Before the 36.00 update the damage amplifier had an “infinite” value it could be set to in verse. Now it is capped at 4.0.
Verse
Devices
Set a damage amplifier device to have a magnitude of 10.0 in verse
Damage multiplier should be 10x as strong
Is capped at 4x as strong
PC
7340-5853-5689
Info from another thread: NPC spawner device completely bugged.
DAMAGE Amplifier doesnt give the damage boost sometimes in public sessions.
Place down a damage amp device
set the damage multiplier through verse
Pick up the effect on player spawn/ interact
Pick up and grant the damage effect to the player
It usually applies the effect, but on rare occasions it doesn’t, making it inconsistent.
I tested this myself, and the instructions in my original post about the damage amplifier are incorrect. When setting a value above 4 in Verse, it automatically caps at 4.
The fact that this was introduced without any prior warning is pretty frustrating. This has completely broken the balancing in our map Slayer Simulator and now it’s essentially unplayable.
If this device is going to be the the only way to control player damage, then the minimum we expect is that it stays stable across updates - or at least give us advance notice when major limitations are being added.
We really hope this issue is treated with urgency. It’s disincentivizing to work this hard, only for creative and high-effort maps to be constantly penalized by platform instability.
We’re checking into this.
The only good thing about it being a widespread issue that we’re all experiencing is that it will hopefully be fixed sooner. We’ve had game breaking bugs before that are less common and so don’t get fixed for ages.
We were hit pretty hard by the persistence issues a month or so ago and our numbers never really recovered from that, and this has dropped them even further from what it was.
On the plus side though, I always thought Slayer Simulator looks amazing, and if I get some free time I’m definitely going to check it out!
Hey,
Just checking in, has there been any update on this issue, or is it still under investigation?
It’s affecting a lot of islands, including mine, and the Damage Amplifier is a key part of our map economy. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
FORT-920719’s status has changed to ‘Ready for QA’. A member of the QA department is investigating the issue.