bullets, energy blasts, how they work in the game

[Guest]

Some observations between the differences in conventional weapons and energy weapons. This is in CTB mode.

1. Bullets, whether single or burst can hit ppl in the path of fire. Energy weapons cannot. That way u can't hit your own ppl with energy weapons.

2. Bullets, when missed the target, the target makes a miss animation. Energy shots just fly elsewhere.

3. If u are not in the path of bullets they can't hit u. ie. run across a doorway, the enemy inside shoots u, but miss as u have already passed the doorway. This will take up his AP and u can run infront of the doorway and shoot him back.


E E shoots E miss E
_____ _____ ____ ____ ____ _____ ____ ____
U> U> U U shoots

This even works out in the open, just run fast and far across his field of vision. The enemy would shoot at the area where u were. I used this tactic on mutants and killed off a bunch of them with only Stein with a SAW, he didn't even get hit.

Energy weapons, when it is a hit, will always hit no matter how u dodge. ie. when u are running away, the shot will be shown as hitting the area when u were when the shot was first but u still get hit. (Unless the shot is blocked by a wall or something not confirmed)

Well thats what I observed, maybe I'm wrong.

 

[Guest]

I think that's because there is a delay in the damaging for the little sprite to travel where ever you fired. So any hits are instantly considered hits, otherwise it would be way to easy to dodge those slow shots.

 

[Guest]

> 1. Bullets, whether single or
>burst can hit ppl in
>the path of fire. Energy
>weapons cannot. That way u
>can't hit your own ppl
>with energy weapons.

I saw a Reaver fire a shot and hit his own guy... melted him right down to goop!

Is it just me, or have you guys noticed that many explosive weps can fire thru walls?

In the first reaver level, I smashed all those reavers by firing the grenade launcher from behind walls, and they'd just stand there... haha... the AI in FOT is sucky because a mutie will stand there and take shots, even tho you're right behind a wall of sandbags. If it were me, I'd either run away or try to get to the guy lobbing grenades, any way I could!

LN