Dont really understand player mounted damage change

Hello,

so i started playing again after i last played at release and was reading a bit about mounts and came across the damage change and increase when the player is mounted on certain pals.

Now i know some information out there is propably outdated (e.g. the damage boost was apparently higher in earlier versions), but its either absolutly not working for me or i am doing something wrong.

For example, when my pal attacks another pals and its the weakness, the damage numbers have a red outline and are higher. So when i now mount the pal (in my case, ragnahawk), shouldnt the numbers also be with a red outline as i do now fire damage with my bow or pointy stick and attack the others pals weakness?

I even encountered a situation where i was shooting another pal with the bow on the ground and i was doing a bit over 200 damage. When i mounted ragnahawk, my damage with the bow was suddenly only 120ish.

My experience seems to be the complete opposite of what should be happening and what i read from other players. I have no idea whats happening and why thats happening, or if i am just plain doing something wrong.

Thanks!