So I was looking at the Loota, and I couldn't help but notice just how much that deffgun actually shielded the Loota's body. Seriously, he was
well-protected on the flanks and the rear.

So what happens if I fire at that Loota's side with a boltgun? Surely the bullets won't just go all the way through and hit the Ork. There's surely too much metal bits blocking the bullet from full penetration. So will the gun act as shielding? Or will hitting it just deal damage to the actual Ork's hitbox?

An idea is that maybe too much damage will disable the deffgun. The Loota then needs to get to a safe spot and do a three-second animation of "fixing" the gun before it functions again.

I guess I'll find a friend to shoot at me and test out the hitbox.
A little while later: Right, I don't think that's going to work for me. Well, you'll be able to test for yourself soon.

Remember guys, UAT stuff is only legal to talk about on the founders forums.

And yet I'm comfortable talking about hitboxes. It's like there's a legal grey zone that comes with things appearing on the twitch.

That's a joke, there is no grey zone. Once something appears on a twitch it's now open knowledge. Anything that wasn't in a twitch/live/announcement is still protected. The loota's now open, but his numbers are not. Hitboxes are one of those fun things you can extrapolate though.

Remember kids, always read articles of agreement and conditions before you click "I agree."

Yeah it isn't like he is talking about the piloted mega deff dread in development....I SAID NOTHING LOOK AWAY YOU SEE NUSSING!

(btw not a founder soooo....)

well itz just simpa logic. da dakka hittin da deffgun gets stuck in da ammo box an wes shoot it back at ya. easie


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but really? it probably just hits the ork. there's no way the devs will make something so complicated.... or so helpful...

*casts An Corp on the thread*

Anything new on this front? I really feel like, as a loota, I get hit as much when crouched behind cover as if I were out in the open. If our weapon is really part of our hitbox, then a braced loota would be a lot more susceptible to return fire than any other races' equivalents, while also being almost unable to hide behind most kind of cover.

sry offtopic but talking about lootas i want to say that i would want to see the weapon on downed state, near me, in the ground.

Not like now, where the weapon appear and disappear everytime i get downed or revived.

Maybe an animation where you pick the weapon from the ground can be done.

Well, it is. You experience it, I have as well. Crouching below cover you can still get shot quite often from someone at the same height level. It's really quite annoying as you want to brace and seek cover when necessary, but now you just die when spotted instead. You can't return fire effectively either, as every other heavy weapon is more accurate than your deffguns.

Surely the damage is only applied if it contacts the actual Ork's hitbox, not the extended outline which includes the deffgun?