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I jsut logged in here to report the same problem and was surprised that the thread is already exist.
- GladOS-0137 years agoHero (Retired)I would argue that granting the Taunt debuff to Falcon should be possible, as it's no a "targeted" ability.
However, even if the Falcon has that taunt on it, the Outmaneuver buff should make it untargetable, therefore I believe that even another ship without Taunt should be targeted before the OMF.
There are several buffs/debuffs that interact here, and it comes down to what did the developers intend?
1. If there is a stealthed Phantom, and a non-stealthed Falcon with OM - which should be targeted?
2. Do counterattacks "target"? Right now in-game a ship with retribution will not counter vs Falcon, but that may not be as intended.
Given that this "untargetability" is unique to the game (although similar to stealthed targets), it's certainly possible that there are unintended bugs in how it functions. That's why these reports are great!- 7 years ago
Given that this "untargetability" is unique to the game (although similar to stealthed targets), it's certainly possible that there are unintended bugs in how it functions. That's why these reports are great!The difference between stealth and outmanuever, from what I can tell, is that the definition of Stealth, at least from the list on Gaming Fans, is that the "Character can not be targeted directly", whereas, Outmanuever excludes the word "directly" and just says cannot be targeted. To me, this implies that HMF, as long as it has the outmanuever buff, cannot be the target from any type of attack, whether it is direct, indirect, random, etc. Outmanuever is basically an upgraded stealth ability. At least that is how I am interpreting it with respect to otehr definititions in game.
Opinions will vary, especially between HMF and Spy users. I am an HMF user (full disclosure), but I am trying to look at this unbiasly, through other game definitions and interactions. Really interested to see if we get an official response on this and what it is.
- GladOS-0137 years agoHero (Retired)When MindTricks says that he flagged it for review, that will put it into the bug logs so that the developers will review the behavior. They can take a look at how it is performing, and whether that performance meets the design intent.
If it meets their intent, but there's some confusion, perhaps the wording of the skills can be updated. If it doesn't meet their intent, they should change the skill to meet its original intent (or alternatively modify the skill if they believe the new functionality is acceptable/better for future-state design).