NewbieKenobi Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 So I arrive at a landed UFO mission, resistance is expected to be hard. I come up against 3 Mutons and 2 Floaters, 5 vs 5. I take out the 3 Mutons and 1 Floater. 1 Floater to go. My Support class soldier has 2 turns left and 82% to hit. Good number. But he misses... Wtf? 82% is good right? It's not 100% but hey... For fun I try to reload the last save, just before I took the 82% shot. He misses again... I think, ok... I reload. Again he misses... What are to ods that the soldier hits the 12% miss mark every time he shoots? I reload and run a couple of squares, ending up 3-4 steps from the Floater, Hit percentage is up at 97% now, +82% from Aim and +15% from Distance. Good number right? Again, he misses... And I relaod, again and again and again... 9-10 times I relaod, every time he misses. At 97%!!!! It feels more like the shot is predetermined to hit or not, not counting hit percantage... It's not until I run 2 squares from the Floater, getting a 100% hit without cover that I get him... Does this even seem fair? Sure, I mean he C-O-U-L-D miss with 97% accuracy like 9-10 times and just nail those last 3% 9 times in a row... Or? Can he? NO HE CANNOT!!! What's up with this game? That's just down right weird... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komrade Vasilevsky Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Shots are determined at the start of each turn, so reloading and making the same moves won't change anything. Reloading and making different choices (targets, positioning) might get you a more favorable outcome. Or reload a save from before the end of the previous turn to make the game decide its hits and misses differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISNIPEYZ Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Good to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverwake Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I've had that happen a few times. Once I figured it out, I felt pretty dumb. It's exactly the same as the Fire Emblem games. As a vet of those games, I should've realized sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Brown Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Does feel unfair when you miss high percent shots, but that;s just how probability works. winning the lottery is millions to one odds but people win it all the time. You wouldn't complain if you hit with 18%. So you can't complain if you miss at 82% also... what he said. chances determined at the start of the turn. if you could save before every shot an reload for a different outcome, well then you might as well have 100% chance to hit, good thing the designers though of that or you could really exploit this game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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