How to penetrate things or why Melting Armour doesn't work any more?

[Sobakaa]

Closing Act II on unfair i noticed a distinct lack of armour penetration on Argenta.
i was relying on Point Blank as main source of armour pen since she easily hits 400 BS/AGI buffed by two currently bugged officers (or so i hoped).

Turns out Point Blank's name was more fitting than i though - it doesn't work at all. Didn't notice that until i landed on a planet with a Hellbrute and a bunch of space marines.

Killing one guy a round as opposed to everyone on the map isn't fun at all. Calibrated heavy stubber deals like 2 damage per shot, bolters are a bit better and can go up to 7, but it still takes a full round debuff session on each of them. And since they can't deal any damage to my party, sitting inside a tactical zone, there's still no risk, just wasted time.

Ok, rolled Argenta v2.0 merc, new and improved - psyker with Melting Armour. Somehow for me, though, it doesn't degrade armour any lower than -15% with a stubber. With bolters it doesn't work at all, with a burst 9 pistol it goes to -12%.

I thought at least that one ability wasn't bugged as i saw it used on release build to reduce boss' armour more than 150%...

[REhorror]

Doesn't crit negate armor altogether?
I just focus on crit I guess, but having the 'eavy bolter helps.

[Sobakaa]

Автор сообщения: REhorror

Doesn't crit negate armor altogether?
I just focus on crit I guess, but having the 'eavy bolter helps.

No, it just deals 150% damage.
Heavy bolter's nice until you meet something with 150%+ armour. Once you do, it's like trying to dig a hole in a wall with a spoon. Operatives help, but then you need to spend time waiting for them to act...

[REhorror]

Автор сообщения: Sobakaa

Автор сообщения: REhorror

Doesn't crit negate armor altogether?
I just focus on crit I guess, but having the 'eavy bolter helps.

No, it just deals 150% damage.
Heavy bolter's nice until you meet something with 150%+ armour. Once you do, it's like trying to dig a hole in a wall with a spoon. Operatives help, but then you need to spend time waiting for them to act...

I have melted every enemies with the 'eavy bolter so far.
Then again, I have Cassia, Pascal and Yrliet melting their armor so....