To Hit?

[Seth Ventril]

Level: 48

Marksmanship: 150 (154)
Tactics: 96
Evasion: 144 (152)

Agility: 80 (81)
Coordination: 58
Mentality: 50 (55)
Perception: 40 (51)

Alright, with all of my statistics out of the way...Is there anyone who can attempt to tell me why I can't hit a single guard with my guns? And how they always manage to hit me? Is 2 promotions really that much of a difference, or is it a matter of my mentality/coord being too low?

*Edit* I've tried this with varying sorts of encumbrace, including not being encumbered at all and it didn't make a difference. I've also tried fighting them poorly balanced and normally balanced, and that didn't seem to help. They dodged and hit me too much for me to get to Incredibly balanced, so I didn't test with that.
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Victim: Well, what is the creed?
Assassin: It's very secret, passed down for hundreds of generations. If I told you, I'd have to kill you.
Victim: Aren't you already killing me anyway?
Assassin: That's a good point...The creed is..."Stick them with the pointy end." - Ctrl+Alt+Del parody of Assassin's Creed.
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TELEPATHY [close]:  Yaru Dex - "Great now you made Mickey cry. Thanks a lot, Seth."
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Korell Ventril exclaims, "Choo ain no guard! Choo a crackhead!"

[soundless]

it's possible that it's a mix of them being two levels higher plus them using shields. shields are notably more effective at blocking things than evasion,
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A bright-eyed Thekko Ku Kalla dressed in a dapper sailor suit takes to flight and careers through the air toward the Modan Kucho and slams into him!
With a high-pitched cry, The Modan Kucho collapses in death.

[Seth Ventril]

Hm. Didn't think of that. I'll try again some more using my blades and seeing if that helps.

*Edit* Not that I expected this to work at all, but it didn't. I'll just wait til next promotion and try again.
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Victim: Well, what is the creed?
Assassin: It's very secret, passed down for hundreds of generations. If I told you, I'd have to kill you.
Victim: Aren't you already killing me anyway?
Assassin: That's a good point...The creed is..."Stick them with the pointy end." - Ctrl+Alt+Del parody of Assassin's Creed.
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TELEPATHY [close]:  Yaru Dex - "Great now you made Mickey cry. Thanks a lot, Seth."
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Korell Ventril exclaims, "Choo ain no guard! Choo a crackhead!"

[tygerwulf]

Shields don't offer protection against guns though right?
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>ask librarian about books
An elderly librarian says, "I don't know much about that, I'm afraid."

[Seth Ventril]

From news 16:

[tygerwulf]

Ah. I couldn't remember exactly.
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>ask librarian about books
An elderly librarian says, "I don't know much about that, I'm afraid."

[HR-Trevor]

I'll tell you this much... as-is, you do have a chance to hit guards, but you're overall evenly matched. Your level is a factor, and yes, shields are superior to evasion all things being equal - unless of course you were using a cloud, aura, etc as indicated.

The biggest factor is that guards are considered to be in the Trooper profession and receive a 10% defensive skill bonus accordingly. You'd be hitting them fine if they were, for instance, Trackers.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -- Plato

-- Trevor Rage / Rich Mondy

[Seth Ventril]

Ah. I'm glad all is not as Daedalus said, and I do not in fact suck at combat.

Thanks a ton Trevor.
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Victim: Well, what is the creed?
Assassin: It's very secret, passed down for hundreds of generations. If I told you, I'd have to kill you.
Victim: Aren't you already killing me anyway?
Assassin: That's a good point...The creed is..."Stick them with the pointy end." - Ctrl+Alt+Del parody of Assassin's Creed.
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TELEPATHY [close]:  Yaru Dex - "Great now you made Mickey cry. Thanks a lot, Seth."
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Korell Ventril exclaims, "Choo ain no guard! Choo a crackhead!"

[soundless]

[Tao]

[HR-Trevor]

Hey now, if the guard was a Tracker using a bow or firearm...
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -- Plato

-- Trevor Rage / Rich Mondy

[Seth Ventril]

I'd be able to kill him, cause he wouldn't have the +10% to defenses! *cackles*
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Victim: Well, what is the creed?
Assassin: It's very secret, passed down for hundreds of generations. If I told you, I'd have to kill you.
Victim: Aren't you already killing me anyway?
Assassin: That's a good point...The creed is..."Stick them with the pointy end." - Ctrl+Alt+Del parody of Assassin's Creed.
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TELEPATHY [close]:  Yaru Dex - "Great now you made Mickey cry. Thanks a lot, Seth."
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Korell Ventril exclaims, "Choo ain no guard! Choo a crackhead!"

[Galeth Lothain]

You can hunt with a Guardian who can WARD, it drops combat defenses/offensives a bit, not sure by how much though.
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-- Konrad Adenauer

"Anybody can become angry, that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody's power, that is not easy"
--Aristotle