The same actually seems to work with lockpicking, as well.
It also seems to help if you move the screen (mouse) around a tiny bit. Armor Rating only lessens damage when you take it.īlocking is also random, but I have noticed that it happens more often if your enemy is on your left flank, or as Nakia noticed, to your front if you're charging your attack because it puts the shield in front of you. Past that, it's random and determined by agility. The computer auto-adjusts melee attacks to aim at you I've had paralyzed opponents in the middle of a swing come out of their paralysis and just plain *flip* 180 degrees and hit me. You do have to get out of range for melee, BTW.
Dodging manually is always 100% effective with missile weapons and spells, or even melee if you can get out of reach at just the right time.
