Velocity of incoming attack?

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Originally Posted by Taliesin

This was probably discussed to death years ago, but why isn't it harder to dodge a bullet than a punch? I get that imposing a -19 penalty to dodge a bullet is basically the same as not allowing a dodge and as a result not very fun but surely there ought to be some difference.

The official explanation is that you aren't dodging the bullet in its flight. Rather, you're moving evasively, to make it hard to aim at you. In effect, you're dodging the shooter's line of aim.