overwatch - which zombie is being targeted?

max_imummax_imum Member Posts: 19
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hi there, so i have been searching and i hope this isnt a redundant question.. is there a way to know for sure which zombie will be targeted from overwatch? the survivors sometimes kind of rotate on the spot towards the respective zombie, but this could be wishful thinking. -it would help with planning, knowing which zombie is covered by each survivor.

-also, overwatch often doesnt work, -right!? this hasnt been such a big deal with zombies, but with human enemies and thier excessive damage it has.

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  • DreadDread Member Posts: 450
    it seems that overwatch targets the closest walker to one of your survivors. if there are multiple walkers that are at the same distance... it seems to be random? (probably based on enemy id that is hidden from us)
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  • AysatyoPetAysatyoPet Member Posts: 1,168
    Through experience, you will get the hang of it..

  • AhexAhex Member Posts: 78
    It seems to be random. In earlier versions sometimes survivors shot simultaneously on same target and another then wasted his bullet. Don't know does it still happen.

    Tried yesterday to leave wounded zombies next to my survivor to avoid noise and let overwatch handle them, but several times overwatch was used on undamaged zombie further away.

    In reverse escape challenge my survivors shot crossways, so the one that was standing left shot right and vice versa.
  • DreadDread Member Posts: 450
    overwatch only attack walkers than move. if they are standing next to your survivor and don't need to move to attack, overwatch will not touch them.
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    Through the fallout of this hallucination, I walked into darkness.
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  • AmigaAmiga Member Posts: 3,770
    Owerwatch attack only distracted walkers. Update 1.6 changed it a little. Walkers now only attacked when are alarmed.
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  • max_imummax_imum Member Posts: 19
    edited February 2016
    Dread said:

    if they are standing next to your survivor and don't need to move to attack, overwatch will not touch them.

    thanks for clearing that up guys, -though i dont find this makes much sense thematically nor mechanically

  • DreadDread Member Posts: 450
    edited February 2016
    max_imum said:

    Dread said:

    if they are standing next to your survivor and don't need to move to attack, overwatch will not touch them.

    thanks for clearing that up guys, -though i dont find this makes much sense thematically nor mechanically


    i agree, but it is the way it works. if the walkers don't move, overwatch ignores them completely.
    As I witness the death of innocence... A predator feeding on its creation.
    Through the fallout of this hallucination, I walked into darkness.
    I must not surrender my god to anyone, or this body will become carrion.
    One step closer to my fate. One step closer to my grave.
  • LadyAquilaLadyAquila Member Posts: 625
    I wish the Survivors on overwatch were smart enough to know when they have 100% interrupt. I've taken hits when I thought I was covered because 2 people wasted their overwatch attack on the same walker. Perhaps 1 wasn't enough for the kill, but they would have been safe because of their interrupt skill. I play on overwatch quite a bit, but it can be frustrating.
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