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Author Topic: What's the difference between throwing and taking down someone?  (Read 961 times)

K4tz

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Sorry if this has already been asked but a search didn't turn up anything on the first page so I thought I'd ask.

Is there any difference to the take down and throw actions? I was hoping that throw would allow me to move the people I'm fighting but it seems to do the same thing ><

EDIT: Hmm, I managed to make a human child explode by throwing him repeatedly. I'll see if this happens with take down~

Guess: Throw does damage/stuns them while take downs don't? Maybe take downs are easier too then~
« Last Edit: August 19, 2008, 12:22:47 pm by K4tz »
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Re: What's the difference between throwing and taking down someone?
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2008, 06:59:30 pm »

Essentially what you said.  A take down just puts them on the ground, for the most part, while throwing does that, as well as stun and damage if you have high enough strength.
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Re: What's the difference between throwing and taking down someone?
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2008, 02:10:58 am »

Supposedly with throw and a good skill level and strength, you can get the thrown person to fly a bit. I've found throws tend ot leave them prone for longer, too.
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K4tz

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Re: What's the difference between throwing and taking down someone?
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2008, 05:22:54 am »

Well with what I assume is the strongest an elf can get and legendary + 3 wrestling, my elf has failed to do more than stun people and somehow kill a single child with a throw. Ah well, stunning is useful~
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Re: What's the difference between throwing and taking down someone?
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2008, 08:15:31 am »

Forget throwing the people! Throw coins at the people! Much more effective.

And as they say in Dwarf Fortress. Why give the trader a stack of coins for an item if you can give him one coin for all of his items?
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Re: What's the difference between throwing and taking down someone?
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2008, 04:57:24 pm »

Throwing works for actually moving someone, however, that isn't very likely unless you are playing a modded in huge megatitan. I think your size affects how far you can throw things, not your strength. That's a pretty uninformed guess though.
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Re: What's the difference between throwing and taking down someone?
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2008, 05:52:18 pm »

Interestingly enough when I installed the martial arts mod my tigerman managed to throw a human into a child. Hmmm.
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