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Average Joe81
Circle of Huskarl
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2012.10.23 23:16:00 -
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i shoot a far away enemy and they flash blue but take no damage. does this mean it's out of range? |
xMarauder
Doomheim
139
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Posted - 2012.10.23 23:18:00 -
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If it flashes blue... Pretty sure your shooting your own team... |
Average Joe81
Circle of Huskarl
Minmatar Republic
21
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Posted - 2012.10.23 23:25:00 -
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xMarauder wrote:If it flashes blue... Pretty sure your shooting your own team...
no i see my aim dot thingy turn red and by flash blue i literally mean their dropsuit flashing blue(if some one is hit their shilds temporarily apear). |
Altina McAlterson
TRUE TEA BAGGERS
362
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Posted - 2012.10.23 23:37:00 -
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Average Joe81 wrote:xMarauder wrote:If it flashes blue... Pretty sure your shooting your own team... no i see my aim dot thingy turn red and by flash blue i literally mean their dropsuit flashing blue(if some one is hit their shilds temporarily apear).
I think what you are seeing is a hit, the blue flash is the shield impact, but at the extreme end of your max range so you're only doing a couple points of damage. Every weapon has an optimal range and a max range. Think those are the right terms. As I understand it you do 100% damage within you optimal range, but once past that damage decreases to 0% at your max range. Farther than that and I don't believe it will even register a hit.
I think the weird blue flash might actually be their shield deflecting all of the damage, since you were on the very edge of your range. As I recall it does maybe look different then a normal shield hit. So that could also be what it means. Your dot could turn red even at 99.9% of you max range, but you would probably be doing less than 1% damage. |
Scheneighnay McBob
Bojo's School of the Trades
1058
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Posted - 2012.10.23 23:40:00 -
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Altina McAlterson wrote:Average Joe81 wrote:xMarauder wrote:If it flashes blue... Pretty sure your shooting your own team... no i see my aim dot thingy turn red and by flash blue i literally mean their dropsuit flashing blue(if some one is hit their shilds temporarily apear). I think what you are seeing is a hit, the blue flash is the shield impact, but at the extreme end of your max range so you're only doing a couple points of damage. Every weapon has an optimal range and a max range. Think those are the right terms. As I understand it you do 100% damage within you optimal range, but once past that damage decreases to 0% at your max range. Farther than that and I don't believe it will even register a hit.
^what he said
This also explains why scrambler pistols don't have nearly the range that people think they do. |
Nomed Deeps
The Exemplars
91
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Posted - 2012.10.23 23:41:00 -
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Just FYI, your reticle will turn red when within range of an enemy. If you are looking at an enemy and your reticle is white, you are out of range so there is no need to waste ammo. |
Altina McAlterson
TRUE TEA BAGGERS
362
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Posted - 2012.10.23 23:51:00 -
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Nomed Deeps wrote:Just FYI, your reticle will turn red when within range of an enemy. If you are looking at an enemy and your reticle is white, you are out of range so there is no need to waste ammo.
Even when it's red you could still be out of optimal range. That's what the efficiency percentage that pops up means. There's a thread on here that lists the optimal and max ranges for a bunch of weapons but it's buried amidst the garbage now. |
Forlorn Destrier
ZionTCD
Legacy Rising
914
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Posted - 2012.10.24 00:21:00 -
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This is a known issue for snipers. Please check the bugs section when you have problems, as they are probably mentioned there already:
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=34746&find=unread |
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