Can't shoot when enemy is point blank?

[John]

I play super carefully so the only times I've died is when an enemy are on the adjacent tile. Is there a mechanic that prevents you from shooting when an enemy is pressed up against you? Is it a bug? I've seen youtubers shooting enemies point blank.
I've tried to search these discussions and internet, no luck.

[dyra55]

You can

[CrucibleOfHate]

What exactly is happening? If the problem was that you couldn't shoot an enemy who was adjacent I'm not sure how you could die... seeing as if you don't attack the turn wouldn't end, and the enemy wouldn't attack you.

[zverozvero]

Did you shoot from Shams staff or Prism laser? Those can hit your tile when shooting point blank. Didnt happen when shooting at enemy but i allmost killed myself when shot broken door i was facing and actually obliterated myself while shooting over emptied barrel. Barrel didnt explode, enemies didnt move but i fell apart.

[zverozvero]

Those railings often prevent diagonal walk aound them too. From bottomn side.

[pgames-food]

i saw a video on youtube where the player moved to be right next to an enemy who had a gun, and it forced the enemy to melee attack. (maybe there is something like that here in latest patch for players?)

[dyra55]

Originally posted by pgames-food:

i saw a video on youtube where the player moved to be right next to an enemy who had a gun, and it forced the enemy to melee attack. (maybe there is something like that here in latest patch for players?)

You always could do that as far as i know

[pgames-food]

Originally posted by dyra55:

Originally posted by pgames-food:

i saw a video on youtube where the player moved to be right next to an enemy who had a gun, and it forced the enemy to melee attack. (maybe there is something like that here in latest patch for players?)

You always could do that as far as i know

ah i never knew that :) - usually i tried to shoot all the enemies before they could reach me

[John]

Thanks for all the answers.
When it happened I clicked on the enemy, nothing happened, then he shoots, I get panicked, I click, nothing happens, he shoots, I'm dead, laughter.

I will try to recreate this but since basically no one recognises this it's probably me that do something incredibly stupid.

Btw, love the game.

[CrucibleOfHate]

Originally posted by Rhonox:

Originally posted by John:

Thanks for all the answers.
When it happened I clicked on the enemy, nothing happened, then he shoots, I get panicked, I click, nothing happens, he shoots, I'm dead, laughter.

I will try to recreate this but since basically no one recognises this it's probably me that do something incredibly stupid.

Btw, love the game.

If it was point blank wouldnt he have been meleeing you?

No. I've seen enemies melee with their weapon, but it isn't forced. They can shoot you if they want.
It's also not forced melee for you, you have to move into them.
I have just realized a scenario where this could happen, but it'd be weird if it happened multiple times AND it's the only way OP died.
If you try and attack an enemy and end up clicking on a foreground object your clone will try to move and then just get shot. This can only really happen with the tall metal shelves, but if it was happening to OP they'd be forcing their clone to melee attack since it's be moving into an enemy, which is how that is done.

[CrucibleOfHate]

Wow yeah I guess I totally blanked on that part of your comment LOL