MAD science Boss buggy?

[Cyxes]

Hi everyone,
im in my second playthrough and have encountered the MAD science Boss now, but no matter what i do... im dead. I covered my ship in stone but it has NO effect at all. 3 hits with his lightnings and im dead. He doesnt care about my stone shell at all.
Is this a bug or isnt this working anymore
Thx for your help

[FuryoftheStars]

I'm not sure about your specific situation, but I do know that you can't leave even a sliver open for the lightning guns to get through.

[Whiplash711]

Yes I learned too that it takes just a very very small spot not covered and you are dead. Might be better to create a ship just for the task and switch back after. There is no bug though as after the first rage quit I found 100% user error.

[Cyxes]

Ok thx,
so i check for spots that are not covered. If i dont find any i will build a special stone ship :)

[Cyxes]

Well i checked... no gaps in the stone... get killed with 3 hits. I build a pure stone ship (simple big block of stone so its easy to see gaps) still no difference. I also tried a layer of several stone blocks although i thought a thin stone block is enough... still dead in 3 hits, so no difference here too.
Looks like a bug to me but starting a new game just to run probably into the same ♥♥♥♥ again... thats just not worth the time...

[GOKUSSL4]

hmm been awhile since i fought that guy. He must of massively changed after the shield penetration rework on our ships.

[Cyxes]

I dont know what was changed till last time i fought him, but i think its not a balance problem or something like that. The stone simply doesnt affect his weapon, full dmg.
This looks like a bug to me...
I ll try it some time again, but i guess the game is over here now

[FuryoftheStars]

Do you happen to be running any mods that affect weapons or difficulty/balance? (Just double checking.)

[Cyxes]

Nope, no mods

[FuryoftheStars]

Ok, next curiosity question: what size ship are you using and what’s your omicron damage of it?

It’s been a long time since I faced off against it, so I just started a Creative and I’m slowly headed that way (though I am using mods), but due to RL, it may take a couple days. XD

[Whiplash711]

If it is a bug then it is something that has not effected many since the 1.0 release. Again I have defeated him many many times and so has my buddy. So I can not think of anything that could be causing the issue. It has been a few months since I last played waiting for 2.0 as others are. Perhaps join the Discord and talk to people there. Could be something that is being missed by both of us. Also keep in mind the higher your Omicron (spelled that wrong I know) the stronger the boss is. Perhaps you are just that powerful?

[Rogue]

Generally I just make a thin box of stone around my current ship and put some weapons on it and call it good, hasn't failed me yet. As others have suggested if this is an old pre-update world, or even if it isn't, try making a new one and using the admin commands to give you previous stuff and see if it does it again.

[Cyxes]

my ship is currently at 800x400 meters and has 6.7k omikron. I cant remember the exact numbers in my first game when i faced him but i thought the power doesnt matter because his weapons are meant to be useless if you have everything covered in stone. Did i get that wrong?
Last time i also made a box of stone around my ship and it worked just fine...

[caykaz]

MAD
Located in Hidden Mass Sectors within 240-150 (the Blue Band) of the Galaxy, are several MAD Science Energy Research Satellites that can be destroyed for Energy Equipment Upgrades. Destroying 4 of these consecutively will spawn the Mobile Energy Lab.

The Mobile Energy Lab is a Lightning-Heavy Trinium-Xanion Tier Boss that scales with your own Omicron Rating.
from the Guide Bosses and Progression.

[FuryoftheStars]

Originally posted by Cyxes:

my ship is currently at 800x400 meters and has 6.7k omikron. I cant remember the exact numbers in my first game when i faced him but i thought the power doesnt matter because his weapons are meant to be useless if you have everything covered in stone. Did i get that wrong?
Last time i also made a box of stone around my ship and it worked just fine...

It should do 0 damage to stone, yes.

[Cyxes]

Well i tested this at least 20 times now... 100% dmg from the boss, completely ignoring the stone, no matter how much layers / blocks i add and full cover. Thx for the answers, but i guess this is it for me. I simply dont want to waste any more time on this. There are plenty other games out there and this one is just no fun for me anymore...