There are several important news regarding the combat system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Visible chance of full success for Feints and Shield Attacks <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Actions like Feints and Shield\nattacks have always had two indicators: the first represents the\nprimary, mostly Skill based check, and the second represents the\nchance to overcome the opponent’s resistance (based on Awareness for\nall Feints, but also on Quickness for Quick Feints). A full success\nrequires the attacker to pass both checks. When they saw two circles\nshowing a chance of success of about 70%, some players assumed that\nthe overall chance was about the same, but combined probability\ndoesn’t work that way and the chance was much lower than they\nexpected. This led to a lot of misunderstandings about the fairness\nof the RNG. To avoid such confusion in\nthe future, I have added a third indicator that calculates the\ncombined probability for you and shows the overall chance of complete\nsuccess. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n A note to veteran players: nothing has\nchanged in the mechanics of Feints. They work exactly as they did\nbefore; there is just this further bit of (hopefully useful)\ninformation shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Partial hits <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I have introduced these to\naddress extremely lucky shots by weak AI controlled characters\nhappening even if the player was being careful. You won’t see them\noften, because they only trigger when attacks with a very low chance\nto hit connect, but they are there as an additional layer of\nprotection against vastly inferior and unskilled enemies\u2014<\/em>providing\nyour defensive position is good enough<\/em>.\nMore details are in the changelog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Changes to javelin throws <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s face it, some of those one-shot kills were fairly anticlimatic, especially when they happened on a fluke. Bull’s-eye shots are still possible, but only <\/em>when the chance to hit is at least 50%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have also changed the way javelins can break shields: now the rolls are more dependent on your chance to hit and influenced by your Attitude. <\/p>\n\n\n\n