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.
I'm fairly certain you get an echo already, but if you don't, you should.
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.
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 :P
In my experience, the only message that you the player get is: "Your vision goes black."
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.
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.
Haha! Yeah right.
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.
The assassin killed you -so- dead, -so- quickly, your character didn't even realize it.
;)
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?
> 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!
Heh, the health prompt will show that you're dead, though. And..
>l me
Your crumpled body lies here.
You feel a faint tugging.
Quote from: Xagon on January 11, 2009, 11:41:43 PM
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.