Commando Archive
Thread: Still confused about Flame + Acid Cone...
yorukaze wrote:
That's the thing I'm annoyed and confused about... The attack is a "cone." If it only attacks enemies right in front of you, it is not. Also, the animation shows the player spreading flame all around him, 180 degrees.
The only reason the animation shows that is because you are probably shooting behind you. If you stand still and shoot it, it will only be a cone in front of you. The trick i do if I am trying to hit melee targets in a cone is this. Run in an arc and they will all start following behind you. Use the cone when they are all chasing after you and it should hit all targets. Always works for me.
Ster wrote:
yorukaze wrote:
That's the thing I'm annoyed and confused about... The attack is a "cone." If it only attacks enemies right in front of you, it is not. Also, the animation shows the player spreading flame all around him, 180 degrees.
The only reason the animation shows that is because you are probably shooting behind you. If you stand still and shoot it, it will only be a cone in front of you. The trick i do if I am trying to hit melee targets in a cone is this. Run in an arc and they will all start following behind you. Use the cone when they are all chasing after you and it should hit all targets. Always works for me.
Also, I have "Walk" bound to one of my mouse buttons, you have much greater chance to hit while walking instead of running, I have tested this well and have been able to hit 10 Creatures/NPC's at a time with Flame cone 2.. Another strategy doing missions which have Lairs is to hit target the lair and then walk back and forth through it, with the lair 15m away and all the Mob's in between you and the lair, you rarely miss them with a cone attack.