Does Expertise roll independently against Mech resistance?

[Xothic]

Does the Expertise feat (extra damage per hit = your level capped at 20) roll against enemy mechanical resistance/threshold independently, or is only the hit that caused the Expertise damage the one that incurs the DR/DT?

Basically, is it useless against enemies who have at least a base mech threshold of 20 (assuming for the moment no defensive reduction is in play)? AKA, pretty much every enemy in DOMINATING lol

[TheAverageGortsby]

It just adds flat damage to your hit.  If anything, it helps you overcome the threshold.

[Xothic]

It just adds flat damage to your hit.  If anything, it helps you overcome the threshold.

Oh! For some reason I thought it rolled as an additional line/source of damage. No idea why I thought that upon re-reading the feat itself.
It should be good for the fist weapon build i'm planning then, thanks.

[Bruno]

It just adds flat damage to your hit.  If anything, it helps you overcome the threshold.

Oh! For some reason I thought it rolled as an additional line/source of damage. No idea why I thought that upon re-reading the feat itself.
It should be good for the fist weapon build i'm planning then, thanks.

Expertise is good for fist weapons. Doubly so because it applies separately to spiked gloves, giving a bit more damage.

However, for some reason, Expertise do not apply to spiked armor.