Cover does not affect damage, no. And I believe that only adjacent cover stops anything at all* so moving south probably would remove the bonus altogether. Moving to the side might do something, but I wonder if El Hefe is even actually diagonal to the cover he is behind? He looks like he is readying a shot, and when pawns are shooting they lean out from behind cover, which might be why he is further down and why the bonus is lower. Not sure though.
EDIT: Woops I missed that you were talking about the shooter for that. Dunno - it might.
*The exception to this, which I don't know the math on, seems to be other creatures. I've definitely witnessed a squirrel taking bullets that were meant for a colonist before.
EDIT: Woops I missed that you were talking about the shooter for that. Dunno - it might.
*The exception to this, which I don't know the math on, seems to be other creatures. I've definitely witnessed a squirrel taking bullets that were meant for a colonist before.