I hope I didn't confuse anyone. When I said:
Muttie wrote:I was able to hurt this guard with a Minigun using JHP.
I meant my own character (not Keri's) was able to hurt Brian with JHP (i.e. it is possible).
Sorry, if that caused any problems. I shouldn't have speculated on the answer.
So everything is normal in Keri's save?
Daemon wrote:Yeah, JHP 5mm are still better than AP 5mm even againts armored targets.
This is not exactly true. It does in this case. But not always.
It's just this percentage thing (i.e. percentage is not a “total” (or anything really) but changes depending on the sum).
i.e. 95% of 2 points of damage is still low damage, and less than 25% of 16. (avenger (14) vs power 12/40%))
But if the damage increases 5mm AP becomes better than JHP.
i.e. 95% of 9 points of damage is more than 25% of 23. (avenger (14) vs combat (5/40%))
It's just this odd case of a high DT (power armour) vs a low damage weapon (minigun), in which the AP ammo fails to work, as it's strength is in percentage, not total. And if the weapon doesn't provide the total, the AP can't do anything. As it doesn't add damage.
In general I would say that vs armor:
5mm AP seems better than 5mm JHP.
10mm AP seems to become eventually better than 10mm JHP, but not much.
And .44 AP (FMJ) seems worse than .44 JHP.
Simplification: 100 points of damage vs combat armor (5/40%).
44 FMJ is 76 (80% of 95) and 44 JHP is 78 (40% of 195).
10mm AP is 80,75 (85% of 95) and 10mm JHP is 68,25 (35% of 195).
5mm AP is 90,25 (95% of 95) and 5mm JHP is 48,75 (25% of 195).
Simplification: 100 points of damage vs power armor (12/40%).
44 FMJ is 70,4 (80% of 88) and 44 JHP is 75,2 (40% of 188).
10mm AP is 74,8 (85% of 88) and 10mm JHP is 65,8 (35% of 188).
5mm AP is 83,6 (95% of 88) and 5mm JHP is 47 (25% of 188).
From this angle I would not say the problem is the 5mm AP, but the weapon (low damage) or the armor (high DT). As 5mm AP seems to do what it is supposed to.
P.S. I've calculated this while watching a X-File, so there may be a bit of Moulder and Scully in it, but I think it's correct.