Close Combat Specialist doesn't always activate?

d1s posted...

Bhellium posted...

I don't have a link but personal experience has shown that you can get the shot on overwatch, multiple times in a turn on both the same enemy and different ones (though the same enemy is very rare and only seems to happen if they take a second move action inside the radius), and sometimes just never at all.

However the ability is supposed to work it's a bit glitchy in general.

I think it only activates if they move within range, leave, and then return. For example, if they were to move within range, hunker down, and then move again while still within range, I don't think it activates. Only when they "break the border," not "every time they take an action while already within it."

My experiences agree with this statement. My last playthrough's best soldier was an assault and sometimes it felt like this ability wasn't activating, but I realized that she had already taken the shot as the enemy first approached her, it just didn't activate as the enemy made consequent movements within the 4 'tile' range.

Obviously the tip to take away from this is, if your CCS perk fires off, then make sure to reposition your assault out of close range from that alien so the shot can be activated again if said alien attempts to close the distance again. ;O What needs to be tested though would be, does it only activate if an alien first breaches your space, or if it can activate if you first approach an alien, then hunker down, then that alien moves while within the space. It would still count as a first movement within range for that enemy but since they weren't the one to physically pass through some invisible barrier, makes ya wonder.