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4 years ago

Feature Request: FR DUMMIE 2.0

Problem: Mobility plays an increasingly out-sized role in Apex Legends fights, yet many (if not most) players have difficulty combining movement and fire (especially on consoles). Despite the demonst...

gameplay discussion

nebwise

4 years ago

@Midnight9746 There would be issues with Legend abilities, though. To get realistic sequences you'd have to exempt your "clone" from cooldowns and some ability-related collision detection.

Otherwise, there'd have to be some degree of AI to recognize and adapt to object placement, or a simple "dry-fire" policy that executes the input commands, but doesn't activate the abilities until the cooldowns reset (which would produce inconsistent DUMMIE sequences).

That raises the specter of many corner cases to test through for game-crashing bugs. Imagine a Valk tactical on a really short loop: the whole range would continuously shake. You could set your automaton to pile up shields, totems, etc., in precisely the same spot every time it loops.

At some point, I imagine that could crash the engine or the server.

Midnight9746

Hero+

4 years ago

@nebwise hmm.. good point. Maybe just look like a legend and take on ther passives, like Gib/Caustic's damage reduction.

nebwise
4 years ago
@Midnight9746 That would be cool. Rogue Company does this with moving dummies that cycle through a different character model on each loop.