Heres your tinfoil hat. Write "D-U-N-C-E" on it in Sharpie, sit on a tall stool in the corner and behave like the rest of the children. Cripes.

Reserved for future trolling.

That would make a lot of sense as far as sticking to things... like when you go to sprint out of a null cannon after hacking it. it becomes like you have moe and curly on your right and left.

This is interesting stuff, Cipher. +1.

Please keep us posted on the results of your testing. A hitbox increase of 20-40% is something we scouts should take into account.

If your observations are correct, speed tanking in Uprising 1.2 would effectively handicap a Scout, right?

- Shotty

Thanks for explaining the speed equals hotbox enlargement , people with SMg couldn't even touch me before I rounded a corner zig zagging , maybe take a few but with a suit close to a corner doing 10.36 an jumping a hand rail only to flank an kill the guy I missed worked so well , now being seen means death!
Plus the endurance delay nerf an how badly it wears down your speed an how much it takes from one jump is insanity !
It got nerfed so bad other classes have no clue cuz they ve always been to slow to notice a difference plus scouts always have been able to jump everything it's ment too!
This has made me so frustrated that it's changed my whole play stratagy an weapon choices.
Shotgun bad, knives bad, speed bad so theirs like almost ten million sp friggen wasted.!!!
Need new suit new guns feels like starting from scratch even tho I been here as a scout since open beta.
Now it's dragonfly assault flux two faylocks joining the fu party!
I want my mini back!

shouldn't scouts be sniping?

oh, maybe the snipers are heavies?

Cipher,

I'm inclined to think that your theory is valid. My 10.73 proto suit seems easier to hit in full sprint than my 8.01 advanced suit. I can't come up with any explanation for this. Would you mind detailing for us your testing methods and evidence?

Thanks,

Shotty GoBang

WOW!!!!

So all the time I am trying to get out of a hotspot I am actually easier to hit - couple that with weapon's range increase - ouch.

I was just chalking it up to some really good shots catching me in the back.

Great work Spec, though as Shotty said if you publish your methods you can gain wider support - Hope all of this can be addressed soon so we can get back to being true thorns in the enemy's side.

A microwarp drive in eve adds to your signature because your ship is accelerating so fast it increases your mass, thus signature, and thus easier to hit you. the physics of that is questionable, but it's to balance the incredible speed people have to outrun their enemies.

A scout suit is so small and the acceleration/top speed so slow, it would be laughable to balance speed by increasing it's mass like a spaceship weighing hundreds to thousands of tons and traveling 5+k m/s in eve.

@Cipher:
Neat testing method . Assuming you are correct, do you think there's an upper-bound to the size of a player's hitbox? In other words, does hitbox size correlate directly with speed, or does hitbox size eventually reach a maximum value (such that more speed does not yield more penalty)? I don't know how you'd test that, but it'd be good to know if that 2nd KinCat is hurting more than helping.

@Mollerz:
Do you think CPM would be willing/able to chime in on this observation? If Cipher is correct, then folks who are stacking KinCats may be doing themselves more harm than good.

- Shotty GoBang

So you suspect a static penalty ... for example:
Hitbox (stationary) = x
Hitbox (walking) = x + 10%
Hitbox (sprinting) = x + 40%

Rather than a progressive penalty ... for example:
Hitbox (stationary) = x
Hitbox (walking) = x + 10%
Hitbox (sprinting @ 6 m/s) = x + 20%
Hitbox (sprinting @ 7 m/s) = x + 30%
Hitbox (sprinting @ 8 m/s) = x + 40%
Hitbox (sprinting @ 9 m/s) = x + 50%

Or a progressive penalty with an upper limit ... for example:
Hitbox (stationary) = x
Hitbox (walking) = x + 10%
Hitbox (sprinting @ 06 m/s) = x + 20%
Hitbox (sprinting @ 07 m/s) = x + 30%
Hitbox (sprinting @ 08 m/s) = x + 40%
Hitbox (sprinting @ 09 m/s) = x + 40%
Hitbox (sprinting @ 10 m/s) = x + 40%

Or is it possible to tell?

So you suspect a static penalty ... for example:
Hitbox (stationary) = x
Hitbox (walking) = x + 10%
Hitbox (sprinting) = x + 40%

Rather than a progressive penalty ... for example:
Hitbox (stationary) = x
Hitbox (walking) = x + 10%
Hitbox (sprinting @ 6 m/s) = x + 20%
Hitbox (sprinting @ 7 m/s) = x + 30%
Hitbox (sprinting @ 8 m/s) = x + 40%
Hitbox (sprinting @ 9 m/s) = x + 50%

Or a progressive penalty with an upper limit ... for example:
Hitbox (stationary) = x
Hitbox (walking) = x + 10%
Hitbox (sprinting @ 06 m/s) = x + 20%
Hitbox (sprinting @ 07 m/s) = x + 30%
Hitbox (sprinting @ 08 m/s) = x + 40%
Hitbox (sprinting @ 09 m/s) = x + 40%
Hitbox (sprinting @ 10 m/s) = x + 40%

Or is it possible to tell?

Park some blue LAVs facing each other and adjust gap as necessary. Start with bumpers touching and then backup at smallest measurable, repeatable unit of measure.

Example: smallest button press resulting in movement equals "1". From touch, scout cant fit til "20" and sprinting scout cant fit til "28" between bumpers. Hence 40% increase. Switch suits, rinse, repeat.

I only started up this convo on here. i don't know the CPM people, or have an in with them. But I have been trying to postively engage them, and even tho none of them play scouts, they seem to be interested enough to engage us back. That's the way it should be, and I am happy scouts are in this position, as opposed to other classses that seem to want to complain more than work with people. Scouts are naturally a patient bunch

I would imagine that this is an interesting enough observation, that everyone has eyes on it. It makes sense to me, as lots of times when I am sprinting around in the null cannon (favorite knifer tactic) I get stuck, and have a hard time exiting. sometimes, I even end up inboluntarily crouching as I sprint out of the null canon. that, in particular, is a favorite way to die of mine

I've been having a bit too much fun this weekend, but i have an edit of the original post that i need to clean up, and i will post in the CPM thread I will make sure to include this for sure, with a link to this thread. CPM Heinrich made an excellent post in that thread and i actually knifed him last night, so hopefully we got his attention

This sounds like an interpolation issue, not a *hitbox* thing.
Faster moving target -> more interpolation

Back in the counterstrike league days, competition configs had smoothing and interpolation off/negligible so this sort of thing didn't happen.