STO has industry-leading hit detection

farranor

An obstacle course with lots of hazards and platforming was a fantastic idea.

jade1280

Git gud

tousseau

Just not as good as Jade's spelling...

farranor

jade1280 wrote: »

Git gud

leceter

indeed
you were hit by an ionized spark leaving the discharge not visible for the human eye
hit detection is fine

kitsunesnout

I'll roughly echo Sela's lamp-shading from Uneasy Allies, who even in their most twisted minds would ever build places like that? Dust to dust is probably my least favorite mission in the game along with Operation Gamma due to the hoops one has to jump through.

Not to mention the stupidity of the part with the computer walls, especially when you get atop them, you freakin' can't even jump from one to another and just bypass the whole ridiculous maze because of invisible walls? Makes our captains look dumber than a hamster.

plaztikman64

Kurland here ...[static]...

ashstorm1

kitsunesnout wrote: »

I'll roughly echo Sela's lamp-shading from Uneasy Allies, who even in their most twisted minds would ever build places like that? Dust to dust is probably my least favorite mission in the game along with Operation Gamma due to the hoops one has to jump through.

Not to mention the stupidity of the part with the computer walls, especially when you get atop them, you freakin' can't even jump from one to another and just bypass the whole ridiculous maze because of invisible walls? Makes our captains look dumber than a hamster.

Agreed. That sort of puzzle would probably have its legitimacy in a Mario or Zelda game, but it looks outright ridiculous and out of place in something like STO. And having to bear with Harry's constant soliloquies is not making things any easier, that's for sure...

leceter

ashstorm1 wrote: »

Agreed. That sort of puzzle would probably have its legitimacy in a Mario or Zelda game, but it looks outright ridiculous and out of place in something like STO. And having to bear with Harry's constant soliloquies is not making things any easier, that's for sure...

No, it's fits a Cryptic's game. Being a mass murder captain that moves/fires and accepts dialogs ... like Mario

This maze is taking the game to a whole new level, a rotten fungus would be overchallenged. You don't even have to remember visited paths.

freightstopper

That mission annoys the hell out of me too, because the dodgy hits during the stop-start run are NOT the only bug there.

There's also the fact that the animation can get lagged so you see it's clear and it's actually NOT.
The tab and mouse-click targeting during the jumping stupidity can AND will select either a target you can't hit (it's behind a wall, too far away, not even that section of the map!) or one that's been hit and therefore won't do anything.
The dodgy hits can affect it as well, you hit none of the forcefields that instant drop the platform, there's plenty of time left before it drops and it just sudden vanishes on you.
Then there's the camera that constantly resetting it's position or refusing to move where you want it to.
And finally the fact that there just isn't enough time to do it on normal, let alone if that section of the map decides to lag...

bloodyriz

Oddly enough, I never had any issues in that area, only part I disliked was the platforms.​​

gradii

bloodyriz wrote: »

Oddly enough, I never had any issues in that area, only part I disliked was the platforms.​​

Occasional issue when you hit the wrong button, but the platforms definitely are worse. Still I've had my perfect platform runs on very hard with zero deaths. Helps to use a rifle with a fast firing speed and long range, and know which nodes to hit first.

shrimphead2015

I used to hate those platforms . One of the things that helped me alot is using sniper rifle so you can one shot it and the last platform run you can basically breeze through if you stop at the third platform to the last and blast the last three nodes before moving on. It's tricky and you have to be aware of how much time you have on the platform you're standing on while your blasting away at the nodes but it can be done.

The maze though I am wondering is it the same maze and the prizes are re-positioned or are there different mazes?

stobg2015

Heh. So not my favorite mission.

I would have been okay with some of the deathtraps and/or mazes. The whole thing together makes for one long, tedious grind.

Really hate the platforms. My hand/eye coordination sucks under good conditions, let alone those conditions.

taylor1701d

You should see the Hit Detection in SW Battlefront.
Atrocious.