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Question about shield overkill. - DeusComedis - 05-05-2016
For weapons that are completely blocked by shields: if the target's remaining shield are less than the shield damage from a weapon hit, will that hit also deal hull damage, or just kill the shield.
EX: If the target has 15 shield left, and it's hit by a Projectile Cannon at 70 Hull Damage/20 Shield Damage (upgraded), will that hit just wipe out the shield, or will it also do 70 damage? (also for bigger weapons, 90 shield/hit by Particle Turret, etc)?
Question about shield overkill. - AdmiralGeezer - 05-05-2016
Not quite sure. I do think that in your example it would also do hull damage since the shield damage is enough to lower the enemy shield to 0.
Question about shield overkill. - Bozobub - 05-08-2016
I think it depends on the type of weapon. For projectiles, I think the projectile is fully stopped by the shield, but beams seem to do at least some damage after penetration.
RE: Question about shield overkill. - Perq - 05-25-2016
Projectile weapons will destroy the shield, and then continue their travel, but at a slower pace (depending on how much of their power they need to pierce the shield). The slowed projectiles will also do less damage - in your example, the bullet would do 1/4 of the damage, because it already used 3/4 of its power to pierce the shields, so it would do 0,25*70=17,5 (no idea about the decimals) hull damage.
This can be easily observed when using Mega Plasma Cannons.