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Aur1k

Fri Nov 07, 2003 12:42 pm

Has anyone else had this happen?

Now at 5m away, everytime, I get the message "That target is out of range". Now I have to be exactly 4m away.

If I get any closer, I immedately draw the aggro my pets held on the target. And they incap me in very short order. To add to my trouble, all targets like to run away. When I move into range, there seems to be a 1 second "setup" time for my shot, by which time the target has moved out of range again.

Sometimes I get lucky, and actually have a KD hit. Then I get 2 or so shots on the critter before this happens again.

I cannot wear armor, because I already use up most of my HAM just trying to land 1 single special shot. Wearing armor would assure me of having a long period of downtime between each and every fight.

Before this, I could hit my target from 6m out. I still had the other issues, but at least I could play the game and get some xp. Chasing my targets futilly is just not fun.

This is completely unacceptable. This game has become virtually unplayable for me now. This is a game breaking bug.There is absolutely no fun in chasing around a target for hours hoping you can land 1 friggin shot on it, and being assurred you will be incap'd each time you do happen to get into range.

Yazule

Fri Nov 07, 2003 2:24 pm

#2

5 meters works for me half of the time, same as always... lol

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Fezzig

Fri Nov 07, 2003 3:47 pm

#3

5m worked perfectly fine for me last night. I'll check when I get home and report back if it's borked for me. Major suckage if it is....

/sigh

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antares_Kauri

Fri Nov 07, 2003 3:54 pm

#4

On VLs and LVAs the max range *is* 4m, but at times, in certain circumstances, you can hit from a little farther out. Hitting lairs and bases can usually be done from 5m, and sometimes the terrain will allow you to hit from 5m, usually if one of you is above the other. It just seems to happen for a variety of odd reasons that I have not been able to pin down yet, but the real max range has always been 4m for those weapons, 5m for the rest of the staffs/lances. It cannot be a "game-breaking bug" because these are what the ranges always have been on the weapons.

antares
master pikeman

|Pikeman non-stop since July, 2003|
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WrongfulDeath

Fri Nov 07, 2003 4:44 pm

#5

i would agree this is a game breaking bug at times. NPC generally run just out of range to advoid attack but if they are melee.... even polearm they hit me. Since when did a polearm become shorter than a sword. My sordsman has 8m range which still at times proves to be a challenge. We have the same range as a TKA. My suggestion is leave the sorry @ss chance to hit on the upper weapons and make them 10m. There is a concern for balance but melee should always own a ranged player within 10 m. This is not the case for any of them though. I was a TKA master and still got owned by pistol whip and ranged KDs. Pistoleer has far better defense bonuses than any melee class and you wonder why people have migrated to it so heavy. SOE you dont need a anyone to tell you how to fix this issue just make an endgame pikeman and go try and kill say a Bol or a droideka and you will see why only .25 % play pikeman. I will really laugh when there are more Jedi than pikeman though.

Hint for quick lvling:

Get your mind off KD and all the other trash in the pikeman line. Go 0,4,0,0 ( the one with the area of effect hit 2). This is for 2 reasons first being it raises your xp cap so high you can pool a ton of points. Number 2 is KD aoe is broke since if it hits and doesn't KD all the mobs and you try it again you just lift all the mobs you droped. You almost have to designate a person for KD in a large battle or you will just keep the mob up. Also you need to farm for a vibro lance from the elder nightsister at their theme park. Mine is max 319 and 2.5 speed. The best part is the HAM cost on all the stats are less than 30 to each. You need this since you will be spamming AOE hit 2 the most just to lvl up.

One more bug is that corpse on the ground count as a target for AOE so if you are hitting a lair withAOE attack there is a chance ti hit for in excess of 18k dmg. I can do this all day but unfortunately this also eliminates your xp for the lair too.

Rand-Zabar

Fri Nov 07, 2003 4:45 pm

#6

You dont find it odd that we can only hit 4 meters away when we have a 6 foot weapon?

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antares_Kauri

Fri Nov 07, 2003 6:55 pm

#7

Rand-Zabar wrote:
You dont find it odd that we can only hit 4 meters away when we have a 6 foot weapon?

Yes, this is something that is a design issue, not a bug.

And WrongfulDeath, I disagree about KD. It is very useful. If you use sweep2 and fail to knock one down, use sweep1 if you're wanting to kd the guy, otherwise, focus on him while the others are down. Sweep is a very useful move and should not be disregarded, in my opinion.

antares

master pikeman

|Pikeman non-stop since July, 2003|
|combatUpgrade::alpha :: JTL::beta :: RotW::beta :: ToOW::beta|
SOE Producer Dallas Dickinson says:
"I mean, what is a pikeman and why is it something in the game?"

Braglor

Fri Nov 07, 2003 8:56 pm

#8

Just wanted to add that KD works quite well with warcry as the victim will stay down for the duration of the delay. Also, the 4m range bugs me tooas it affectmy special moves and causesthem to fail

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Aur1k

Fri Nov 07, 2003 11:13 pm

#9

maybe I was just getting lucky, but before this started happening, I was hitting from a 6m range. This was difficult, but at least I was able to swing.

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