I was trying to make sense of this too since we get oddly different results from Volge rifles vs Ground Pounders vs most other weapons.
I think maybe all white and yellow damage numbers are actual health damage. However, most guns have their damage reduced by about 50% so they contribute much less to health until the armor comes off. I think that damage reduction is applied against the crystal armor (So a 240 damage shot by a Thunder does 120 health damage and 120 armor damage). So with Ground Pounders and weapons that crit hit him when he's hanging, that damage resistance is bypassed which means no damage to armor.
Hopefully they'll deliver on the "full raid groups" they hinted at and then all this can be tested for certainty.
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Hum, that's interesting, I never considered that bullets may also be doing HP damage, but I think including bullets in HP damage would complete the problem and solve the result. I still have some confusing data though. I'm going to quote both of us and take it to the Warmaster Guide thread, with some of my pending questions, so I don't derail this thread too much.
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