Definitive to-hit chances.

[Derpislav]

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary): Split alien castes into a few sub-groups that get a static % to miss when fired at.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole): Keeping T1-T2 hard to hit like they are now while no more


Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc): Suggested classification:
Very hard target - unlikely to hit at range:

1. Larva
   Runner
   Drone

Hard target - tricky to hit at range:

1. Sentinel
   Spitter
   Hunter

Moderate target - no bonuses, no penalties:

1. Carrier
   Hivelord
   Praetorian
   Human

Easy target - bonus chance to hit:

1. Boiler
   Ravager
   Crusher
   Queen

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it): I have no idea where the accuracy is calculated - at the shooter, when the bullet passes something or what - but in Abby I trust.
Also, Boilers might need to get sliiiightly beefier because I would rather have them have more health than being harder targets.

[Seehund]

I doubt a 10+ feet Praetorian is about as hard to hit as a human.
Hivelord's pretty big, too.

Seems nice though.

[thegrandcurator]

Looks kewl, would make the new update easier on most people as well

[Derpislav]

I doubt a 10+ feet Praetorian is about as hard to hit as a human.
Hivelord's pretty big, too.

Seems nice though.

I'm not sure about the Praetorian (their in-lore versions were very agile and pretty sleek rather than our bulky ones), since that evolution has barely any benefits over the Spitter, but the builders should be hard to hit - to compensate for the fact they're nothing but builders and have no hopes of defending themselves.

[Seehund]

I'm not sure about the Praetorian (their in-lore versions were very agile and pretty sleek rather than our bulky ones), since that evolution has barely any benefits over the Spitter, but the builders should be hard to hit - to compensate for the fact they're nothing but builders and have no hopes of defending themselves.

Praetorians are pretty huge, even in lore. For example, the one in the 2010 AvP. I recall one was stated to be double the size of a normal xeno somewhere else, too.

[Derpislav]

They're still essentially slower spitters without vent crawl, though.

[Jeser]

I like this. Need more thoughts to put into, but definitely could be good.

[ShortTemperedLeprechaun]

I'll agree whole heartedly with this. It made no sense to me that a tiny larva that wasn't even a foot large, is the same hit chance as a potentially 100 foot queen.

[DesFrSpace]

+1




Side Note : As a Doctor, I struggle to knife a larvae, wonder why.


PS: Accuracy attachment, which might run out and I barely use.

[OatzAndHoes]

+1
But Humans should not be in the same category as praetorians and hivelords. Even hunters and drones are bigger than humans. Needs some reworking.

[Abbysynth]

Please have faith. Xeno size is already taken into account during the calculation, as well as a huge pile of other modifiers.

Which is why it broke so badly at first.

[Derpislav]

+1
But Humans should not be in the same category as praetorians and hivelords. Even hunters and drones are bigger than humans. Needs some reworking.

But will a human do a quarduple backflip barrel roll to avoid being hit? An alien might.

[ShortTemperedLeprechaun]

But will a human do a quarduple backflip barrel roll to avoid being hit? An alien might.

Can....can we get this as an ability?

[coolsurf6]

Can....can we get this as an ability?

... Jesus i dont think thats even possible let alone the marine carrying around a gun and bulky armor.

[Dyne]

+1. But also lets take range into account, not only size.

[Page Avenue]

+1
But Humans should not be in the same category as praetorians and hivelords. Even hunters and drones are bigger than humans. Needs some reworking.

I like to imagine humans are in the same category as the sentinels and hunters in this suggestion.

+1

[Abbysynth]

+1. But also lets take range into account, not only size.

it does.

[Dyne]

it does.

And we still miss point blanks? Conspiracy?

[outordinary]

+1, for the one round I played with the accuracy apparently "broken", I at least felt like I was a runner when ducking and dodging bullets. It's pretty sad when every shot is hitting you and three shots can kill. I remember times even having a bullet travel across the damn map while I was running and it happened to hit me about 10-15 tiles away killing me. That's when you know shits fucked up.

[Dyne]

+1, for the one round I played with the accuracy apparently "broken", I at least felt like I was a runner when ducking and dodging bullets. It's pretty sad when every shot is hitting you and three shots can kill. I remember times even having a bullet travel across the damn map while I was running and it happened to hit me about 10-15 tiles away killing me. That's when you know shits fucked up.

Thats more about bullet speed per-se. And that is why runners change trajectory of their movement.

[Infernus]

Already a thing.
Locked.