Rage-inducing dodge mechanics?

[rinor85]

I'm tempted to buy this but is it going to feature dodge mechanics where enemies can dodge 2,3,4 even 5 times in a row easily? Where you need a dodge debuff to counter that but even applying a dodge debuff has its own accuracy that the enemy can dodge? Imagine that....dodging a dodge debuff. That's the insanity, or rather the stupidity of Darkest Dungeon and I rather not have this in the game if possible.

[Zero Honour]

No, I think the worst I've seen is 20% dodge chance and there are several counters to that, some with a decent chance of working and some that nearly always work.

Probably the most annoying is smoke bomb or something (black mist?) which is a temporary -50% ranged miss but that has no effect on melee and also affects the enemy as well as your team. Only used by one specific type of enemy so I just focus them down or otherwise disable them before they use it.

That's not to say you won't sometimes grind your teeth when that 20% dodge chance works 3 times in a row when the enemy has only 1hp left but thats rare. Having played both this and Darkest Dungeon I find the combat in this much more sensible and the gameplay more pleasant. RNG is in effect but not to the same extent.

[Snowhound Tapio]

There are options to negate miss chances:
- Use a ROOTED effect (Razor net probably the only one right now)
- Get ACCURATE on one or more of your character (Perception enhancer buff card or a modifier in a weapon core or extension)
- Use something like Tracking Shot and make all attacks ACCURATE against the target (requires you to hit the target with the Tracking Shot)
- If your characters are afflicted by a miss chance debuff you can remove that with a PURGE card like Hard Reset or Purify.
- If your characters are afflicted by a Ranged miss chance debuff, you can just use melee attacks instead and ignore the miss chance.

So there's definitely a bunch of tools to bypass miss chances.

[Baron von Gosu]

You just have to hope RNG gives you the tools you need to do it...