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Jun 25, 2026, 00:5606/25/26
09/13/24
91

Why is damage so inconsistent?

I was playing Hangar Showdown. 

I am Surge with full hp. Enemy has Dreadnought with hornets. I'm coming behind the wall FACING HIM (so you don't say bonus dmg from behind). He kills me with his ability....FULL HP GONE WITH A SINGLE ABILITY?

Now, I checked stats and on max level Dreadnought's ability deals 73k dmg. Let's say implant adds 100%, that is 146k

Surge WITHOUT a pilot has 173k HP

So how was I killed? He didn't shoot, but even if he did, hornets rely on poison not strong bullet dmg so why?

Why was I killed? This game so often makes absolutely 0 sense. 

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Jun 25, 2026, 11:2206/25/26
01/23/26
274

i think i kind of agree... myself i blame lag but i often get weird deaths like you described.. like similar to if enemy kills my whole HP with one shot of continuum and im like Whaaa?... we should just get a battle replay features which would show everything and they could fix bugs this way.. now its very easy to blame lag or blame snow in Australia

Jun 25, 2026, 12:0306/25/26
Jun 25, 2026, 12:04(edited)
04/07/23
107

Even I faced the same issue, I was a Surge with Revoker 8s in Hangar Showdown, League 3. And I had to go against a Dreadnought but that guy had Revoker 8s too, I think my time was bad or smth I had to slam straight face-to-face against that Dreadnought (was in a 40m range, and we both cannot fire revokers at one another), But he just used his ability and I got killed while he was safe in his camping zone on an EMP effect. I thought it was some ping issues, but I think that I'm not alone after seeing your comments

Jun 25, 2026, 12:3506/25/26
10/03/24
51

Because the game is rigged for you to lose. I have been one shot killed by power 8 weapons and my power 12 barely do any damage.  Just add it to the list of the crap the developers won't 

Jun 25, 2026, 12:4306/25/26
01/23/26
274

i dont believe it rigged that much if it is at all, there is just no proper bug testing, no bug platform to submit bugs, and they are not interested in these "little" bugs as long as money still flowing. So its pure neglience on developers side in my opinion, its not rigged it just doesnt work as described and there is nobody monitoring these issues, assuming the game is perfect. 

If they implemented battle replays we could have proofs, if they allowed bug submition and some sort of helpdesk where you trace your bug ticket it could help, until then nothing is going to change, just thank you for your patience :) your feedback is very important!

Bug reporting in discord is a joke, i work in IT and i have zero freaking clue how to report it there, i joined once to do it, discovered myself in such a mess with one million of hashtags.. cant find how to submit images if there is such function at all and i will not even mention that i could not find a report bug hastag of any sorts.. literarilly was swearing my shit out and closed that crap. Pure rubbish guys you are a mess

Jun 26, 2026, 00:2506/26/26
09/13/24
91

Man I'm tired of ping and delay stories. How can other games make it smooth without these catastrophic mistakes? This proves mech arena is a mobile game. What a joke 

Jun 26, 2026, 09:1206/26/26
01/23/26
274

i hate it when im about to kill enemy and everything freezes, half a second later i discover myself pointing gun into nowhere and getting killed or kill stolen.. it used to never happen before but lately it happens often especially in FFA and especially on PC. I will soon try to lower all video settings to minimum to see if that helps anyhow.. 

Jun 26, 2026, 18:3306/26/26
04/27/26
17

They seem to have hidden mods they change to help you win or lose the match. It really is crazy how much it appears to be at times. 

Jun 26, 2026, 21:4806/26/26
11/27/25
33
Papa

i hate it when im about to kill enemy and everything freezes, half a second later i discover myself pointing gun into nowhere and getting killed or kill stolen.. it used to never happen before but lately it happens often especially in FFA and especially on PC. I will soon try to lower all video settings to minimum to see if that helps anyhow.. 

I have a 5k monitor and no problems with full graphic.

OK, my pc is made for photo works :-)

Jun 27, 2026, 00:1206/27/26
09/13/24
91
Ragnarök

I have a 5k monitor and no problems with full graphic.

OK, my pc is made for photo works :-)

Exactly, I can run Valorant smoothly, but Mech Arena must be a more demanding game...