Taunts in PvP

nagarjunna · February 2016

A taunt is a battle cry, a method in hand-to-hand combat, sarcastic remark, gesture, or insult intended to demoralize the recipient, or to anger them and encourage reactionary behaviors without thinking.

Let's make taunts work on players! In Cyrodiil only.

So if taunts were made to work on players in PvP this might be quite fun! You taunt someone who is perhaps a member of a vast zerg! They run out - if they remember to break the taunt, and yes, the taunt must be breakable, they get away with it. If they don't remember to break they run out after the taunter who promptly kills them with all his stealthed ganking friends!

Oh, yeah and replace Guard with a new PvP only AoE taunt, affecting say 4 players...

So implement taunts, make them breakable and have some fun!

ScarecrowBoat · February 2016

There is already a fairly reliable taunt in pvp. When an enemy dies, simply stand on their corpse and spam ctrl a few times. Next time they see you there is a 99% chance that you will draw their aggro

nagarjunna · February 2016

ScarecrowBoat wrote: »

There is already a fairly reliable taunt in pvp. When an enemy dies, simply stand on their corpse and spam ctrl a few times. Next time they see you there is a 99% chance that you will draw their aggro

How true, but I am talking about taunting a player not a mob! Big difference. Or have I misunderstood you?

cazlonb16_ESO · February 2016

Swtor implemented pvp tanks quite nicely with taunt reducing damage of the affected player against targets other than the one who used taunt by 30%. Warhammer had something similar. Not sure that would work with ESO's combat system though, in fact I'm pretty sure it wouldn't.

ScarecrowBoat · February 2016

nagarjunna wrote: »

ScarecrowBoat wrote: »

There is already a fairly reliable taunt in pvp. When an enemy dies, simply stand on their corpse and spam ctrl a few times. Next time they see you there is a 99% chance that you will draw their aggro

How true, but I am talking about taunting a player not a mob! Big difference. Or have I misunderstood you?

You have misunderstood me. This move works very well on enemy players in pvp. The video below showcases masterful use of the taunt. Pay attention to the very brief fight that occurs from 1:45-2:00. Notice how once the enemy player dies, asgari wastes no time and immediately stands on his corpse and spams several taunts. Asgari has taunted that particular enemy player so much that he now has achieved permanent aggro status and is granted both major and minor salt for 10 seconds every time he kills that player.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x478p7M2IZI

nagarjunna · February 2016

oh, wow! I had no idea that was possible.

Thanks

Johngo0036 · February 2016

I don't need taunts,

If i see an AD or EP player i just wanna kill them,

No taunt needed here

Jura23 · February 2016

Yeah taunts should work in PvP, because if they don't the ability is losing one of its features for no reason making it weaker with the same cost.

And this is my suggestion how to do it: when taunted, the player should have lowered dmg by 10% against everybody but the guy who taunted him. And increased by 5% against the guy who taunted him. That's fair and not game breaking I think.

TheM0rganism · February 2016

Jura23 wrote: »

Yeah taunts should work in PvP, because if they don't the ability is losing one of its features for no reason making it weaker with the same cost.

And this is my suggestion how to do it: when taunted, the player should have lowered dmg by 10% against everybody but the guy who taunted him. And increased by 5% against the guy who taunted him. That's fair and not game breaking I think.

Spamming Inner beast would become a zerg buster...I like it!

nagarjunna · February 2016

TheM0rganism wrote: »

Spamming Inner beast would become a zerg buster...I like it!

Well, that was the idea!

Lil_Willie · February 2016

Taunts = Player affectes by taunt does 50% less damage to all other players except the one who taunted him/her. Effect ends over time or if Caster is killed.

caeliusstarbreaker · February 2016

ScarecrowBoat wrote: »

nagarjunna wrote: »

ScarecrowBoat wrote: »

There is already a fairly reliable taunt in pvp. When an enemy dies, simply stand on their corpse and spam ctrl a few times. Next time they see you there is a 99% chance that you will draw their aggro

How true, but I am talking about taunting a player not a mob! Big difference. Or have I misunderstood you?

You have misunderstood me. This move works very well on enemy players in pvp. The video below showcases masterful use of the taunt. Pay attention to the very brief fight that occurs from 1:45-2:00. Notice how once the enemy player dies, asgari wastes no time and immediately stands on his corpse and spams several taunts. Asgari has taunted that particular enemy player so much that he now has achieved permanent aggro status and is granted both major and minor salt for 10 seconds every time he kills that player.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x478p7M2IZI

@ScarecrowBoat .... I miss you

CP5 · February 2016

There was a datamined spell from the spell crafting system that worked by debuffing the targets damage if they didn't hit the target that taunted them. That could be interesting.

Knootewoot · February 2016

I want taunts like in Uneal tournament.

Digiman · February 2016

Other games give damage reduction to friendly players except the caster. Ideally this would be a good protection move in PvP against players without turning it into an easy or complicated CC.

LoreRiley · February 2016

The taunt is called being a healer