[GI] Is Crab Formation Working?

As I remember Crab use to work better than it does now... I just bought it and try it out and didn't seem to work I was fighting a player that hit way harder than me... The Player went to Moth formation - and I move to Crab formation - I had shields on my ship, the enemy ship had some shields on his ship and was on moth formation ready to take my HP away. However, he took all my ships shields and HP in no time... Now Crab formation is in question, this use to work as I remember correctly. I would fight many ships at once and very low HP and it would hold good I don't think it works anymore.

what happen to the increases your shield absorption by 20% ?
What does this mean? Well it means if I have my drone Rep bot on all the damage that I take will go to the shields 100% If I am not mistaken. that means that my shields will take alot of damage and not go down easy. which is not the case here... I was shot my 2.5 mil shields went down fast and so did my HP.

isnt the crab formation suppose to restricts the damage to your hit points Health Points?

Please correct if I am wrong tho this is remember

 

i aways thought that when your shields went then you lost hp not hp and shields at the same time ? so wot is the point of crab

 

I guess it doesn't really matter now. The crab formation is suppose to help with your shields so you don't get HP damage so the shields take all the damage rather than you lose HP the green line on top of your ship. Depending of the formation the enemy uses say he is in Moth formation then you go to crab if he goes to Drill formation he will destroy your crab so you would go to Moth formation and so on and so on. but now it is when a player is in moth and you are in crab CRAB does not work

So I dont know whats happening on this game anymore... It use to be that you go to crab formation and it could with stand any formation shooting you now. I dont think it works as to say some enemy shoots you with Drill the Crab formation will not withstand its damage I dont know whats up no more

 

Crab's Shield Absorption = Shield Withstand against damage (+20%) and not +20% Shield Leech (DO didn't really state things straight)

Shield Withstand:

B02/FS-3 + Shield Mechanics
80 + 12 = 92%

B02/FS-3 + Crab
80 * 1.2 (+20% from crab) = 96%

B02/FS-3 + Shield Mechanics + Crab
(80 + 12) * 1.2 = 110.4% -> 100% (cap = 100%)

 

I read somewhere on the forums there was a problem with crab formation. I'll go looking for the thread. I don't have that formation to do a test.

-FT

**Success is never Final & Failure is never Fatal**​

 

Crab works, may I ask if you were infected by infection ammo?

Problem with crab is that moth formation would still do some damage to hp as the % absorbed by crab doesn't fully offset the increase in shield penetration by moth (if that makes sense).

Try using b-rep bots and leech, those two help greatly.

 

I can agree with ship taking some damage. Tho I believe that the shields are supposed to take most of the damage rather than your HP as I remember correctly. And I do remember Crab formation holding up extremely well in out numbers situations AKA More than one player shooting you, it held its HP and the shields would take all the damage no matter what formation they were using to shoot you with, Crab held its HP and the shields took most of the damage... So to say, if you were boosted all the way around, with Hercules drone designs your drones the ship would take little damage.

Now its seems like it is not working the way it use to work. If enemy goes to Drill formation it will literally destroy your crab mmm.

 

Thanks for helping the OP.

I ran a few tests on my personal ship and did not see any issues.

Are you still having issues with Crab formation?

EHD

 

yeah not taking damage the way it use to. Even if I have full booster shields will not hold.
169598090 E2 Same name

 

Thanks,

I am checking with the higher ups for their feed back. Please be patient as I wait for them to respond.

EHD

 

I fought this guy last night I had Moth and he had CRAB formation and he would not pop also I took all HP all he had left was a silver bar and a hair of shields left I almost die it seems to work excellent for him that is what I am talking about now it my ship the CRAB will not hold up well at all not like his.

 

Remember that there might be other factors as well such as energy leech. Did you paid attention to that? Energy leech and anyways repairing techs are extending your chance to survive a lot.

 

He did not have the orange bubble. Well, not unless he was ah don't want to say. I don't know, but I seen a lot of players using Crab their HP gone and they silver lining on health line and they don't pop easy unfortunately mine doesn't do that.

If I get shot with moth, and I am on crab my shields are not taking the damage, tho my HP Is and Crab is suppose to be the remedy for Moth last I remember.

As I say I shoot a player and his Crab formation work like a dream on his ship and I was extremely lucky to win and I almost didn't I had taken all his hp with other formation he was in Ring formation, I went to to Moth tho take his hp and I had full shields still and lots of hp he had little HP left I went to Moth formation and took the rest his HP his health line was SILVER and I could see a hair of shields left that was keeping him alive for along time he took almost all my hp like 2/3s of it. Didn't want to die but I still kill him

So, yeah it would be useless if I go to Crab formation and I don't have shields to back it up... For it to work you have to have shields on your ship then the shield takes the damage rather then your HP? I understand it to work that way. Tho correct me if I am wrong

 

Normally, with Crab your shields takes all the damage. When people starts penetrating you with Moth, HP starts to take damage as well, but not as efficiently as without Crab. For me the formation is working as should.

 

Also if i'm not mistaken Mimesis does have 5% shield penetration.

 

Mimesis I don't see many of those around think I have seen one or 2 on my server if they have them not many flying them only like in Space Ball Is where I seen those.

Well with ships hitting over 400k now really don't matter what I use lol Its like Moth Kills CRAB easy for my ship. Works good on other ships tho.... They must be special ships

 

Thanks everyone for their help and input.

Does the OP have any further questions regarding this issue.

EHD

 

close

 

Closing as requested.

Thanks

EHD