New damage type: puncture

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New damage type: puncture

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There's a new damage type called "puncture" damage, which is essentially a more concentrated and powerful piercing blow that is better at punching through armor than the standard "pierce" damage.

Some weapons that will enjoy Puncture damage and therefore be a good pick when you're going against those heavily-armored foes:
- Warhammer (there's a spike opposite the flat hammer-head, for those not in the know)
- Estoc (a sturdy edgeless thrusting sword)
- Stiletto (an edgeless thrusting dagger)
- Polehammer (essentially a warhammer with a polearm-length haft)
- Bodkin arrows launched by Flatbows or Longbows
- Crossbow bolts launched by heavy crossbows
- Firearm bullets (the more common firearm shot will continue to deal pierce damage)

Further tweaks may occur in the pursuit of balance.
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Please tell me we're getting the heavy duty, two-handed thrusting blades that were estocs?!
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Re: New damage type: puncture

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Rias wrote: Sat Oct 13, 2018 3:32 pm Some weapons that will enjoy Puncture damage and therefore be a good pick when you're going against those heavily-armored foes:
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- Estoc (a sturdy edgeless thrusting sword)
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I just reread this today. The initial post says that stilettos would enjoy this damage type. Currently they only deal piercing damage, but have a significant armor chink rating. Is this still in consideration, or were these the trade offs they were given?
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Stilettos were given their sky high chink chance instead of puncture damage.
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Re: New damage type: puncture

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Can we include pickaxes? Hmm, if the stronger, longer firearms will come out like muskets and hopely a pneumatic equivalent comes out, will they do puncture instead of pierce?
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