Finishing Moves; Ja? oder Nein?

ShedsHisTail

I know this has been brought up in the past, but following my assassination spree last night I feel like it needs to be brought up again.
With the implementation of the Blade of Woe (which does not work in PvP) showing us that finishing animations can not only be put into the game, but can also work -really- well with the gameplay, why not get some for all the weapon skill lines. Finishing moves which would only work on NPCs, not in PvP.

Of course I'm not thinking a one hit kill assassination type thing, but maybe an option that activates when your target is both "Off Balance" and has less than 10% health remaining. Mash the button quick and do something awesome to finish them off; except in PvP where it would not work.. Maybe get a little XP bump, or loot buff for a successful execution?

Would not work in PvP and of course most bosses would be immune.

Waffennacht

I thought your post was gonna be in German...

FINISH HIM!

FATALITY!

Friendality?

idk

Nein.

We already have executes. That sufficient.

ShedsHisTail

Ja.

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

We already have executes. That sufficient.

Bah! Executes are boring now that I see what I -could- be doing.

Mojmir

one more thing they'd mess up.it works for npcs,on players it would be a mess.

ShedsHisTail

Ja.

Mojmir wrote: »

one more thing they'd mess up.it works for npcs,on players it would be a mess.

Poll says it wouldn't work on players.

vyndral13preub18_ESO

Waffennacht wrote: »

I thought your post was gonna be in German...

FINISH HIM!

FATALITY!

Friendality?

All I kept thinking....

GET OVER HERE!

Lightninvash

Nein.

This is a TES game not mortal combat...

devilsTear

Lightninvash wrote: »

This is a TES game not mortal combat...

What's mortal combat?

ArchMikem

NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN!

Ja das goot.

vyndral13preub18_ESO

Lightninvash wrote: »

This is a TES game not mortal combat...

Tell that to the Blade of Woe! Sometimes it even likes me to showboat a little bit before I stab someone In the face.

theroyalestpythonnub18_ESO

Ja.

Lightninvash wrote: »

This is a TES game not mortal combat...

Weren't finishing moves introduced with Skyrim?

ShedsHisTail

Ja.

Lightninvash wrote: »

This is a TES game not mortal combat...

Might I point you toward TES:V Skyrim?

ShedsHisTail

Ja.

C'mon, you folks can't tell me it wouldn't be rad if in the heat of battle, the tank next to you kicks a dude in the gut and drops the edge of his shield on the back of his neck? Or that big Argonian in the front with the two-hander lops a draemora's noggin clean off.

Or if the zombie you're working on is suddenly lifted off the ground by a stalamite of ice courtesy of the clothy behind you with the Frost staff.

It's all about flavor.

ArchMikem

ShedsHisTail wrote: »

C'mon, you folks can't tell me it wouldn't be rad if in the heat of battle, the tank next to you kicks a dude in the gut and drops the edge of his shield on the back of his neck? Or that big Argonian in the front with the two-hander lops a draemora's noggin clean off.

Or if the zombie you're working on is suddenly lifted off the ground by a stalamite of ice courtesy of the clothy behind you with the Frost staff.

It's all about flavor.

In a PvP setting these finishing moves would be forced and unavoidable as the animation carries it out once initiated. Even on the cusp of death a player can still somehow block, negate, or avoid attacks if they have the right abilities for it. Being guaranteed death once reaching a certain amount of Health just so someone else can win the fight gloriously might become a very serious point of contempt for a lot of people.

ShedsHisTail

Ja.

ArchMikem wrote: »

ShedsHisTail wrote: »

C'mon, you folks can't tell me it wouldn't be rad if in the heat of battle, the tank next to you kicks a dude in the gut and drops the edge of his shield on the back of his neck? Or that big Argonian in the front with the two-hander lops a draemora's noggin clean off.

Or if the zombie you're working on is suddenly lifted off the ground by a stalamite of ice courtesy of the clothy behind you with the Frost staff.

It's all about flavor.

In a PvP setting these finishing moves would be forced and unavoidable as the animation carries it out once initiated. Even on the cusp of death a player can still somehow block, negate, or avoid attacks if they have the right abilities for it. Being guaranteed death once reaching a certain amount of Health just so someone else can win the fight gloriously might become a very serious point of contempt for a lot of people.

The poll specifically states they wouldn't work in PvP.
Just like the Blade of Woe.

ShedsHisTail

Ja.

Editted poll to make it even more clear that this would not work in PvP.

Lightninvash

Nein.

ShedsHisTail wrote: »

Lightninvash wrote: »

This is a TES game not mortal combat...

Might I point you toward TES:V Skyrim?

To be honest Skyrim wasn't so great comparably to the others in the TES series.

Mojmir

Lightninvash wrote: »

ShedsHisTail wrote: »

Lightninvash wrote: »

This is a TES game not mortal combat...

Might I point you toward TES:V Skyrim?

To be honest Skyrim wasn't so great comparably to the others in the TES series.

And this isn't a single player game nor skyrim.

Uriel_Nocturne

Where's the "Ist mir egal" option?

Because, I don't really care either way.

Finishing move... No finishing move... doesn't really matter to me.

Llilium

Ja.

ITT no body using common sense. OBVIOUSLY it wouldn't be functional in pvp. thats not the point. it explicitly states that in the OP.

ShedsHisTail

Ja.

Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

Where's the "Ist mir egal" option?

Because, I don't really care either way.

Finishing move... No finishing move... doesn't really matter to me.

I was gonna fix it for you, but it won't let me edit the poll.
Sorry. You're gonna have to chose a side.

ShedsHisTail

Ja.

[Snip] because it deserves it.

Egonieser

Ja.

As long as it can be turned off, I'm all for it. It was fun watching it for the first 200 times in Skyrim, but got stale very quick.

ShedsHisTail

Ja.

Egonieser wrote: »

As long as it can be turned off, I'm all for it. It was fun watching it for the first 200 times in Skyrim, but got stale very quick.

Well, you could just not push the button.
I get what you mean, in Skyrim you couldn't chose whether or not to do it; which got annoying, and got me killed on more than one occasion.
This would involve a prompt like the Blade of Woe.

Uriel_Nocturne

ShedsHisTail wrote: »

Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

Where's the "Ist mir egal" option?

Because, I don't really care either way.

Finishing move... No finishing move... doesn't really matter to me.

I was gonna fix it for you, but it won't let me edit the poll.
Sorry. You're gonna have to chose a side.

lol

CherryCake

Ja.

Ich muss finish meine pretzel while I read zis thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuDtACzKGRs

Volkodav

Ja.

Jawohl,..absolut.

magnusthorek

Ja.

It would be awesome but:

1) Animations could be more realistic. While doing the first mission I sank the Woe behind the back of the first contract and I saw it going through his lungs and getting out through his mouth. That was brutal... and awesome! But there was not enough blood to be convincing and the clipping of the person and the the blade was so bad that I felt like playing "Operation"

2) In some cases, like bosses with adds that don't vanish after being killed (e.g. Wispmother in Hrota Cave - AWESOME), the kill cam should lock everything in place or then give player immunity so we can safely see it happening without worry about dying randomly because we're not able to react.

SantieClaws

Khajiit thought for a minute this said 'Fishing Moves'

This one was genuinely interested in the idea...

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Chriagon

Ja.

I like the kill cam. In general I love cutscenes in games and wish ZOS would use them to tell stories like Bioware does it for example.