» Tue May 15, 2012 10:04 am
It's probably technically quite possible, though I imagine synching and control transfer across the net with an action like that might cause some pretty weird issues but I think the biggest implication is while it's cool for the player who is choking, it's kind of lame for the player who is being choked.
How do you get out of the choke? You're quickly detached from the game and it loses its immersion if you all of a sudden have no control over your player. "Why is his nanosuit more powerful than my nanosuit and why can't I kick him in the face while he's choking me?" would be a question that comes of it as well. It emasculates the person being choked and that's something we wish to avoid, we want players to always feel like their suit is built like a howitzer.