Metal Auger And Dera...

[Sobezilla]

So I just finished putting three forma into my Dera rifle to fit metal auger into it to make it more efficient for longer skirmishes. To my dismay I found out that the plasma rounds do not travel through targets when modded with a maximum level metal auger. I tried metal auger on the flux rifle which worked well enough. Can someone tell me if this is a bug or if this is deliberate?

[Mhak]

I believe the flux rifle is treated as serrated damage, which is basically bullet damage that ignores armor and does bonus damage to infested. Puncture mods don't work with energy weapons like the Dera or Supra, but since the game technically sees weapons like the Flux rifle as bullet damage that ignores armor and does more damage to infested, it allows it to puncture.

 

I could be wrong but that's what it seems like to me. Stuff like Ogris/Torrid rounds, bolts from bows/boltor, and energy rounds can't puncture, but bullet damage can, and the Flux damage is considered more along the lines of bullet damage than energy damage. For some reason...

[Sobezilla]

Hmm thanks for the info, If it is a bug I hope they address it and if it is deliberate they shouldn't allow metal auger to show up on the list installable mods for the dera and supra. (I.e. like thunderbolt only shows up when on the modding screen for the paris or dread)