Has anyone else noticed how the hitboxes for the races in this game are actually NOT normalized? if you put an Aman vs a Castanic, the Aman is much easier to hit. If you're in combat, people can't actually walk through you. However, it seems like the Aman can walk through the Castanic because of the small hitbox they actually have. They are actually walking PAST the Castanic.

I'm a High Elf Slayer and I noticed that Aman, Baraka and High Elves have less range with Distant Blade. Whenever I fight an Elin or Castanic in particular, I have to be much closer to them to hit with Distant Blade than how close they have to be to me. The Castanic I was duelling looks like they are Sorcerer's range away from me to be able to hit with the skill but when I try hitting them with Distant Blade at roughly the same time, I'm not actually hitting them.

Have any other High Elf/Aman/Baraka Slayers noticed how the smaller races have a much easier time hitting with Distant Blade? I'm not a bad Slayer I know how to dodge unlike most, and I can aim right, I know all the chain skills like Startling Kick Overhand Stunning Backhand Overhand etc but it's Distant Blade is causing me trouble.

The problem is it is a 3 hit combo therefore dodging only does so much. Getting hit with it does a fair bit of damage anyway and it is just annoying how other races can use Distant Blade no problem but when I try to use it I have to be way up close.

And it just seems that certain races are much easier to hit than others. Forgive me if I am incorrect but this is what I have noticed.

I'm an Aman warrior, I knew about hitboxes before I chose my race and personally am still fine with it, there's imbalance but it is what it is.

The other day I beat an Elin warrior with better gear than me, so hey, can't be that big of a hindrance.

Elin seem to have longer reach(thanks to their animations) and smaller hitboxes, same with castanic I believe.

Because this needed it's own thread?

Elin small body small hit box
Castanic small body small hit box
Human medium body medium hit box
Elf medium body medium hit box
Amani large body large hit box
Baraka large body large hit box

The long reach and small hitboxes thing needs to be sorted out. It's just a little annoying. While I can beat other race Slayers through my use of defensive mobility, it can be more significant for me when fighting a ranged class, especially priests and mystics as they are able to jump away from you and heal, and if they're running, it isn't fair if a Castanic for example gets to hit someone as such while I don't.

this does indeed need to be looked into. currently, there is no reason to play a bigger race from the game mechanics standpoint, while there are lots of advantages for smaller races. elin in particular need to be toned down or bigger races need to get a longer effective hit ranges.

bigger hitboxes are also a disadvantage for melee characters during boss fights where bosses are moving around and causing collision, making people fall over and take damage. an elin berserker can dive in and out much easier than a male aman, for example: smaller hitbox + 2 meter longer reach on thunder strike is a gamebreaking oversight.

and even from convenience standpoint, i personally really dislike having large races in my groups, because they often obscure the sight on what's happening in front of them much more and tend to block movement of other party members in narrow places much easier.

True, bigger races are in disadvantage here.

But look also at H. Elfs - lack of 1 race skill + lack of any survival skill. At last Aman and humans have DMG reduction, baraka have CC passive resist and self heal. What have elfs? big hitboxes and free mana potion.

true, but i've also notice that in group pvp, large bodies can help block people from running and attacking pass a tank and in to the group. ...so if ur a lancer, bigger body seems to have its' perks in large scale pvp. I'm just saying...probably doesn't out weight the fact that elins are that much harder to hit....

There is already official comment about this.

Elin hit boxes are larger than you think it is - e.g. larger than their body

The Amani hit boxes are smaller than you think it is - e.g. smaller than their body

I don't have the link to it, but it is either an Tera Answer Post, or a post on this forum.

Quote: JamesX on 06/25/2012, 04:06 PM - view

hitbox of an elin is still smaller than the aman one - or did you try to make another specific point?

I am saying the difference is smaller than you think. It is not OMG Elin hitbox is 1/3rd the size of an amani. etc.

Elins and Humes block my charges and leap attacks all the time, it is not an attribute unique to Amani.

Elin also cannot stand in shallower water as well. While a hume can stand the elin would be swimming. The smaller hit box works both ways.