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[Cilver]

Say, if a liberal is badly wounded, a more able bodied one could carry them like a hostage or corpse. Heck, they don't even need to be injured- if you need to make an agile getaway, you could carry them, anyway.
Sort of like what you get at a cell if a liberal is injured- they need to be carried.

[klingon13524]

I'm neutral on the implementation of this.

[Kay12]

Currently, Liberals only get carried when killed or if escued from jail after getting beaten or having a hunger strike (this is always the case if your squad is full). This has good and bad sides: having a hostage (in game terms, a Liberal corpse is equal to one), if I recall correctly, makes the holder shoot worse but some shots may also hit the hostage/corpse. Liberals, as far as I know, run slower while dragging a dead body.

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<funny mental image of Liberals piggybacking away from the site>

[klingon13524]

Currently, Liberals only get carried when killed or if escued from jail after getting beaten or having a hunger strike (this is always the case if your squad is full). This has good and bad sides: having a hostage (in game terms, a Liberal corpse is equal to one), if I recall correctly, makes the holder shoot worse but some shots may also hit the hostage/corpse. Liberals, as far as I know, run slower while dragging a dead body.

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<funny mental image of Liberals piggybacking away from the site>

And he very well knows that. He wants an option for wounded liberals to be carried as well.

[Angel Of Death]

<funny mental image of Liberals piggybacking away from the site>

"Faster, faster!"
*Liberal holding up other Liberal gets shot*
"Yay! Again, again!"

That's what I thought when I saw your post 

[Kay12]

Yeah, I just felt the need to clarify something of the underlying mechanics - that carrying people isn't automatically good. Consider a situation where the squad is composed of three experienced and agile Liberals and three newbies. Attempting to run away with current mechanics would results in the newbies possibly having a hard time while the others broke off - with the proposed system the entire squad could die as the experienced ones would try to drag the soon-to-be corpses.

[Angel Of Death]

Generally, when hauling corpses or hostages, your Liberal is almost invincible. Maybe there should be a limit of how much hits a corpse can take before it just falls apart.

[Kay12]

Generally, when hauling corpses or hostages, your Liberal is almost invincible. Maybe there should be a limit of how much hits a corpse can take before it just falls apart.

Already is, I think. But no, the Liberal is not invincible. Compare a high agility Liberal vs the same Liberal hauling someone, against a group of Death Squad Officers. The first one can just get away, and the other one will have to fight. That's the big difference.

[Jonathan S. Fox]

Hostages will die and get dropped if shot enough, but last I tested, corpses will eventually just have their body parts explode repeatedly for reasons I'm certainly unclear about.

[nenjin]

Hostages will die and get dropped if shot enough, but last I tested, corpses will eventually just have their body parts explode repeatedly for reasons I'm certainly unclear about.

Undoubtedly the result of Liberal physics.

[Kay12]

By the way, why are Liberals carrying the bodies of their fallen? For pragmatic reasons (meatshields) or so they can ensure that the Conservatives won't treat the remains dishonorably (unlike the Liberals who dump it in the parking lot)?

[Angel Of Death]

By the way, why are Liberals carrying the bodies of their fallen? For pragmatic reasons (meatshields) or so they can ensure that the Conservatives won't treat the remains dishonorably (unlike the Liberals who dump it in the parking lot)?

I'm assuming it's because they want to bury the body with respect. When I say respect, I mean in several garbage bags at the local park.

[EuchreJack]

It's also the only way to get any items that the dead liberal with which the liberal is equipped.

Not that your anti-gun, anti-capitalism heroes would risk capture just to get a rare MP5 and bloody Body Armor from a fallen comrade.   

[nenjin]

In the name of recycling and not feeding the consumer economy? I disagree!

[Innominate]

Elite Liberals are torn between giving their fallen a viking funeral and the environmentally-friendly option of promession. They usually end up setting a conservative on fire anyway though.