Game Mechanics: Melee Range almost impossible to hit people running

[georgie]

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[Rogean]

Need more feedback before we consider increasing the range.

[M.Bison]

This was always an issue on RZ for melee characters. The solution was to put your character a few steps in front of the fleeing opponent. I played a rogue pk on RZ and i would always have to get like 2 steps in front of the person i was chasing in order for backstab (or any melee swing) to land. following the person from behind resulted in "You are too far away from your target, get closer." message.

[Darksinga]

Hit Boxes are wayyyy too small.

I got attacked today by three guys and I could just run circles around them without getting hit because the hit boxes are so damn small. I tried jousting on a few dudes and I was able to hit them but the jousting just seemed kind of dumb b/c hit box is so tiny lol.

Don't remember jousting like this on live, not sure if it's working as intended

[Crenshinabon]

These pvp hitboxes are insanely low. Melee pvp is just frustrating as is.

[Harrison]

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Need more feedback before we consider increasing the range.

While melee range on moving targets was always a bitch on live, it's distinctly more ridiculous on strafe-running pcs on emulator. The way strafe "ghosts" the PC model on top of hit-box issues, it's just...wow.

A slight tweak is necessary for balance IMO.

[mitic]

i can confirm that the current hitbox is way to small, was dancing around with another mele for MINUTES at lvl 5... after a while we just stoped and restarted killing mobs for exp haha

[ChubbyBubbles]

Agree hitbox seems abnormally small. Jousting with the few other dorfs I found in BB and chasing some down, i have found it very difficult to land blows on people. Hitbox VRS mobs also seems a bit smaller than what I *remember*.

[purest]

i have no point of reference since i did not play pvp on live, but imo the hitboxes are smaller than they should be

[Softcore PK]

They increased melee hitbox size sometime on live. Even if it was later than velious, this should be patched in to make melee classes viable.