Melee needs help. Update hit boxes again please

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So far in my experience I have made multiple melee characters on both softcore and hardcore. With the recent hit box changes/updates melee is literally not viable. I get stuck CONSTANTLY. I don’t mean surrounded by enemies stuck, but stuck on the bosses actual character models. It basically traps my character and locks me into place when I should be able to move around the boss and it is getting me killed. Please revert the hit box changes so melee is actually viable.

PS. Keep up the good work! A huge fan of the game!

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100%

I posted a video in the bug report forum showing what it’s like a for a pure melee to fight Heorot in Age of Winter. The collision detection and invisible walls are unreal. Pre-alpha bad. Not just throughout this fight but in many other areas of the game as well.

It’s bad enough you barely get to attack as is with all the frontal damage/AoE telegraph spam.

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The fight versus the big necrotic dragon is literally IMPOSSIBLE to attack him and move around him. His leg hit box is massive and I keep getting stuck on invisible walls…

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Yes! Emperor of Corpses. His “frontal” melee attack hits 270/360 degrees around him which doesn’t match the animation. Also, his flame breath can hit even when the player isn’t standing directly in the breath animation/hitbox.

If you end up on his “bad side”, he body-blocks your movement and completely obfuscates your character and character’s health bar from view. The zombie adds just make it so much worse, though. This isn’t just a problem with this boss, however. This happens frequently throughout the game.

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If frontal damage is the issue why not hit it from the back?

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Because you cannot move behind bosses because of the invisible walls of their hit box you cannot get around.

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Thats a good point I get blocked by the boss when I try to hit it form the back as well and she is only 110 lbs.

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In the case of Heorot himself, that’s an easy answer. He likes to charge into corners and keep his back against walls, or stick next to rock formations spread out across the map. The video I posted shows just how terrible this is because of the collision detection/invisible walls.

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I lol’d

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Full support. As a melee char player myself this made me nearly quit. The boss hitboxes are the worst i have ever seen. Most time i can’t attack them. As a Forge Guard you are just screwed. Stopped doing dungeons because of this.
I truly hope they fix this anytime soon together with skill notes not working. With two chars i already discovered 3 skill nodes not working properly.
This game is pretty good designed but the technical execution is the worst in a long, long time.

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