I can shoot through marble!!

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I am just so special that in one of the dungeon tactical fields I can stand behind a marble column and shoot arrows and spells directly through the marble column at enemies that should be obstructed.  It looks very epic and picturesque.  It looks very wrong.  The same is true of open field tactical maps with those rolling hills.  Arrows go straight through the hills.  Open field shots should be drawn as a ballistic arc not a straight line.  Short range shots should be horizontal and obstacles to range attacks should matter.  If you are at all into enforcing range increments, the two graphic styles could be used to show two effectiveness ranges.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

There is no line of sight in tactical battles.  Love it or hate it, it's not changing prior to release. 

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

You may see this in an expansion, but I doubt you'll see this as a feature in vanilla FE.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Ya, it's on the table for the expansion, but no fix for FE.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

i hope we get that feature but for now, if it helps, think of the archers arcing their arrows over the obstacles.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

I'd rather think of my archers as very strong and shooting right through the obstacles.  But everybody has their own favorite method of visualization...

 

In the meantime, one more reason to wait impatiently for an expansion!

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

I can shoot through anything when I play XCOM :)

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

I'd also like a range penalty if the archers are very far away from the target. Certain bows like longbows could neglect this penalty.