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Please explain hull damage?

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PieParadox:
So I've been trying to figure out whether shooting an empty part of the ship with no parts does damage to the hull. I heard that after a part is destroyed, damage goes to the hull, rather than damage the part. Is it more effective to destroy the hull by shooting a destroyed part, or by simply firing at anywhere on the ship that is not built?

Kyren:
What's most effective depends on the gun you're firing with! If you are working with a Goldfish and a Carronade - shoot the balloon, and only the balloon. It'll first keep the enemy ship on the ground, and secondly the damage gets transfered to the hull, like you said. If you have your gunner start shooting the hull, then the enemy ship only gets time to rebuild their balloon and the whole game starts again.

By shooting at an empty part of the ship that doesn't have anything attached, you are most likely hitting the hull already, it should have the greatest hitbox of all (except the balloon maybe), and out of my mind I'd say that everything that isn't a gun, engine or the balloon is automatically the hull.

And yes, as mentioned above - shooting at a already destroyed gun, engine or the destroyed balloon will transfer the damage to the hull. Of course damage reductions still apply! So, if you are shooting with your Scylla Double Barrel Mortar at a destroyed balloon, it'll actually do less damage than if you were shooting straight at the hull.

Mattisamo:
Considering that to "pour" the damage onto the hull via the component requires you to first break it and then aim for that tiny part on the ship... Go for any part of hull you can unless you captain tells you otherwise.

PieParadox:
Nice quick response! So if their armor is down, should I try to focus non-component areas of the ship (with heavy flak eg)?

Kyren:
Yes, exactly :) It'd be actually very unfortunate if you hit their guns or engines with the Flak or a light mortar when their armor is down :P Remember, the hull health can't be repaired anymore, so every shot you hit will weaken the other ship permanently!

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