Are Zaul's stealth mechanics broken?
Here is why I think they are... can someone elaborate?
When a sith under Zaul's lead is attacked by someone who calls assist, if the first shot is evaded and the they are stealthed, the subsequent shots (assists etc) still hit (though they are stealthed when another character in the squad is not) AND they still critically hit (though the Zaul lead mechanics state otherwise).
This couldn't possibly be working as it is intended to, correct? It completely ignores the zeta lead mechanics.
Can someone please explain this to me?
When a sith under Zaul's lead is attacked by someone who calls assist, if the first shot is evaded and the they are stealthed, the subsequent shots (assists etc) still hit (though they are stealthed when another character in the squad is not) AND they still critically hit (though the Zaul lead mechanics state otherwise).
This couldn't possibly be working as it is intended to, correct? It completely ignores the zeta lead mechanics.
Can someone please explain this to me?
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Technically, the assist happened first with the initiating ability. The assist "happened" before the sith had the dodge buffs.
How can you assist something that hasn't happened yet? I fire... THEN you assist. You can't assistsomeone who hasn't gone yet. Take 212th for instance. Cody fires THEN all other characters assist at the same time.
Your train of thought is on a different rail than the game you're playing.
Oh you don't know how much I agree with this lol. Had to at least ask what others thought. Zaul is a semi-dead meta, but this has always bugged me.
Target selection was made when they were not stealthed so I see that part as WAI.
As for the crits after they are stealthed that is not WAI.
That sounds more like what it should be. I can completely see the target aquired prior to stealth, but the critical hit after stealth is tooooo much.
As someone who uses Zaul, I can promise that it does.
I'd take my zetas back... I'm ok with this option, if it continues to work as is.
I have no idea on double attack. I only know that assist most definitely do crit. I fight wiggs/chaze all day long in arena, because (unlike you & I love the fact that you play FO) every1 uses wiggs. .With the 75% additional chance to score a crit, it happens all the time. The problem is, the 2 assists SHOULD NOT be criticals if stealth is applied after the initial attack.
My only guess is that maybe assists called by abilities function differently, but I agree it should be the same regardless, especially in the case Of Double Tap. If one character can't crit twice on the same attack, why allow three to crit on Wiggs attack?