friendly Pirate (2,009 HP remaining)

Bombs sometimes backfire - as you can see.

Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 412 damage to Worthy Opponent (2,004 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 342 damage to Friendly Pirate (1,667 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 201 damage to Worthy Opponent (1,803 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 326 damage to Worthy Opponent (1,477 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 300 damage to Friendly Pirate (1,367 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 208 damage to Worthy Opponent (1,269 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 191 damage to Friendly Pirate (1,176 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 64 damage to Worthy Opponent (1,205 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 242 damage to Worthy Opponent (963 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 49 damage to Worthy Opponent (914 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 59 damage to Friendly Pirate (1,117 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 184 damage to Worthy Opponent (730 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 140 damage to Worthy Opponent (590 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 212 damage to Friendly Pirate (905 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 119 damage to Worthy Opponent (471 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 90 damage to Worthy Opponent (381 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 172 damage to Friendly Pirate (733 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 51 damage to Worthy Opponent (330 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 95 damage to Friendly Pirate (638 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 44 damage to Worthy Opponent (286 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 83 damage to Friendly Pirate (555 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 27 damage to Worthy Opponent (259 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 48 damage to Worthy Opponent (211 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 100 damage to Friendly Pirate (455 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 35 damage to Worthy Opponent (176 HP remaining)

As the total hull of our Worthy Opponent decreases, the damage done by each bomb decreases.

FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 24 damage to Worthy Opponent (152 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 25 damage to Worthy Opponent (127 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 73 damage to Friendly Pirate (382 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)

Sometimes you don't have a lot of luck. When bombing somebody, you can't skimp on the bombs.

Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 26 damage to Worthy Opponent (101 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 76 damage to Friendly Pirate (306 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 6 damage to Worthy Opponent (95 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 9 damage to Worthy Opponent (86 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 24 damage to Friendly Pirate (282 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 5 damage to Worthy Opponent (81 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 12 damage to Worthy Opponent (69 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 39 damage to Friendly Pirate (243 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 12 damage to Worthy Opponent (57 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 39 damage to Friendly Pirate (204 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 5 damage to Worthy Opponent (52 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 9 damage to Worthy Opponent (43 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 33 damage to Friendly Pirate (171 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 3 damage to Worthy Opponent (40 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 9 damage to Friendly Pirate (162 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 8 damage to Worthy Opponent (32 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 29 damage to Friendly Pirate (133 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 7 damage to Worthy Opponent (25 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 25 damage to Friendly Pirate (108 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 6 damage to Worthy Opponent (19 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 19 damage to Friendly Pirate (89 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 5 damage to Worthy Opponent (14 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 2 damage to Worthy Opponent (12 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 4 damage to Friendly Pirate (85 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 2 damage to Worthy Opponent (10 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 3 damage to Worthy Opponent (7 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 2 damage to Worthy Opponent (5 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 2 damage to Worthy Opponent (3 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 2 damage to Worthy Opponent (1 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 1 damage to Friendly Pirate (84 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to Worthy Opponent (0 HP remaining)

Woot! Friendly Pirate has won. There are still bombs to go, though - will Friendly Pirate accidentally kill himself?

Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to Worthy Opponent (-1 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to Worthy Opponent (-2 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to Worthy Opponent (-3 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to Worthy Opponent (-4 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to Worthy Opponent (-5 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to Worthy Opponent (-6 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 0 damage to Friendly Pirate (84 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to Worthy Opponent (-7 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to Worthy Opponent (-8 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 0 damage to Friendly Pirate (84 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to Worthy Opponent (-9 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)

Friendly Pirate wins with 84 hit points.

Bomb Effect: Worthy Opponent Malfunction Increased: + 72%!
Bomb Effect: Friendly Pirate Malfunction Increased: + 67%!

Although it's not important in this battle, when you bomb somebody, you will significantly boost the malfunction rate of both participants.

Alert
You seriously damaged Worthy Opponent.
XXX exp was earned.
Your crew raided $0 from Worthy Opponent.
Officer took $0 in a share of booty and XXX experience.
Your fleet took $0 in tax (7%).

I've removed the experience here as it would make the identity of the Worthy Opponent fairly obvious.