how do you exactly fight a giant? : V - Skyrim

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:35 am

It would be hilarious if you could actually bash a giant with your shield and make recoil a bit

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 6:53 am

Rip his toes off with your bare hands!

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:43 pm

I hope there is a better way to take down giants with melee, other than hitting their feet for a while...

Hey, hamboning will save your life someday!

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:42 pm

How do you fight a Giant? Kick him in the `nads...then club him over the head when he`s kneeling on the ground whimpering..simples.

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:04 pm

I doubt they would let you take a hit from a giant and not be punished for it(even with a shield). I would like some pressure that would be created by seeing myself get knocked the f!@#@ ground with one hit :mohawk:

I am hoping for the same thing. I hope that when a giant nails you with a swing of a weapon you go flying. I also hope they will be able to hurl rocks at you so they can attack from a distance. I'm really excited to see how they are implemented. I hope we can topple them as well with blows to their legs then move in for the kill before they get back up.

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 6:16 am

I am kind of curious on how you would fight a giant, in oblivion you would probably spam his ankles with slashing and spells but with how the combat system is now, I think that it would kind of stupid to try to brainlessly attack it.

How would you go about killing a giant?

I'm guessing the giants in game aren't 10s or 100s of feet tall. Maybe 11-12 ft so it will be like fighting an ogre in OB.

That's just my guess though...

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:19 am

Spells. Destruction spells that is.

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:42 am

Spells... Destruction spells that is.

EDIT: Sorry for the double post.

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:42 pm

keep your distance and repeatedly shoot it in the face with a bow or with magic

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:11 am

Tickle his feet until he starts laughing hysterically and falls over!

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:44 pm

Have my vote for the nads, know with the locational hits and all........"Extra head damage!"

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:18 am

I doubt any implementation of locational damage that beth adds in is going to go to the extreme of you not being able to kill a giant by running up to it and stabbing it in the foot repreatedly...

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:44 pm

It's hard to tell how big the giant is in the picture. It looks like he could be as tall as a tree. If there's locational damage striking at the giants vital points seems like an effective way to take one down, while avoiding getting hit yourself. Or use magic or archery. I would be surprised if you could just stand there face to face trading blows.

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:54 am

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/439/original/staredad.jpg?1296259110

No, but in all seriousness, I'm sure there will be plenty of effective ways to take them down. Arrows, magic, with a group of people...

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:42 pm

From the image, I have a feeling they'll be about 3x higher than the average human, at maximum.

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:38 am

keep your distance and repeatedly shoot it in the face with a bow or with magic

Oh so none of us should play melee characters ?

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:59 am

Quickly run around it, climb the large pile of rocks behind it and as it slowly turns around in confusion jump up and land your battleaxe in its face!.. yep... archers, mages, and infact pretty much everyone who don't use a combo of climbing, jumping, and battleaxes won't be able to kill giants...

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:00 pm

With might and great spirit!

For a somewhat more serious example, I'd expect something like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBTPjhImt2A.

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:14 pm

Chop its legs off then it can't do much.

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:16 am

Quickly run around it, climb the large pile of rocks behind it and as it slowly turns around in confusion jump up and land your battleaxe in its face!.. yep... archers, mages, and infact pretty much everyone who don't use a combo of climbing, jumping, and battleaxes won't be able to kill giants...

Mmmmm..? Why are giants always slow or dumb? :confused:

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:58 am

Because people want to give them a flaw to counter their size

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:36 pm

A slingshot. The only way.

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:02 pm

I am kind of curious on how you would fight a giant, in oblivion you would probably spam his ankles with slashing and spells but with how the combat system is now, I think that it would kind of stupid to try to brainlessly attack it.

How would you go about killing a giant?

From a great distance... preferably from hiding.

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:29 am

Mmmmm..? Why are giants always slow or dumb? :confused:

Probably since the Homo has been getting physically weaker with every breakthrough of intelligence so people most likely make the connection that if a species turned out to be big it was because it needed to be big due to low intelligence, and that a species will grow physically weaker as the need for strength is reduced due to modern conveniences. Think for example when we started to ride horses instead of walking everywhere, I bet the strength of the human leg was diminished at that period.

» Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:53 pm

Throw a really sharp weapon at his face, knock him down, go for the eyes, then finish him off.