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Catapults can dodge?

September 13, 2014 1:14:17 PM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

Can someone explain to me the mechanics behind catapults dodging? A catapult dodged 4 initial attacks (not subsequent mauls) from my cave bear. 

 

Am I the only one who thinks that catapults should have a massive dodge penalty, if not a complete inability to dodge?

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Reply #1 September 13, 2014 1:25:26 PM
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What difficulty? All units have a dodge bonus on expert and higher.

Was the cave bear blinded? His accuracy might have been reduced.

Also, any attack has a 3% chance to miss. It will say 'dodged,' not missed. If this keeps up, there's someting else involved, but it could have been extremely bad luck.

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Reply #2 September 15, 2014 7:43:35 AM
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Catapults cannot dodge, but their attackers can miss them. The chance to hit is only one roll, (Attacker's accuracy - defender's dodge) and the developers decided to display the miss/dodge result as 'dodged'.

Unless the Cave Bear's chance to hit is near 97%, I would say missing 4x is rare, but nothing exceptional. 

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Reply #3 September 15, 2014 11:02:46 AM
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Oops ignore this

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Reply #4 September 19, 2014 11:34:31 AM
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It is a fantasy game... maybe they are enchanted catapults?

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Reply #5 September 30, 2014 6:44:06 AM
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Oh, such things are very much possible. I remember returning from a pub crawl once, everything was sort of a blur, and I made a lunge against the keyhole with my trusty key, but the door dodged it and I fell down the stairs. Vicious things, those so called inanimate objects. 

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Reply #6 October 3, 2014 8:02:53 AM
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Thank you kamam, i lol'd.  As for dodging four times in a row, i had a troll dodge 4 times in a roll at 97% chance. Luckiest darn troll I ever came across and nothing was wrong with the unit... Unless it was like kamam and had a few too many at the pub the night before. 

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