That would introduce its own problems. It could get tricky to actually select a target like mechanon, if he is surrounded by a lot of melee players. Also you'd need to stay oddly close to an arbitrary part of his body to be able to attack. And having 20 melee players all getting close enough to a player sized hitbox to be able to attack could be tricky.
I think we're missing one another here. Let me try to clarify. The hit boxes should not be adjusted by things like Magnifiers, Shrinkers, and other growth effects. In the case of Mechanon his hit box should be as big as he is(as should it be with other actual mobs that are just "that big"). This would mean that he is just as easy to target after my proposal as he is before it. It also means when he's a teeny teddy bear his hit box is still as big as his default form. I did not mean that everything in the game should have the same hitbox. I hope this clears things up.
Players have abused containment feild before in open events (one player I caught doing it surprised me cause they were also active on the boards). Just like w/ Teddy-fication, its an effect that prob shouldn't be working like that on mobs of this level.
I believe the anti-magic bubble from Lemurian PA becomes also can do this, but I may be thinking of a diff ability.
I don't think I've tried Containment Field, but it seems like it has potential to be used for good in an event like this also, like to try to protect the most damaged Mega-D from going down before the others are ready.
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I don't think I've tried Containment Field, but it seems like it has potential to be used for good in an event like this also, like to try to protect the most damaged Mega-D from going down before the others are ready.
I wouldn't keep it around just for that though- too specific to this version of this event, and still can be used negatively. Plus, if you saw more players trying to protect a Mega-D w/ it, then likely more players will think its a good idea to bring/use it when they don't fully understand why, and that could make the whole event even worse.
I take this quote from a review that I agree with.
"customisation is so linear; everyone is after the optimal dps:survivability ratio with 0 reliance on other players = autonomous gameplay... Players don't need each other anymore... which in my opinion is a bad thing."
I think Mechanon torso and hips first would need to be remade into a player-friendly version. They are connected by a very thin waist and using them with any other costume part would produce a very large gap.
So, their version released to players should be probably made not unlike Junkbot's torso and hips, with a large waist connector.
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I think we're missing one another here. Let me try to clarify. The hit boxes should not be adjusted by things like Magnifiers, Shrinkers, and other growth effects. In the case of Mechanon his hit box should be as big as he is(as should it be with other actual mobs that are just "that big"). This would mean that he is just as easy to target after my proposal as he is before it. It also means when he's a teeny teddy bear his hit box is still as big as his default form. I did not mean that everything in the game should have the same hitbox. I hope this clears things up.
Join Date: Aug 2009 | Title: Devslayer
Damage log (1543 total events, selection heavily redacted.)
Total damage mitigated: 522842
Suggest putting sort of maximum damage cap on the shield procced by containment field. Or make open mission bosses resistant/immune to effects.
I believe the anti-magic bubble from Lemurian PA becomes also can do this, but I may be thinking of a diff ability.
- Be safe and have fun, champs - for science!
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I wouldn't keep it around just for that though- too specific to this version of this event, and still can be used negatively. Plus, if you saw more players trying to protect a Mega-D w/ it, then likely more players will think its a good idea to bring/use it when they don't fully understand why, and that could make the whole event even worse.
- Be safe and have fun, champs - for science!
Or most likely keeping them Unique like certain NPC's in game.
You can not haz Copy Costume. :I
I take this quote from a review that I agree with.
"customisation is so linear; everyone is after the optimal dps:survivability ratio with 0 reliance on other players = autonomous gameplay... Players don't need each other anymore... which in my opinion is a bad thing."
So, their version released to players should be probably made not unlike Junkbot's torso and hips, with a large waist connector.