Character Control

[jdog667jkt]

seeing as the game is going to be first person sometimes and we're going to have to be stealthy and stuff, are we going to be able to fully control our character?

for example can we crouch behind a tree, lay down in a hole and wait, or try and jump up onto a branch on a tree?? they should try and make it kinda like COD4 mechanics where we can duck and stuff..
because otherwise trying to be stealth is going to be ridiculously hard to do while only being able to stand up

does anyone know what the developers are planning on doing?

[Alandar]

Not sure exactly what is going to be available but, I'm pretty sure they are going to add a crouch command of some sort, possibly like the one in oblivion. You can definitely wait in a hole if you can find one and there was an archer up in a tree in the most recent video.

[GrayGhost79]

seeing as the game is going to be first person sometimes and we're going to have to be stealthy and stuff, are we going to be able to fully control our character?

for example can we crouch behind a tree, lay down in a hole and wait, or try and jump up onto a branch on a tree?? they should try and make it kinda like COD4 mechanics where we can duck and stuff..
because otherwise trying to be stealth is going to be ridiculously hard to do while only being able to stand up

does anyone know what the developers are planning on doing?

This one I am pretty sure you can find in the Q&A section. Yes you can crouch but no you can not go prone. As far as getting up on a tree branch I would suggest watching the Vid. Nice section where an Alfar archer is up in a tree shooting at people below.

[jdog667jkt]

ya i was wondering if he was up in a tree or if he was just on a dif ledge..
kk thanks..
it'd be cool if you could go prone though.. if your in the middle of the field it's not gonna help much if you just crouch

[GrayGhost79]

ya i was wondering if he was up in a tree or if he was just on a dif ledge..
kk thanks..
it'd be cool if you could go prone though.. if your in the middle of the field it's not gonna help much if you just crouch

Yeah but going prone would give to much of an Advantage.

1) There would be no chance of detecting you in high/meduim grassy area's.

2) Could lead to some funny ambushes. If I could go prone I for one would definetly do so on a road or where I know people go just so that I can lure them in close to loot me only to have myself suddenly stand up and the people I had in hidding attack them.

[jdog667jkt]

ya it would give people too much of an advantage.. there'd be hundreds of PKers just lying around waiting for people..
it'd be kinda funny
it would be the easist way to gank people

[Galaturc]

Please read the supplementary stickies in the Newcomer's Discussion forum in General Discussion, you'll find an extensive answer to your question.

You'll be able to duck, jump, strafe and climb, most of these will drain some stamina.

Proning is out, I'm not sure for what reason. However, I'm very confident that Aventurine has taken it out for a good, logical reason. I can easily live without it.

[Galaturc]

ya it would give people too much of an advantage.. there'd be hundreds of PKers just lying around waiting for people..
it'd be kinda funny
it would be the easist way to gank people

How about a large bonus to getting hit when in proned mode, perhaps double damage. It would somewhat balance out its advantage.

I'm sure there is another reason for their consideration.

[jdog667jkt]

kk cool..
thanks for the input.. didnt know about the stickies my bad..
and the damage penalty when lying prone would be a good idea..
also you'd move really slow so it'd only work if someone walked directly next to you

[Alandar]

How about a large bonus to getting hit when in proned mode, perhaps double damage. It would somewhat balance out its advantage.

I'm sure there is another reason for their consideration.

Yeah I know when you went prone in swg someone could easily kill you if they could get close to you.

[angelfang]

It is a mistake not being able to go prone. It is too easy to detect someone crouching in the grass, unless it's some really tall and dense grass. Many people have big ass monitors nowadays so not being able to go prone = less effective ambushes.

[Alandar]

It is a mistake not being able to go prone. It is too easy to detect someone crouching in the grass, unless it's some really tall and dense grass. Many people have big ass monitors nowadays so not being able to go prone = less effective ambushes.

If you can't sneak up on someone without going prone then your probably not very good at stealth.