YCS doing less damage than it should? : Fallout: New Vegas

» Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:28 am

It might just be me and very hard mode, but it seems that YCS isn't doing as much damage as the pipboy states it can, especially in vats.

Example: I highlight a lobotomite's head, it says the shot will chip off half his health. BAM, there goes a fourth.

Why?

» Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:12 am

Because VH mode decreases the damage you do by 50% and increases enemy damage by 100%.

» Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:53 am

Gauss Rifle and VATS don't mix well.

» Tue Aug 23, 2011 4:25 am

It might just be me and very hard mode, but it seems that YCS isn't doing as much damage as the pipboy states it can, especially in vats.

Example: I highlight a lobotomite's head, it says the shot will chip off half his health. BAM, there goes a fourth.

Why?

I use to use the YCS/186, but now i use the Holorifle... i tested it on legendary deathclaw, and the Holorifle came out better... why? i don't know.

» Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:01 pm

VH mode does not explain a huge difference between the damage VATS says the gun should do and the pitiful pinpricks it actually does.

And thank you magyaronny, i fully upgraded my holorifle and it is performing beautifully

EDIT:

okay, its on the wiki. A glitch carried over from FO3...

can be removed by modding

» Tue Aug 23, 2011 4:08 am

The Gauss/YCS is bugged in VATS. The gun does not receive the locational damage boost. So targetting the head will not do double damage - it will just do the normal damage. Sometimes it does no damage. It is caused by the explosion effect that occurs. If you are on the PC you can download a mod to fix it by removing the explosion.