Backstab death

[drunkendwarf]

If you're whacked in one go by a backstab, do you get any kind of echo?
I have reason to believe you don't - just standing there minding your own business, then a mantis head. With absolutely no echo/emote/anything in between.

I'm not saying you should see the sdesc of the person who backstabbed you to death, but some sort of echo would be appreciated.

[Cutthroat]

I'm fairly certain you get an echo already, but if you don't, you should.

[mansa]

There is an echo.  It's unique.

There's also an unique echo when you throw a knife at someone, killing them.

Or when you kick someone to death.

[SMuz]

If you're dead, I don't think you should be the one noticing the echo. You're dead before you even know what hit you.

Heh, yeah. Maybe that's fair in other games, but not in a permadeath game where you suddenly drop for no reason and start bugging imms for a resurrection because you don't know what happened. For their own sake, I'm sure the imms would put an echo for it

[Sephiroto]

In my experience, the only message that you the player get is:  "Your vision goes black."

[Searanox]

I believe it's something to do with blood .... Don't want to ruin the actual echo though. When you get backstabbed, you will know it.

Sephiroto, I believe you're thinking of the 'sap' echo... which isn't an echo at all.

[Sephiroto]

Well, I meant you see "Your vision goes black." to any skill/spell that kills you or KO's you in one hit.  If it's instant you don't know what hit you, basically.  Obviously I don't care to test this on my own PC, but if you'd like to be my test subject send PM, hahaha.

[Searanox]

Haha! Yeah right.

[Dan]

There are several ways that this could happen, but predominantly it is because of a massive backstab landing. Everything else I can think of is find out IC info.

[Qzzrbl]

The assassin killed you -so- dead, -so- quickly, your character didn't even realize it.

[Xagon]

You have to wonder.. If your character dies so quickly that he doesn't realize he's dead, should the same be for your player?

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> Flee s

You Flee, Running south.

>s;s;s;s;s
You travel south.
You travel south.
What?
What?
What?

>think What's going on?
You cannot do that here!


Who needs that *Beep* and the mantis head, anyways? You don't even know you're dead!

[SMuz]

Heh, the health prompt will show that you're dead, though. And..

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>l me
Your crumpled body lies here.

You feel a faint tugging.


[number13]

You have to wonder.. If your character dies so quickly that he doesn't realize he's dead, should the same be for your player?

That's awesome.