Research:Unaimed body location assignment

Category: Game Design Discussions
Topic: Research and Investigation
Message #: 101
Author: LAMOREED
Date: 8/16/2010 03:21 CDT
Subject: Unaimed Body Location Assignment

Assumptions:
(1) Some of the results may be skewed as a result of defaulting to a body location when the targeted are is "critted out," a la rank 3 eye wound results in further attacks to that eye default to the chest instead of continuing to target the eye.
(2) The CHANNEL, SING, and CAST verbs have the same mechanics.
(3) The ATTACK verb has the same mechanics for attacking a creature of equal height.
(4) Standard Flares from weapons have the same mechanic.

Results:

Location	Frequency	Percent	Cumulative Percent
arms	47750	19.8	19.8
legs	37561	15.6	35.4
chest	35374	14.7	50.1
back	29168	12.1	62.2
abdomen	25726	10.7	72.9
hands	22809	9.5	82.4
neck	16900	7.0	89.4
head	13033	5.4	94.8
eyes	12547	5.2	100.0
Total	240868	100.0

-- dan/gnimble

Category: Game Design Discussions
Topic: Research and Investigation
Message #: 106
Author: LAMOREED
Date: 8/17/2010 04:10 CDT
Subject: Re: Unaimed Body Location Assignment

Casts on non-corp creatures.

Location	Frequency	Percent	Cumulative Percent
arms	2618	19.7	19.7
legs	2194	16.5	36.2
chest	1952	14.7	50.9
abdomen	1615	12.1	63.0
back	1338	10.1	73.1
hands	1197	9.0	82.1
neck	978	7.4	89.4
eyes	710	5.3	94.8
head	696	5.2	100.0
Total	13298	100.0

-- dan/gnimble