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Most Embarrassing "Missed Attack" Animation?


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There are quite a few; I think [Pool.Sorcery.Arcane Bolt] is the one I find is most embarrassing when it misses. First, there is the long wind-up, and during the cast you can already tell that the spell is going off-target. In my head: my characters are thinking "Pay no attention to whatever it is I am trying to do."

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For me, it's Crane Kick.  I use it as a finisher for the style points - nothing like kocking your foe into a wall to say "I'm done with you."  But if you miss, you get a double "whiff" noise; once with the kick, and once when returning to your default stance.  Probably the one thing in the entire game that makes me feel like PeeWee Herman.

 

 

 

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Sands of Mu and it's Dark Melee counterpart, as well as its inferior copy in the Speed pool, Flurry.

 

"Oh, no I missed my first hit...  better keep swinging and hope one of these connects."  But they never do.

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Eye of the Storm. You miss with your weapon, hands, feet, body, face…

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Any blast power when you're standing right next to your target, then for no discernible reason you extend your arms above your head and fire straight up into the sky.

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2 hours ago, Mjolnerd said:

Any blast power when you're standing right next to your target, then for no discernible reason you extend your arms above your head and fire straight up into the sky.

 

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On 5/20/2023 at 8:09 AM, tidge said:

There are quite a few; I think [Pool.Sorcery.Arcane Bolt] is the one I find is most embarrassing when it misses

 

Oh, I thought you were talking about powers that "missed" their animation.

My peacebringer is constantly getting no animation when using Incandescent Strike. They just stand there and the sound and damages happens.

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3 hours ago, EmperorSteele said:

Sometimes when playing a blast set, if I'm near the target and miss, my character will just arch up and shoot the ceiling. It's hillarious, but also adds a bit of insult to injury.

 

So yeah any blast set =P

 

Seriously! It makes me want to only take the AoE attacks!

 

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4 hours ago, RobotLove said:

Meteor.

which is even more hilarious because meteor ALWAYS hits exactly where you aimed it only for some schmuck standing right next to it to look down at the massive impact crater and dust off his shoulder while wondering what happened to bob the guy he was talking to

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27 minutes ago, catsi563 said:

which is even more hilarious because meteor ALWAYS hits exactly where you aimed it only for some schmuck standing right next to it to look down at the massive impact crater and dust off his shoulder while wondering what happened to bob the guy he was talking to

 

They should add a slight chance to leave a pair of boots where one of the mobs was standing, especially if another mob got missed.

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