Talk:Synapse/@comment-108.219.152.156-20131006200210/@comment-82.19.112.114-20131007101558

Red crits have nothing whatsoever to do with enemies being aware or not.

Yellow numbers occur when the damage is increased, either from a critical, or another effect. (though oddly, not Rhino Roar) When you score a critical at the same time as a damage amplification effect, it comes up in red.

If you do not have a Point Strike mod in a Synapse, and fire through a Volt's shield, you will see a 50/50 split between red and yellow numbers. All are amplified (yellow) and some are criticals while amplified (red).

Other examples of this behavior includ the Ash and Loki's steath abilities. All melee hits with them are yellow, melee crits are red.