Some Combat questions

[Vault Dweller]

I don't know if these have been asked before but I would like to know:
a) will there be aimed attacks (like going for the head or the troat ) doing extra damage but costing more ap?

Yes. More AP, less damage, higher critical chance.

b) will there be magic in the game?

No, not for your character.

c) more edit: will there be dual wielding?

No.

Could you make the pickup radius larger than Vogel's?

It's larger. Moving your character around the room is annoying.

 

[Jim Kata]

Nets, huh? That sounds very cool.

You should be able to fight with a log spear or trident up close, though. Only a few polearms like halberds should be limited like that. At the least they sould be capable of a trip attack up close.

 

[Cruces]

oh oh oh got a new question
will we get to fight mythical monsters? or monsters in general, or do we just kill humans

how bout humanoids?

 

[Vault Dweller]

No humanoids, *very* few non-human creatures.

 

[Admiral Rimjob POOBUM]

Is there a Foozle?

 

[Vault Dweller]

There is a final character that you must deal with one way or another. There are 7 ways, actually.

 

[Psilon]

So with nonhumans confirmed in the game, I have to ask: What is the average time-to-rat for a starting character?

 

[Vault Dweller]

Instant. In fact, the very first thing you see when you click Play is a rat jumping at you, so you must kill it lest you be killed! How awesome is that?

 

[ixg]

Yes, but how big are the rats? I want big rats. Not wimpy things.

 

[Vault Dweller]

They are huge. Here is an in-game shot (notice the realistic graphics)

 

[Cruces]

Yes. More AP, less damage, higher critical chance.

oh one more thing I forgot to ask, will those crits make the character disabled? like not being able to move or use his one hand or instantly die (yes that is one form of disability I assume)

 

[Vault Dweller]

Depends on the body part targeted: head, torso, arms, legs.

Head - knockdown, torso - higher damage/bypass armor, arms - disarm, legs - movement penalty.

 

[Micmu]

No groin? WTF?

 

[Cruces]

I guess if they put in groin for men then body for women would have a similar effect and that wouldn't be nice, they used that mechanic in fallout, I figure that's why you didn't get to fight that many women....d:

 

[Jim Kata]

So with nonhumans confirmed in the game, I have to ask: What is the average time-to-rat for a starting character?

You start off trapped in a crate with a giant rat.

 

[Prunesquallor]

Weapons of the "gods"

Are there any weapons that are not usually in RPG's?

Not anymore. There was another group - weapons of the "gods", but we removed it long time ago. You could get access to them only in the last third of the game, we either had to give you a skill at the beginning, without any weapons (sorta like the energy weapons in FO), and you'd start investing points hoping that the weapons are good, or add the skill when you find the first such weapon, but then you may not have enough points.

Could this be solved by making wielding weird weaponry yet another application of the lore skill? Or perhaps a perk requiring both lore, combat skills and some player effort? I was very fond of the idea of these presumably rather unconventional instruments of divine judgment.

(I know it is probably far too late to add this as you've basically completed the game - but I figured it was worth a try!)

 

[Vault Dweller]

"Divine" weaponry is out.

 

[Claw]

Is there anything like the nuke in Fallout, though? I guess it would be cool to find something like the magic equivalent of a missile silo and obliterate an entire town with it.

 

[Vault Dweller]

No nukes, but you can still fuck some things up and wipe out what's left of the Empire.

 

[Claw]

Close enough. :D