razor prob

[hribek]

Yeah, its not just with razors, Ive actualled SNACK'ed a cap before and the effect didnt even show (the pretty blue explosion)

In other words, both situations are prolly caused by lagz0r

Gun damage detection is handled clientside. If you see your own guns hit, they will do damage unless the other guy's shield has popped back up and the server has that information before your gun damage info gets through. Or you hit a piece of equipment.

If you are a 3rd party observer then you might see strange things happen, yes - but the guns will almost always do damage if the guy at the gun sees them hit. (with the shield-up exception, the target being dead already, FLHook protection, etc.)

Dashiell wrote that he did wait over a second, so unless there was some significant ping delay somewhere, the shield couldn't get in the way, leaving equipment hit as the only plausible explanation. If this happens in a test fight, ask the target to check his weapons&external equipment damage. I am 95% certain that armor upgrades increase resistance of mounted stuff vs. projectile weapons, which is why a lot of the stuff can survive a mini/GB razor hit.