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nzrock · 07-10-2009, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Paladinn

Is it POSSIBLE to have a combat related MMO without health? I think nothing could happen. You'd hit your opponent and do no damage. They'd hit you, but because there's no hit bar, they do no damage.
Lather, rinse, and repeat.

no it's "You'd hit your opponent, they die and come back again at a spawn point or something."
It's kinda like a MMOFPS, but without Health. So even a graze bullet will kill ya!

drawnzer54 · 07-10-2009, 12:09 AM

I think they should use a fighting system similar to Toribash, but using weapons and such, and when you hit a fatal point on the opposite character, they react in a way that puts them to a disadvantage for the fight.

(ie; Your shin gets broken, therefore your mobility is limited, aswell as your effectiveness with that leg.)

Then eventually, there's just the blow that causes your character to die, like an axe to the face.

bonneau_14 · 07-10-2009, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by BGLamb

Nah, you're missing the point.

I'm looking for something with combat, but which uses something else to determine when you die rather than a counter that slowly ticks down to 0 as you take damage.

I just find it pretty ridiculous that my character can be hit in the head with an axe 99 times and be fine, but one more and suddenly he's dead as a doornail.

It's seems to be so ingrained in the RPG genre (as well as many others) that developers don't even think about trying something new. The most you get is 'armour points' which is 'hit points' in all but name. Or things like halo where they make the numbers invisible or regenerative.

Still the writing is pretty much done now. I'll post y'all a link when it's good to go!

Hehe, something like that. but not with the 'die instantly'. There are a lot of different solutions out the if you get creative. It just take some thought. Most developers don't seem to bother. Anyway I don't make games, I just criticise them. I is a writer.

something like, if you are shot in the leg you limp, shot in the arms you can't melee them, get shot in the head and die instantly, get shot in the chest and die in a certain amount of seconds?

nothing exist like that if thats what your looking for.

zamwini · 07-10-2009, 03:10 AM

Games like club penguin don't have a health bar. But thats all mini game based.

Azura · 07-10-2009, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by bonneau_14

something like, if you are shot in the leg you limp, shot in the arms you can't melee them, get shot in the head and die instantly, get shot in the chest and die in a certain amount of seconds?

nothing exist like that if thats what your looking for.

Yeah a game like that with real life consequences for combat doesn't exist for a MMO. People would complain about dying to fast or other issues; there probably would be some sort of playerbase for the game but not one big enough to support it. So a game like that sounds great in your mind but it wouldn't really work out. Only think I can picture it being played as is Fallout 3, where as bonneau_14 said, you can kill everyone with one shot in the head, but the same can be said to you. Hand blew up? your gonna bleed to death. etc.

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07-10-2009, 12:09 AM	#42 (permalink)
drawnzer54 Gabriel's Guardian Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,412 Reputation: 88	I think they should use a fighting system similar to Toribash, but using weapons and such, and when you hit a fatal point on the opposite character, they react in a way that puts them to a disadvantage for the fight. (ie; Your shin gets broken, therefore your mobility is limited, aswell as your effectiveness with that leg.) Then eventually, there's just the blow that causes your character to die, like an axe to the face.