I voted only for carrying. I wouldn't mind an Assassin's Creed-style one. But it doesn't really bother me. :shrug:

Yeah i hate splinter cell too. I've just played it, and i haven't played thief.

comparing Splinter Cell to Metal Gear Solid is like comparing Pong to Skyrim... maybe thats an exaggeration, but I think Metal Gear >> Splinter Cell

i think if ur a weaker character ex woodelf u should have to drag the body but if ur strong ex orc u could carry them on your shoulders

I dont need an animation for dragging picking things up. I do need a way to bring carried items through doors though.

Yeah, only thing I ever did with bodies was install a mod spell to disintegrate them. Not for any crime reasons, just to get rid of all those corpses to keep my save file size down.

Don't think I've ever killed someone in town in OB that wasn't part of a quest that demanded it. (like the grave robber. Of course, that's in a crypt, not really "in town".)


(oh, and the obligatory: "This isn't Metal Gear." )

Dragging AND carrying IMO seems a bit pointless. Its one or the other... I say dragging.

It would be pretty cool. I'd love to actually walk into a tavern and see my char pick up a bottle of mead.
On the subject of body toting, I think we should have seperate animations for dragging bodies. It always looks odd when you see things levitating

I personally think the grabbing key is underused. It would be epic to grab somebody by the chest area and lift them up - physical intimidation. Or grab them by the pants and chuck them over a rail/bar.

For my own tastes, though, dragging only needs to be made so it's a mite easier. Having to aim for the thigh bone was tiring in Oblivion, though Fallout's was better. Still needs work, though.

I think this is apart of a thread that I posted on but I cant remember which one it was. Anyways I think it should be like in Assassins Creed where you could carry a body and place somewhere in the city and the guards would come to investigate.

Only if you could dig a grave and put them in it.

I play third person about as much as I play first person, so I'd say it's not a bad idea. I think that, regardless of the animation, however, they need to make it easier to grab/move objects in the console version. If they can, of course. But I don't know much about the mechanics (?) of making video games, so I don't have any ideas as to how or what they would do for it... :shrug:

I was just thinking the exact same thing!

It is awesome playing MGS and dragging enemies and stuffing them into lockers ect.
It's also fun tossing unconscious enemies off cliffs or into the ocean >=P

That would be awesome. It would really add for stealth characters, and it would definitely be better than oblivion. As long as the animation isn't really involved anyway. It should make you slower and only leave one arm free- to defend yourself.