Just a thought. I heard that there will be finishing kills, which really got me thinking about the combo-combats.

What do you guys think? Do you think a combo system will actually work for TES games? I feel like it would make combat way more intense, but it may also turn it into an assassin's creed-ish game.
Also, I realize that to have combos, the key-assignment and cooldown needs to be pretty quick. This may change the pacing of the game entirely.

Edit: Clarification

1. By combos, I mean multi-attack combos. Not combination of weapons and magic.
2. Changed the "stealth kills" comment. I meant finishing kills, thanks.
3. The poll applies to multi-attack combos only.

I think the bow takes both hands. I don't know about a combo system. Combining spells have been confirmed i think.

Hard to tell what exactly you're asking about here.

Your first poll question - you do realize that all the one handed combinations are in, right? (You can dual wield, you can have a 1-h weapon and a spell readied in the other hand, you can have two spells readied and combine them, etc...)

Then you talk about "stealth kills".... well, they've said there will be "finishing moves" for all sorts of situations. Not sure yet if they provide extra damage, or if they're just fancy animations for drama's sake.

And then you talk about "combos".... which I guess, from context, you mean mutli-hit attack patterns, like in some of the action-fighting games? Which is completely different than the "combos" (different combinations of equipment) that you ask about in your first poll question. And doesn't seem to have anything to do with Finishing Moves, either.


Yeah, those combos, I don't think we'll be seeing.


But, still.... a bit hard to follow all the different threads you have going at once.

Yep, bows are two-handed and only combine with arrows. And combos are too over-the-top. You already get damage perks for swords and bleeding for axes, bonuses for combining bonuses? I don't see the need...

I was unaware that they were making Elder Scrolls V: Mortal Kombat

Here's an idea - everyone who wants to play a game with combos in it go play Mortal Kombat and leave TES alone.

A great idea indeed.

In the video, the only guy wearing two weapons makes an attack with a sword and a roundhouse attack with the other in the same fluent movement. It could be a combo or a power attack.

if you're talking about combos with finishing moves like pressing E in the most recent AVP game... then thats overpowered... otherwise combos like in lets say tekken or soul calibur... could work if restricted and if it costs extra fatigue.

yeah me too


i voted other because there was no, "no" option in the first part of the poll. i dont want them because 1. if they were in i'd always think i need to use them, and then i would svck at them. 2. you can make you own "combos" like shield bash swing swing block, wtc why does bethesda need to implement something thats already sort of there?

Pass

If anything, the game needs brain exercise instead thumb exercise. Seems that so many people are interested in improving combat: more flash, more graphic, more combos, more moves. I'd rather they made they'd emphasize story, quests, dialogue, etc. Shoot, I was even happy with MW's...or even the original Wizardry's combat

No, it would be too OP.

This

yes i hope bethesda puts some kind of combo into the game. just don't make it like dragon age 2 where you press aaaaa and something awesome happens. hell i hope this game doesn't end up like dragon age 2...horrible game.

by adding combos, combat becomes a lot more diverse. BUT at the same time I don't want bethesda to make it so complicated like aaaae up down turn off monitor down down down turn on monitor e just to do a 99 hit combo. combos should be kept simple, not too long, and (for some) have certain requirements before it can be completed. some of the requirements could be having stamina checks (ex: can't perform the 3rd part of the combo because there's no stamina for it), perk requirement (ex: "+1 to Sword Combo" allows you to do one additional attack for the combo before character attack animation returns to neutral state), skill requirement (lol makes no sense for a person to do cool sword and destruction attack combo if his skill stats for those two are too low), unique weapon/armor/item piece requirement (having a special daedric weapon somehow magically gives your character the ability to link more attacks to make a combo), etc.

and i don't want the combo system to only be used by us the players, but enemies should be able to do it too. this can make dodging and blocking worthwhile. OR if you built your character like a tank, you can enjoy seeing your character get pummeled and then stand right back up as if nothing happen and his enemies flee in horror.

but it probably won't happen. it's too advance for the game makers to pull off.

im pretty simple. i dont mind if combos are in cause some may enjoy that, just leave me one big red button that i can just keep hitting like a wild man and im a happy guy.

no please, preset combos svck for a game like this.

Let people make their own 'combos' with in game abilities and techniques, don't force it into a fighter type style. >=(

A combo should be a move you seldom use (Once or rarely twice in a fight instead of hearing combo at 1.5 second intervals), have combos be unique enough from one another to be memorable (As well as difficult to pull off), make them have coherency and some sort of sense (Ice and Fire might produce steam lowering the enemy's move's accuracy as well as blocking your own sight of the area).

Combos would be awesome if intelligently implemented and beautifully crafted.

You should have understood this when they announced fatalities man.Finishing moves,y'know.This fits perfectly with that concept,even though I dislike both.

H2H is unnecessary.

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Action is fine, but this is more needed!

(for some)

Combos are already in the game? It's known as following up an attack that staggered your enemy with another or timing your block correctly and counter-attacking when your enemy is staggered. Are you asking for special animations for combos or what?

No thanks. Not how I think the game would be best. I'd rather the combat be fairly dynamic than using preset combos to get more damage. There are other ways to make combat more than hack and slash.

EDIT: But congratulations on managing to create a pretty fair poll that accepts different viewpoints and doesn't show bias, which many fail to do. Though the first question needs a "none" option.