Chest_Rockfield wrote:He said that if a monster runs into you it will always attack first...
yeah?
i was thinking he meant coming at you in a straight line...
but what about walking side by side with a mob?
traveling parallel with the monster, step by step... touching for two steps [at least] - i can still initiate battle.
Standing next to and running into are not the same thing, at least that's what I gather from what he said. I believe "running into" means standing next to and then attempting to move to occupy the space you're in.
Here's how I think it works: the map is a grid, the character is at one point, for this let's say he's in the exact middle (0,0). There's a monster next to him (1,0). If the monster and character meet at 0,0 the monster strikes first, but if they meet at the monster point (1,0) the character strikes first. Therefore evasion simply lowers the chance of a monster moving onto the character instead of staying put or moving away.
I just tried it, if I use 4 skill points to evasion I can always get first strike:
The only chance they get first strike is when they start to walk. (and walk into you) Currently monsters can only walk horizontal or vertical:
standing monster:
..d..
..d..
ddmdd
..d..
..d..
moving monster: (it moves to the right)
........
.mddddd
........
Legend:
m - monster
d - dangerous
. - safe
So the only thing left to you is attacking the monster diagonal.
a) If it moves just keep out of its way or attack it from behind or the side.
b) If it stands still enter a safe adjacent field and attack.
Black Wind wrote:Here's how I think it works: the map is a grid, the character is at one point, for this let's say he's in the exact middle (0,0). There's a monster next to him (1,0). If the monster and character meet at 0,0 the monster strikes first, but if they meet at the monster point (1,0) the character strikes first.
Correct that is one way a monster can get an attack on you. (and you can not lower chances here, beside avoiding dangerous fields [the attack happens for sure otherwise])
But there is another way a monster can hit you. It doesn't need to run into you, it only needs to be adjacent. (this happens by chance and this is the chance that can be lowered)
Black Wind wrote:Therefore evasion simply lowers the chance of a monster moving onto the character instead of staying put or moving away.
No. (see above)
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