Kuva Lich shotgun weapon falloff vastly exceeding lower-limit cap present on standard weaponry

[TheLexiConArtist]

The lower-limit cap for damage falloff (most prominently on non-projectile Shotguns) is generally, at worst, ~30% of the weapon's base damage - with the exception of beam and limited-lifespan projectiles which have a natural hard range limitation.

 

However, the Kuva Lich weapons, namely the Brakk from my own testing and Kohm judging by this thread, fall off to a far lower proportion - some 5 to 6% of base damage - which renders the weapon practically nonfunctional beyond its optimum engagement range in comparison.

This could be an under-the-hood tech problem similar to the initial issues of the Explosive-type Lich weapons not accurately calculating their proportional damage (and bonus) until hotfixed accordingly.

 

Reproduction of issue:

1. Use non-Kuva Lich shotgun with damage falloff (especially base variant Kohm or Brakk for comparison)
2. Spawn Nullifiers with paused AI in Simulacrum to provide a static object-health target (prevent damage types and criticals from confusing results)
3. At the spawn console, shoot into the Nullifier bubbles at full range, note maximum-falloff damage value per pellet.
4. Approach Nullifiers and shoot Nullifier bubble at point-blank range, note zero-falloff damage value per pellet.
5. Compare values noted from steps 3 and 4 to ascertain capped falloff damage proportion as compared to base weapon damage.
6. Kill Nullifiers with spawn-console as the paused AI will have removed null-bubble targets.
7. Use Kuva Lich hitscan shotgun (Kuva Kohm, Kuva Brakk) and repeat steps 2-5.
8. Observe excessive disparity between proportion values calculated on step 5 for standard shotgun versus Kuva variant.

Suggested solution:

• Investigate and fix erroneous calculation, bringing falloff cap of Kuva variant shotguns in line with, or superior to, that of their base counterparts (and similar such weaponry).

Edited February 25, 2020 by TheLexiConArtist