In the patch notes of the 1.4 update it was said that problems with hit detection were going to be fixed. Apparently from reading other forums the hit detection is better for weapons like the assault rifle, but the nova knives still fail to do damage quite often on a moving target. With such a fragile suit going into high risk situations to stealthily eliminate targets, how are we to do so effectively when if that target moves when there's the probability of an undetected hit? I ask CCP that you fix this ASAP because it is crucial for a nova knifer to be able to get their kills.

In the patch notes of the 1.4 update it was said that problems with hit detection were going to be fixed. Apparently from reading other forums the hit detection is better for weapons like the assault rifle, but the nova knives still fail to do damage quite often on a moving target. With such a fragile suit going into high risk situations to stealthily eliminate targets, how are we to do so effectively when if that target moves when there's the probability of an undetected hit? I ask CCP that you fix this ASAP because it is crucial for a nova knifer to be able to get their kills.

In the patch notes of the 1.4 update it was said that problems with hit detection were going to be fixed. Apparently from reading other forums the hit detection is better for weapons like the assault rifle, but the nova knives still fail to do damage quite often on a moving target. With such a fragile suit going into high risk situations to stealthily eliminate targets, how are we to do so effectively when if that target moves when there's the probability of an undetected hit? I ask CCP that you fix this ASAP because it is crucial for a nova knifer to be able to get their kills.

We have been considering the addition of a slight 'rush' forward with melee to help prevent range issues like that.

That's awesome to hear, so long as it's slight and not easily spammed.

Seriously? Slight?
A guy with the knives snuck up behind.
And you want him to be slow at killing?
Maybe miss if you waddle?
So you have ample time to respond, right?

Kindly consider factoring suit-weight into lunge distance.

We'll take a look at this since the knives use an angle based system unlike the other weapons. I suspect the problem you are having might be related to range. With a target moving in and out of the (quite limited) knife range it could seem like hits aren't registering.

We have been considering the addition of a slight 'rush' forward with melee to help prevent range issues like that.

I think he was talking about the melee-spam glitch and the fear of seeing that on a knife.

We'll take a look at this since the knives use an angle based system unlike the other weapons. I suspect the problem you are having might be related to range. With a target moving in and out of the (quite limited) knife range it could seem like hits aren't registering.

We have been considering the addition of a slight 'rush' forward with melee to help prevent range issues like that.

That's awesome to hear, so long as it's slight and not easily spammed.

We'll take a look at this since the knives use an angle based system unlike the other weapons. I suspect the problem you are having might be related to range. With a target moving in and out of the (quite limited) knife range it could seem like hits aren't registering.

We have been considering the addition of a slight 'rush' forward with melee to help prevent range issues like that.

Wolfman and forumites, Nova knives will NEVER have proper hit detection unless they move from the unreal engine. The unreal engine is VERY VERY VERY well known to have hit detection issues over online games that require CQC because the players hitboxes register as occupying the same space.

We'll take a look at this since the knives use an angle based system unlike the other weapons. I suspect the problem you are having might be related to range. With a target moving in and out of the (quite limited) knife range it could seem like hits aren't registering.

We have been considering the addition of a slight 'rush' forward with melee to help prevent range issues like that.

i dont like you

We'll take a look at this since the knives use an angle based system unlike the other weapons. I suspect the problem you are having might be related to range. With a target moving in and out of the (quite limited) knife range it could seem like hits aren't registering.

We have been considering the addition of a slight 'rush' forward with melee to help prevent range issues like that.

Should give us Nova Katanas...

Wolfman and forumites, Nova knives will NEVER have proper hit detection unless they move from the unreal engine. The unreal engine is VERY VERY VERY well known to have hit detection issues over online games that require CQC because the players hitboxes register as occupying the same space.

Arirana has no issues melee'ing me,
as I attempt to shotgun him/her/it.

Im sorry to be the bearer of bad news, I once worked on an indie game that was a first person brawler and we had to scrap our first run because we used the unreal engine.

Regular slash attack could be rewired with higher damage output.
Charge could be rewired as a single-target AoE "pounce" with stagger recovery...

Ninja charges pounce once in position.
If target is in range on pounce release, animation hones in on target (only one).
If target is "pounced" upon, target dies.
Ninja "pouncer" is temporarily vulnerable, as he recovers from lunge animation (extracting knives from corpse).

So the Ninja must decide how to engage two targets.
"If I pounce one, the other will kill me."
"But if I first toss this smoke grenade..."

Please help us devs. If you try it yourself, you'll see that it is very disorienting to knife someone. Everyone can backpeddle at the same speed as they walk forward. I'm trying to use my cqc skills in my favor, but every light weapon is excellent at CQ. They turn to you and spray you as they backpeddle to safety. Let's not mention the mlt grenades.

It's always a reward when I knife someone, but those are far in-between.
do I need to add more eHP with adv ferros and adv shields? I know I can kill, but I die to non-sense at crucial moments. It's not that fun. waiting on 1.5, so it can be my turn to play effectively.

.... I suspect the problem you are having might be related to range. With a target moving in and out of the (quite limited) knife range it could seem like hits aren't registering.

We have been considering the addition of a slight 'rush' forward with melee to help prevent range issues like that.

^ You see this, CCP. You've reduced to begging this noble and committed Scoutly Assassin :p

On a serious note though, we lower eHP types are being pummeled by aim-assist.

Niuvo, its not your gear, Brother. I ran proto GalScout with lots of HP for the better part of the day. It's as though I'm standing still in militia gear when engaging a decent AR in close quarters. Same goes for ScR, HMG and SMG.

Gets expensive very fast. If things don't turnaround, we'll all be running BPOs for this build.
Except for Marauder and Radar, of course. Those guys are rich. Maybe they can sponsor us?

i have said this b4 but me and others came to the comclusion that to do it right it would be OP tho i would love to go full ninja and see the rise of the samurai

Should give us Nova Katanas...