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Arnos

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Please make it a little harder to die from getting shot
« on: November 27, 2006, 04:53:00 pm »
I mean, it takes really good aim to instakill someone with a shot to the head, Its rather lame to have this arrow come out of nowhere and kill you, thats what happened to me, right after a victory.
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John

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Re: Please make it a little harder to die from getting shot
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2006, 06:01:00 pm »
Are you serious?
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Arnos

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Re: Please make it a little harder to die from getting shot
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2006, 08:58:00 pm »
...yeah.
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Re: Please make it a little harder to die from getting shot
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2006, 08:58:00 pm »
It does take good aim to shoot someone in the head, but a head shot that doesn't instakill should be far rarer still.

A solution, for you at least, may come in the form of a helmet.  I wouldn't know, offhand, because I only play Fortress mode.

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Re: Please make it a little harder to die from getting shot
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2006, 09:04:00 pm »
I guess I was just ranting a little, I was annoyed by my nice char just kicking the bucket.  Not that I'm complaining adv mode can be awesome too...
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Re: Please make it a little harder to die from getting shot
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2006, 01:04:00 am »
I found a Legendary shield user was able to block every single shot.

Except when sleeping.

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Re: Please make it a little harder to die from getting shot
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2006, 09:29:00 am »
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Originally posted by Seryntas:
<STRONG>It does take good aim to shoot someone in the head, but a head shot that doesn't instakill should be far rarer still.

A solution, for you at least, may come in the form of a helmet.  I wouldn't know, offhand, because I only play Fortress mode.</STRONG>

Sure, nearly any shot that manages to actually penetrate the skull should be lethal, but grazing shots should just cause a lot of bleeding.

As for helmets, I haven't found any sort of armor to be very effective in protecting against arrows, even copper arrows.  It would be nice (but complicated) if armor converted attacks into bludgeon damage based on the original type, unless the armor rolls a critical failure and the original damage goes through.  For example, gore damage is reduced to 1/8, pierce to 1/4, and slash to 1/2; a "critical armor failure" would be getting hit in an unprotected section, such as the face, or the weapon literally going through the armor.

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Re: Please make it a little harder to die from getting shot
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2006, 12:16:00 pm »
Paging Harold Godwinson, would Harold Godwinson report to the thread please.
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Re: Please make it a little harder to die from getting shot
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2006, 06:50:00 am »
Squid : That makes a lot of sense, really. I'm not sure if it does already or not, but armor should probably also increase the chance of an attack glancing off, reducing damage by a straight amount when it does.
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Re: Please make it a little harder to die from getting shot
« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2006, 04:14:00 pm »
Best thread title ever?  Best thread title ever.
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Re: Please make it a little harder to die from getting shot
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2006, 06:47:00 pm »
I agree, immediate death from a head shot shouldn't happen.  Although it's possible to die from an infection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emissary_veins
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