I'm dying of curiosity now. Which dev interview said this? Anyone remember?

Well I mean technically you still can. If you have a soft target then no you still hit what you have targeted and aiming at, but if you have no target and are just aiming with your reticule to shoot then technically if someone stands in front of your intended target you will then be aiming at them, and hence shooting at them.

Sounds logical no? The Dev statement was in relation to when you have a soft target not when you have nothing targeted.

Well for getting in the way of flying arrows: http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en/news/post/2013/03/08/ask-us-anything-combat


"Would you please explain the soft locking system in detail? For example, how does it interact with dodge? Does it apply to melee attacks, or just ranged? During missile travel time, is it possible for another target to intervene between you and your existing soft lock target to take the attack? – By Matt Feisthammel
You must be facing your target to hit it. However, soft locking allows you to pick a target out of a crowd to hit. It is possible that your target could be behind another target. You would hit the target you had soft-locked, provided you were aiming at them. Another target could not step in the way of the soft-locked target to prevent you from hitting your soft-locked target. As for dodging? The target can execute a roll dodge or evasion move to avoid attack."

The rumour, I'd say has now been debunked. If that is indeed what you were referring to.

I am kinda of sad. I really wanted to be able to run in with my tank and block the arrow from hitting the healer.

I guess it could not work any other way. When you have hundrends of people on the screen at the same time, some short of lock is needed.

still.....


I know I heard that you could stand in the way of an arrow from somewhere. For the life of me I cant remember where from.

Yep, that's the one. My question was who it was that said it, and exactly what was said. Pangscar's explanation does sound like it reconciles things though.

It'll be soooooo much better when people can actually *play* the game and we can stop all this flaming guesswork and ambiguous description.