30+ PSA: Bombing Gilmore

Bridgeburners Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:56 pm

This combat recap is the most enjoyable ones that I have ever done.

The Black Swan Level: 52 Hull Points: 1165
Weapons: XX,XXX Defense: XX,XXX Engines: XX,XXX
Max. Damage: 10
vs.
What it DO!!! Knock Level: 243 Hull Points: 2918
Weapons: 6,808,184 Defense: 8,849,563 Engines: 2,567,377
Max. Damage: X,XXX,XXX

Let's just say that fighting Gilmore on even terms is something that only a handful of pirates can do - unless you have bombs.

Gilmore25 superior engines bonus: +90 Hull Points.

Gilmore was the defender, so no surprise bonus.

Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 362 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (2,646 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 140 damage to [FAM] Tim Strongitharm (1,025 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)

The malfunction rate of 33% on the Small Bombs tells me that Tim has his Expert Technician, an essential companion for bombing runs. The +1 minimum damage will also play a big role in this battle.

Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 213 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (2,433 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 244 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (2,189 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 373 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (1,816 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 92 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (1,724 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 277 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (1,447 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 290 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (1,157 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 205 damage to [FAM] Tim Strongitharm (820 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 209 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (948 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 77 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (871 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 140 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (731 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 125 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (606 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 104 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (502 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 26 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (476 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 41 damage to [FAM] Tim Strongitharm (779 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 87 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (389 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 59 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (330 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 117 damage to [FAM] Tim Strongitharm (662 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 27 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (303 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 53 damage to [FAM] Tim Strongitharm (609 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 16 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (287 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 44 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (243 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 23 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (220 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 55 damage to [FAM] Tim Strongitharm (554 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 27 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (193 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 66 damage to [FAM] Tim Strongitharm (488 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 28 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (165 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 68 damage to [FAM] Tim Strongitharm (420 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 31 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (134 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 24 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (110 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 22 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (88 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 17 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (71 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 10 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (61 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 55 damage to [FAM] Tim Strongitharm (365 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 10 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (51 HP remaining)

The +1 minimum damage begins to have a big impact.

FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 5 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (46 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 7 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (39 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 5 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (34 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 4 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (30 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 6 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (24 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 24 damage to [FAM] Tim Strongitharm (341 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 3 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (21 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 3 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (18 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 2 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (16 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 16 damage to [FAM] Tim Strongitharm (325 HP remaining)

I didn't realize this - when a bomb damages the attacker, the bomb can do less than the 5% minimum damage that a Small Bomb normally does.

FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 3 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (13 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 3 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (10 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 10 damage to [FAM] Tim Strongitharm (315 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 [DEV] Gilmore25 (8 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 8 damage to [FAM] Tim Strongitharm (307 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 2 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (6 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 2 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (4 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (3 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (2 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (1 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 1 damage to [FAM] Tim Strongitharm (306 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (0 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (-1 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (-2 HP remaining)

Without an Expert Technician, the bombs would be doing zero damage at this point. The +1 minimum damage is the reason that Gilmore is now dead. He just doesn't realize it yet.

Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 0 damage to [FAM] Tim Strongitharm (306 HP remaining)

I also didn't realize this - once you have bombed somebody to death, it appears that you don't take damage from your own bombs any more. Personally, I don't like this rule (if indeed it is a rule) - in reality, if you overbomb somebody too badly, you will be damaged by the shrapnel. It's also very amusing from a gaming perspective.

Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (-3 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (-4 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 0 damage to [FAM] Tim Strongitharm (306 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (-5 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (-6 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (-7 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (-8 HP remaining)
FAIL: Small Bomb Malfunction! (Chance of occurrence is 33%)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb does 1 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (-9 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 1 damage to [DEV] Gilmore25 (-10 HP remaining)
Bomb Damage! Small Bomb also causes 0 damage to [FAM] Tim Strongitharm (306 HP remaining)

Woot!

Bomb Effect: [DEV] Gilmore25 Malfunction Increased: + 72%!
Bomb Effect: [FAM] Tim Strongitharm Malfunction Increased: + 51%!

This is meaningless in this battle, but it's worth noting that even if Gilmore had survived, Tim could have won. A +72% malfunction rate is huge - if Tim had gear that gave +28% enemy malfunction (and Gilmore didn't have native negative malfunction), Tim would have won the battle via combat.

Alert
You seriously damaged What it DO!!! Knock
2,626 exp was earned.
Your crew raided $0 from [DEV] Gilmore25.
Eric Of Marylebone took $0 in a share of booty and 262 experience.
Your fleet took $0 in tax (5%).

I approve.

Tim Strongitharm Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:16 pm

For those interested that took 80 small bombs. It looks like I could have shaved it down closer to 70, but better a few too many than one too few when hitting someone orders or magnitude bigger than yourself.

30+ PSA: Bombing Gilmore

30+ PSA: Bombing Gilmore

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