Part 4

Understanding Proximity Potentials: These potentials can activate when a trigger appears or disappears, like a change in line of sight. They also trigger when units enter or exit a certain proximity range (e.g., 100 range) of another unit. You cannot stack proximity proc chances; a unit must leave and re-enter range to get another chance.

Triggering Interception Fire: Enemies have different interception fire radii for noticing and turning towards your units. Scouts have the largest, while shocktroopers have the smallest. You can provoke enemies to turn and intercept fire by getting close (about 25 range) or by firing a targeted weapon at them. This allows you to reorient them without taking damage.

Using Cover (press the cover button to crouch behind walls or objects) and Line of Sight: Hiding units in grass or breaking line of sight can make them lose enemy sight. Enemies cannot dodge attacks from directly behind them, but can dodge from the front or sides.

Exploiting Reload Animations: Enemies cannot dodge attacks if you start firing while they are in their reload animation. However, they still gain a defense bonus from dodging during this time. Time your attacks towards the end of their reload to prevent dodging and avoid their defensive boost.

Understanding Unit Stats: Units have two sight statistics: interception fire radius (determines the angle they can start turning and firing) and visibility (determines the range they can see enemies). Scouts have the highest interception fire radius and fastest turn speed, while elite snipers have the lowest. Scouts can also spot hidden enemies further away than other classes.

Environmental Effects on Visibility: Environmental conditions like fog/whiteout reduce visibility to 100 range, and night reduces it to 250 range, making surprise attacks easier.

Grenadier and Exhaustion Mechanics: Grenadiers can lower their height by sitting down, reducing their visibility and potentially changing enemy sightlines from yellow (visible) to blue (hidden). This can be used for surprise attacks. Similarly, when infantry units become exhausted and slouch over, their sightlines might change from yellow to blue.

Enemy Aces and Night Battles: Enemy aces can have significantly different dodge rates. Night mode stages offer reduced enemy sight range, making surprise attacks easier. Spot enemies, then move out of sight to attack them.

Safe Firing Positions: Utilize safe spots like trees, flagpoles, lampposts, fences, and terrain variations to fire at enemies while they cannot hit you back. Ensure your targeting reticule is red and focused before firing to confirm shots won't be blocked by terrain.

Sneaking Past Hidden Enemies: Enemies hiding in grass tend to stay hidden and not intercept fire. Once spotted, they are more likely to fire. Classes with lower visibility than scouts (like engineers and shocktroopers) can sneak past hidden enemies that a scout would spot.

Hiding Mechanics: If your unit is within an enemy's visibility radius when trying to hide in grass, they will be instantly spotted. Units hidden in grass can still act as spotters, preventing surprise attacks even if you haven't spotted them.

Explosives and Unsighted Units: Unsighted units receive a significant defensive bonus when hit by explosives. It's generally beneficial to spot an enemy before attacking with explosives, even if you know its location.

Dodging Mechanics: All units in a weapon's line of fire or explosion have a chance to dodge, even if not the intended target.