Talk:Overwatch (EU2012)

-- I've been trying to find more information regarding overwatch's Aim penalty. If a target were in high/light cover (-40 aim) and the overwatch penalty is somewhere less than that, it could be more advantageous to move to a position that forces the enemy to move and trigger overwatch, even at a penalty. It's possible the penalty could be smaller than low cover, but without any data aside from "at a small aim penalty" it is difficult to tell. Has anyone managed to datamine the ability or seen a "Tip" that gives any details? ~ Drakalu 15:41, 9 October 2012 (EDT)

Something in my brain says that I saw something saying it was 10 or 15, but I cannot confirm that at this time. Arrow Quivershaft 15:44, 9 October 2012 (EDT)

It's not mentioned in-game. I've been trying to spade it out, but it's tricky because first, the hit percentage is not shown, second, the RNG reset on loading a savegame also influences the AI's decision, and finally, dashing provides a defensive bonus. My best-contrived scenario has a 115 aim Sniper without Opportunist having a 75% stated hit chance on a Muton in light cover normally, and hitting 7 out of 12 times with Overwatch as it was forced out via a Support's Flush. So it LOOKS like the penalty is the same for light cover (which certainly isn't the same for heavy cover, where the sniper only had a 62% hit chance.) --Freeone3000 04:20, 12 October 2012 (EDT)

On gear that gives defense, the wording is always a small amount is 10 and similar to low cover is 20 (not direct quotes), and on the gear that gives aim, 10 seems to be a significant increase. I am under the assumption that the aim penalty is no more then 15. Mavoc 14:45, 15 October 2012 (EDT)

We don't all pay classic

Not all XCOM players always play on classic difficulty! You can't always asume things like that. --Alexbuzzbee 14:14, 12 November 2012 (EST)