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Thread: Surprise Shot. Still bugged?

Slashrat
Sun Jan 23, 2005 9:27 pm
#1
What exactly IS this shot supposed to do? It does absolutly nothing that we need as of right now. It can only be performed from cover and doesn't do the same amount of damage other health shots do. So why have it if we will never use it?




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Cpl_Fisher
Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:12 am
#2
that's a cu question I think, right now its worthless, it may get removed, or it may actually do something post cu. I know its vague, but that's all i got.



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Cpl_Fisher
Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:40 pm
#3
raise someones posture, which flushing shot does plus it can stun them....



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JediNyt
Mon Jan 24, 2005 9:01 pm
#4

But isnt that what Startle Shot does only without Stun? It seems to me that Startle Shot is also useless. I hear Flushing 2 does lots of damage but I'm only 3-1-2-4 in Rifles so I don't know first hand yet. Also it seems that when you get high enough in Rifles other specials that you needed when novice are now useless. Like Aim, Threaten, and Warning. I could be wrong on these but this is how they seem to me. I have Sniping 3 and I rarely miss now even with my T21 at point blank, so using up time and HAM to Aim seems like a waste.



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SickSix
Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:52 am
#5
I'm glad you asked because i wanted to open a thread posing the EXACT same question. Maybe it would be better to ask, "What was SupriseShot intedned to do?"...... I'd like to know.



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Waste93
Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:57 am
#6
No one knows. We've asked this questiona number of times with no answer.


I believe the special ingame says something along the lines of ' This ranged sneak attack must be performed from cover '


This has lead to theories that it is suppose to be some kind of advanced ConcealShot since it says 'sneak attack'. Other suggested that it could have been some kind of delay type attack. Others that it was suppose to have some kind of 'surprise' state effect.


But we simply don't know since it has never worked as advertised nor have we gotten an answer of how it was suppose to ever have worked. Right now it's a dead issue because there will be no major combat changed until the CU/R/B.



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