5 replies to this topic

[Dc]

first, you should only be able to assassinate in covert, otherwise it is just killing somone, not an actualy assassination.
second when you assassinate someone and succeed, it should not say that somone has been assassinated, and you should stay covert. it should say somthing more like

"(crit name) body falls the the ground"

and you should only be able to assassinate people with weapons that you are actually able to assassinate people with, like daggers, knives, and other small blades of any type. you cant really assassinate someone with a staff....... cause thats not assassniating somone, thats just messing them up. if you mangle somone with a staff of any sort, everyone in the room will know.

but anyways, basically you should only be able to assassinate with daggers and should stay coverted if you succeed.

[Zeppelin]

Agreed

[Squee]

as·sas·si·nate: To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons.

If someone was talking to me and then all of sudden shoved a knife into my throat, I'd be just a tad surprised...wouldn't you?

You also don't need a dagger or knife to assassinate someone (though it will probably help). If you hold a staff horizontally, come up from behind someone and begin to push their throat towards you, you'll suffocate them. Not only is that surprising but the person won't be able to scream for help.

Next, think of a party as a group of people who are standing like right next to each other. They talk amongst themselves, they joke and they fight together. They might as well be joined at the hip.
If a knife came out of the shadows and slit my friend's throat, I'm going to see that hand come out of the shadows and after approaching maybe a foot or so, I'll know exactly who it was, thus, you are no longer covert.

Hmm...also, I think this is still in game but I'm not sure. If you assassinate someone while you're covert and there are no "enemies" there (a monster or a non-party member), you remain covert.

...However, I have no problem with the text "[user]'s body falls to the ground."

[TheNobleOne]

The only thing should changed should be the square death message when someone is assassinated covertly. However, assissinate only being in use while covert is stupid as you can still suprise someone when not covert

[Torak]

Exactly I mean was John Wilkes Booth "covert" when he shot Lincoln?
No he walked up to him and shot him.
Bobby Kennedy Shock his attackers hand.
Being able to assassinate someone doesnt mean they must not see you. Sometimes the greatest hiding spot is right out in the open.

Torak

[Shane]

I know a couple of my thieves have assassinated someone in the sewers many times and stayed covert after clicking them. And you know the sewers, theres rats and leeches everywhere. Only real time I remember my thieves not staying covert in the sewers was when I hit a party. After each assassinate attempt the thief was seen as long as members of the other party were still alive.

I agree on the death message part, should be more set to the death that was handed out. I mean each class has its own exp cap message. It would make the game more interesting to give each class their own death message, or even the different types of weapons the messages. Like staves, pole arms, swords, etc etc.

Edited by Shane, 14 July 2004 - 01:45 AM.