Hello everyone,

There's no dodging the fact that it is time for Question of the Week. Here's what our devs have to share with us this time:

Question: "Will attacks and skills that do damage from a distance have instant effect or will a target perhaps be able to see it coming and have a slim possibility to dodge it completely?"

Answer: Most attacks especially dealt by close and mid-range projectile weaponry will have instant effect on the opponent. Targets won't be able to dodge those attacks if the attacker is aiming properly at them at the moment of attacking. Long-range weaponry and some weapons of mass destruction will have execution timers, which is a period between the moment of shooting and the moment of applying the effect. Such attacks that deal area damage or additional effects will be possible to dodge by moving quickly out of its intended attack area.

That's it for this week, feel free to discuss below.
~m.

Very good stuff!

Btw Lynx,you play in the beta?  Seems like me and my bulgarian guildmates are at the end of the roll again :|

p.s oh its photoshop?

Thanks Moll!

And, haha and Kaizeras. Everyone here is in the beta, except you! And with everyone, I mean EVERYONE. 6 Bilion players. Even your parents.

 

Good info...gotta make sure to put the grenade launcher away when I'm on my own

Thanks moll!

Now, on close combat, is there a dodge/miss percentage that your character "automatically" does in order to compensate for those who dodge missiles?

Hmm, I think you're going to be disappointed. Rayner's talks about evading attacks. Its my guess that if the to-hit math results in a "dodge" no damage will be done. Basically it would be another miss mechanic but with the virtual basis that it was because of some passive or active ability of the targets and not your character's weapon skill.

I do like the idea of a damage reduction on a passive dodge but does it fit with the idea of a shield? I guess so, shots could glance off a shield.

I hate games where its possible to fully dodge a shot by pure luck, where a random factor is involved to save ur ***. U cant dodge a  bullet if a guy is shooting at u from at point blank. So i like the ER system.

It sounds like that will be more of an activated skill rather than a passive bonus though.

Except that other QOTWs do mention passive abilities which do things like boost the physique and intelligence attributes and possibly other things.

Also we've been having a hard time nailing down the ER parlance. I do believe Felix is actually talking about abilities.