Hey, I was wondering if anybody likes the idea of crippling enemies by injuring different parts of their body. I personally think that this would be awesome, and more realistic.

I need to play this first,then see if it fits. I think we should re frame judgment on a lot of stuff until release. Escort quests might take ages if your companion receives a broken leg or ankle.

Been done before. play http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/. voted yes, but it won't show in a main steam game for a while at least.

It would still be good to have that in Skyrim, just to make it a little more realistic, and to have a richer combat experience.

If we really wanted realism we could have a mechanic like Far Cry where to fix a crippled area you would have to bandage it up or pull the arrow out or something...
It could work, but good chance people would not appreciate the animations... So crippling alone would be good enough ._.

Yeah breaking a dragons wing or mabey even leg would slow it down or halt it to the ground and i think that would be alright

I guess crippling alone isn't enough, I like the idea where you have to fix it like in Far Cry. I have always imagined taking the arrows out from my body, but it just doesn't happen. This sounds like I just copied what you said Bamith, but I'm just agreeing with you.

I just pray that when you kill a enemy, their bodies don't fling to the ground like oblivion.. :banghead:

Indeed, though Far Cry had a few problems with it... Such as the animations to fix yourself up was more or less randomnized, like you get shot a few times and to bring your health back up you pull a random nail out of your hand... If they do add this feature in they would have to optimize it for the situation your character is in so it would make sense and to accomplish adding immersion...

Yeah, I can't help but agree with you there Bamith.

I want realism and it is that you can chop enemy's body into two pieces,and then see effect of rotting like in ARMA II,just want to have bloody effects

I'd like being able to cripple limbs, but not have them fly off. :teehee: In an IGN vid someone posted of the trailer, they pointed out how enemies' heads snapped back with the force of a direct hit, so could that suggest that damage is locational?

[Edit] Not sure "locational" is the right word, but can't think of anything better.

I agree with you,I want realistic severing limbs,not having them fly two miles into air

Yeah, it shouldn't be as over the top as Fallout 3, but the limbs should still get crippled.

No, that was a "finishing move". That's the reason the weapon got stuck, etc... That's not how a normal strike will work.

I was the apparently the first person to vote "I don't care" and that's because it's hard to do locational damage when the game gives you a simple standard attack and then 4 directional power attacks (forward, back, side, not moving). It's not like Fallout where you can pinpoint certain locations using your gun (or VATS, which won't be in Skyrim), so if there was limb damage and such it'd more than likely be random. I'm gonna say right now that it probably won't be in because of all of this. But I say I don't care cause if it is, I'm ok with that. Broken limbs, concussions, etc... made Fallout more intense in combat, especially with hardcoe mode in NV.

I think what you mean is hit reaction is locational. If you can heal limbs without messing with the button layout the far cry method is fine.

Thanks for clearing up my ramble.

Did you also mean the dragon part. where he struck it and it's head recoiled back.

yes, Yes, YES!

next you'll be hoping for a V.A.T.S perk for bow users.. doesnt this seem too fallout now?

Yep - but if it was just how characters/creatures react to being hit (just the animation), then maybe it doesn't signify being able to cause damage to specific areas? I believe I'm arguing against my first post now. :confused:

ohh yes!!!..shot an arrow through a bandits leg, not to kill him,only bring him to the ground,then..let him suffer,or finish him off slowly...God I would love to be so cruel :chaos:

I put yes, but only if it happens to the player just as often, and is just as debilitating as to NPC's.

Crippling would be exceptional for sneak classes. If you had to torture, or crippled someones legs from afar, and still had time to kill him.

Even other classes, spells that make crippling easier.

Or when fighting someone. Breaking their arm so they do less damage, and their sword or shield is unequipped.

Your ignorance makes me cry good sir, really it does... crippled limbs and locational damage was pretty much used in Fallout first, but it is just like how Halo introduced regenerating health and CoD took that idea and implemented it into their games...
I of course do not want V.A.T.S. in TES for it is made specifically for Fallout, but this is something that could be used in pretty much any RPG game...