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Thread: can someone explain to me what use /takecover is?
It's not completely useless but it is a little broken.. Basically:
/takecover when successful boosts your Ranged defence ( imagine using your terrain to gain better defense )
You cannot move orwhile under cover unless you have the /sneak skill
You cannot use certain specials while under cover
/surpriseshot is supposed to be the only Special you can shoot from a "covered" status though at the moment it is broken and you can fire it even out of cover.
I think all of that is correct.
I don't use Takecover in PVP because you have to be prone and that pretty much means instadeath. In PVE it is only useful against NPC's with ranged attacks.. Any Melee MOB will run up to you and toast you pretty quick.
So it's not completely useless but in the current combat system it is not used much 
Take cover works fine.
You must lay prone first. If you are stood then use takecover, that throws you to the floor, and you are tumbling. So you must lay prone first. You should try this from around 50-60m (a rifleman's perfect distance).
After laying prone, through the normal manner, use take cover. If you are succesful, the next few shots will not attract the target mob, and its friends, attention. In fact, you can fire off two shots, stand up, and then peace. So long as you arent too slow, this will stop the combat, even though your target has taken damage.
This ability works fine. I use it alot
Malitevv wrote:
now i've got two contradictory explanations for what it does. does it increase my ranged defense (which is what I expected) or does it decrease the probability that the mob is going to go aggro on me? I though conceal shot was for the latter.
Well as a Rifleman you have a "Concealment Chance" Mod, the higher this modifier the less chance you have of using bleeds and having everything aggro you and only pulling the one Mob. It also affects your chance of sucessfully using Concealshot without anything aggroing you.
So yes Concealshot is for the latter from what I understand.
One thing I have noticed about /takecover is that when I go prone and use concealshot against Stormtrooper mobs, i notice that sometimes I am aggroed and have to run away.
When I go prone andthen/takecover, I can then concealshot them to my heart's content unless they are moving and get close to me, say around 35 or 40 meters. I have never been aggroed after using /takecover and then using concealshot except when attacking AT-ST's. I'm not sure why they attack after using /takecover and concealshot. Might be that I am only 4/2/4/3 and not Master.
So like I said.. pretty much useless...
I've never had trouble using conceal shot without take cover... but that's just me.
I don't know of /takecover adds any bonuses to using Conceal shot.. but being prone while using Conceal definitely has it's advantages. Accuracy and 3 free misses..
CapnKill wrote:
So like I said.. pretty much useless...
I've never had trouble using conceal shot without take cover... but that's just me.
prone sucks
kneeling + mask scent gives you 3 free shots also