[BUG] Regulus snipe animation

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I was playing regulus last night, and noticed a small error in the snipe animation.

If you click snipe then select your target, regulus will aim at the target and start charging up. However if you were close enough to the target that he can move around you to a different bearing before your snipe finishes charging, regulus will not adjust his aim -> the snipe will still hit, but the beam won't go straight out of the crossbow - in this case the target had actually moved to be beside regulus, so the beam came out of his crossbow at a 90 degree angle.

 

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

Kinda related to this:

If Regulus has "locked on" you, the sniper shot WILL hit. I was fighting against regulus, teleported home, and while I was teleporting, he started charging up...the shot basically traveled over the whole map to hit me in my base.

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

Kinda related to this:

If Regulus has "locked on" you, the sniper shot WILL hit. I was fighting against regulus, teleported home, and while I was teleporting, he started charging up...the shot basically traveled over the whole map to hit me in my base.

End of quote

That reminds me of the Yamato Cannon from Starcraft.  As soon as that cannon starts charging, the bolt would follow you anywhere in the map..  ^_^

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

They really need to do the 'in range' check at the end of the ability as well...

Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting xthetenth, reply 3
They really need to do the 'in range' check at the end of the ability as well...
End of xthetenth's quote

I think it's intended. Maybe not when teleporting away, but at least when firing at an escaping enemy.

Reply #5 from Demigod Forums Top

It'd be pretty easy to run out of snipe range given how long it takes to use, hitting after teleport might be a bit much though. It occurs with Fireball as well (and probably deep freeze/any other casted-on-target ability, but it has such a quick cast it'd be hard to notice).

Reply #6 from Demigod Forums Top

I think fog of war and in range mechanics are going to get a lot of work in subsequent builds, there's a lot of issues.