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Not too sure about that, but as Fortitude over 500 might yield armor, maybe some mental attribute over 500 would yield ranged ? Just a guess as I heard that it was mental for ranged...

Ranged attacks almost always come from the pysch slot not the mental slot. There's some secret in here about how specials are worked out and it seems to involve the mental, psych and aggression slots. I'm starting to wonder if it's the template quality which comes into play here as well.

I really wish we _actually_ knew some of this stuff.

but that is the fun of it not knowing. I would rather try and expirement and get it rigt than being told this is how to make what.

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Tal-N wrote:
Ranged attacks almost always come from the pysch slot not the mental slot. There's some secret in here about how specials are worked out and it seems to involve the mental, psych and aggression slots. I'm starting to wonder if it's the template quality which comes into play here as well.

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I often get ranged with ranged only in the Psychological slot. So many people report that ranged comes from Mental that I believe there must be aformula that increases the chance of ranged if ranged is in either Mental or Psychological. Wouldn't be surprised if a random number generator is used in the process.

I also think there must be some sort ofsecret formula for specials, with themental, psych and aggression slots all being included. If I put DNA from a particular creature only in slots 3 and 5, I usually get that creatures specials. Again, I wouldn't be surprised if a random number generator is used here too.

I've gotten ranged by putting VHQ in the phsyc slot only. I've gotten ranged by putting HQ in mental and VHQ in prowess. I've gotten ranged by putting AA in mental and HQ in the phsyc.

It doesn't seem to be one particular slot but more the quality of the sample placed in a particular slot.

I have had a couple cases where a ranged attack was passed to a clone from DNA that didn't have a ranged attack in mind slot. I used Mutant Rancor (MR) and Gaping Spider Queen DNA in this order MR, GSQ, MR, GSQ, MR. In two cases, the end clone ended up with a ranged attack. I wonder if this stems from the AOE Open Wounds attack in Special Attack Slot 1 from the Rancors combined with the Ranged Attack from the Gaping Spider Queens.

If you have insight into this, or maybe I have my theory's wrong (I was under the impression that ranged attacks came soley from the mind slot) please straighten me out.

Thanks.

One hour you can be putting the VHQ dna into mind and get ranged every time, the next hour you don't. Same goes for psyc. It is random as to which one is the important one and can change on you at any time. Just very frustrating.

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Anarrion wrote:

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Tal-N wrote:
Ranged attacks almost always come from the pysch slot not the mental slot.

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I often get ranged with ranged only in the Psychological slot. So many people report that ranged comes from Mental that I believe there must be aformula that increases the chance of ranged if ranged is in either Mental or Psychological.

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I can confirm that I have repeatedly gotten ranged attack to come through by placing either a high or very high quality ranged sample in the mind slot only. I can also say that I've put above average ranged sample as the only ranged sample in every one of the 5 slots and gotten no range coming through. Mind by itself can carry the range attack and I've had it carry through with both high and very high samples.