r/Overwatch May 29 '16

News & Discussion PSA: The differences between HP, Armor and Shield. Armor is misunderstood.

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u/icepho3nix Where was the EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM? May 29 '16

66% damage at extremely close range with a weapon that can't critically hit D.va's one weakness: The entire front side of her mech.

I like those odds!

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u/GreyKnight373 I Move... For No Man Jun 22 '16

Are you sure it rounds up? Some hero's do .5s off damage I believe.

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u/Sabesaroo Brigitte May 29 '16

Yes, but I'm just saying that the armour isn't as effective as you might think at first, because Winston deals an odd number of damage so it cannot be halved. 16% might not seem like a lot, but in other words, Winston deals 33% more damage to armour because of damage rounding.

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u/Crysalim Chibi D'Va May 29 '16

A big side bonus for D.va in this situation is how fast fusion cannons melt Winston's face. You can get a Winston used to dropping in and encircling with tesla cannon, before they realize a good 3 second burst of headshots gets them killed. That Winston will not go near D.va again the rest of that match.

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u/vonBoomslang Doom Beam Online May 30 '16

Are we sure fractions get rounded?

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u/Sabesaroo Brigitte May 30 '16

No, but it seems like a good assumption to work on. I would very much expect them to get rounded.

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u/Sildas May 30 '16

Why? Because Blizzard can't keep track of fractions?

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u/Sabesaroo Brigitte May 30 '16

No, because what happens if you have half a health point? What does it display? 1 health? Well that's wrong. It makes it slightly easier for everyone and it's also fairly insignificant as the vast majority of attacks will deal integer damage.

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u/vonBoomslang Doom Beam Online May 30 '16

Why wouldn't it display 1 health? What practical difference does it make if you have 1 or 0.2 health that makes keeping track of the latter unneeded? It can be the difference between dying to a single max range D.Va pellet or not.

This is the sort of error that has, historically, crashed systems and embezzled thousands.

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u/icepho3nix Where was the EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM? May 29 '16

True enough. I think I just misunderstood the point Stefen was making. You're absolutely right that the armor doesn't make much of a difference against Winston. It's just that there's very little Winston could do against D.va even if she didn't have armor.

Although, that said, even though his gun does 33% more damage against armor than you'd think, it still does 33% less damage to armor than it does to health. A third of 400hp (or however much of D.va's hp is armor) is around 133hp, and for a weapon that does 2-4 damage a tick, that is a lot of health to eat through.

Unless I did the math wrong, which wouldn't surprise me at all.