Are poles still taking extra damage

[HungryZombie]

I remember reading that the pole blocks were taking extra damage from zombies. Is that still the case?

[Synvastian]

shhhh don't tell it! Zombies can't be trusted, especially hungry ones!

 

P.S: I think they still take more damage

[Boidster]

For what it's worth, there doesn't seem to be anything obvious in the XML which would make zombies do more damage to poles specifically. I checked concrete poles and wood poles and there are no special XML tags on either of them (compared to, say concrete or wood blocks).

 

I tested with two zombie Boes and a wooden block (225hp) and a wooden pole (225hp). In a few trials, both blocks were destroyed at essentially the same time, although when the wooden block is destroyed it 'degrades' into a wooden frame for an extra 50hp which Boe then had to destroy also. So the net effect was that the pole-blocked Boe escaped a bit sooner.

[theFlu]

I tested it a bit when it was happening, the damage was something like 6-fold. Very obvious, and not about the frame block. It behaved a little odd though, but I can't remember the details; in some setups it didn't happen.

[HungryZombie]

Thanks guys. Yeah from what I read not anything in the block XML but a glitch with zombie damage dealing. Too bad cause I love using poles.