Nuances in attacking

[reydien]

You are correct, if there is a target in range when you attack, you will hit the target. There is no miss chance.

However, WHO you hit (with the basic attack at least) is randomly selected from the targets in range. Chrono was asking if there is a way to influence this random selection, to which the answer so far has been "don't know."

I strongly expect there to be a card in one of the 10 expansions Japan has that restricts the basic attack target selection, but that's Japan. I have yet to see a card in the basic set we're starting off with that affects the basic attack (other than cards that modify RNG).

[Kyoshi]

You are correct, if there is a target in range when you attack, you will hit the target. There is no miss chance.

However, WHO you hit (with the basic attack at least) is randomly selected from the targets in range. Chrono was asking if there is a way to influence this random selection, to which the answer so far has been "don't know."

I strongly expect there to be a card in one of the 10 expansions Japan has that restricts the basic attack target selection, but that's Japan. I have yet to see a card in the basic set we're starting off with that affects the basic attack (other than cards that modify RNG).

Well see when I was playing the game when he attacked me i had two cards in his range and he always chose the one he wanted to attack and that is with the basic attack that is why it is slightly confusing. Did they change things since Akon except the art?

[reydien]

He may have been using a special attack, some of them let you pick a specific target.

[DanTheTimid]

Often times special abilities or grimoire cards allow you to target, but the only time you get to choose your target when performing a normal attack is if your unit has the "pinpoint" ability, other wise its randomly chosen.

The question was, as I understood it, was not if there was a way to influence the random chance, but rather if there are hidden factors that make it still random but with special probabilities. For example I've got a person in the front row and back row, my opponent attacks with a unit that has the range to hit both of my units. He's asking whether or not the odds to hit each target is 50/50 or if for example theres a 75% chance it'll hit the front target and 25% chance of hitting the back target. I don't know the answer to that but since the game doesn't suggest other wise I'd assume your odds as to who you'll hit is equal for any unit regardless of position. As he surmised it does seem possible that there could be special abilities besides pinpoint that would break this random rule (such as an ability called "tank" that forces that unit to be attack before any non "tank" units in an enemies range)

[Guest]

This is why I didn't answer the question at all, let alone in detail. While I believe that each potential target has an equal chance of being hit, I could be wrong, as most of us have not played enough to get any trustworthy evidence.

Unless one of the Alteil people feel like enlightening us, it seems that we're stuck in an abyss of limited ignorance, eh?

-Az

[Chronomaster]

This is why I didn't answer the question at all, let alone in detail. While I believe that each potential target has an equal chance of being hit, I could be wrong, as most of us have not played enough to get any trustworthy evidence.

Unless one of the Alteil people feel like enlightening us, it seems that we're stuck in an abyss of limited ignorance, eh?

-Az

I think they're enjoying it, at this point.

[erestor]

This is why I didn't answer the question at all, let alone in detail. While I believe that each potential target has an equal chance of being hit, I could be wrong, as most of us have not played enough to get any trustworthy evidence.

Unless one of the Alteil people feel like enlightening us, it seems that we're stuck in an abyss of limited ignorance, eh?

-Az

I think they're enjoying it, at this point.

yeah they are probaly all sittin around logress's computer laughin' so hard that they cry
i can see lupos doin that and callin ''the red'' over to share in the joy

[Logress]

I was going to answer sooner, but then us not answering became part of the thread and I wasn't sure I should disrupt it... Anyway, the Japanese handle the back end, but in my experience all viable targets have an equal chance. Wait, let me think about this... no, in my experience your opponent has a 90% chance of hitting the guy you don't want him to hit!
There are a lot of ways to get around the randomness, or to use it to your advantage (Meaning, don't leave Zagar alone in the front row). On one of the other posts Dan the Timid thought of a good way to use range to narrow down your targets. As anyone who's counted cards in Texas Hold 'Em knows, beating randomness is a strategic game in and of itself.