Throw Dirt

[Karmaterror 982]

Maybe been suggested before, but I think could be usefull in holdup situations for the victim.

 

When crouched you have option to "grab dirt"

 

Then you have to raise your fists and click to throw it.

 

I would have a dispersal like a shotgun but wider, so you could miss.

 

If you hit the player in the face they are blinded fr 2-5 econds then it works back from blurry to full definition over next 30 seconds.

 

Thoughts?

 

EDIT - maybe some coughing aswell that makes your aim a lil shakey for the first 15-20 secs after being hit.

Edited December 26, 2014 by Karmaterror

[cobaas@live.ie 62]

Maybe been suggested before, but I think could be usefull in holdup situations for the victim.

 

When crouched you have option to "grab dirt"

 

Then you have to raise your fists and click to throw it.

 

I would have a dispersal like a shotgun but wider, so you could miss.

 

If you hit the player in the face they are blinded fr 2-5 econds then it works back from blurry to full definition over next 30 seconds.

 

Thoughts?

Not a bad idea at all my friend!

 

Could save a few lives when people are beng held up!

[Freshmen 28]

mixed. You can already throw like everhing in the game, books,pumpkins,stones, sticks, just everthing you came across and is stored in your inventory. I would rather see to get some effects on those like a knockoff from stones or something. though, some dirt is always good

 

edit:

how bout this:

 

collect dirt

receive dirt in inventory

put dirt in your hands

throw dirt

 

so you could use the dirt for other crafting like camouflaging booby traps

Edited December 26, 2014 by Freshmen

[VahidkinG 192]

this is a great idea a +1 here.

still, i don't think it's possible for now, but maybe we can have it when new renderer and new controls are released.

[Baker. 1484]

Maybe been suggested before, but I think could be usefull in holdup situations for the victim.

 

When crouched you have option to "grab dirt"

 

Then you have to raise your fists and click to throw it.

 

I would have a dispersal like a shotgun but wider, so you could miss.

 

If you hit the player in the face they are blinded fr 2-5 econds then it works back from blurry to full definition over next 30 seconds.

 

Thoughts?

 

EDIT - maybe some coughing aswell that makes your aim a lil shakey for the first 15-20 secs after being hit.

 

[Nesuma (DayZ) 108]

I don't know what kind of dirt you throw but I think being blinded for up to 5 seconds and a blurry vision for 30 seconds is too much. Everybody would be fast enough to close his eyelids / turn away / react if you're not standing right in front of him and even then he would notice your movement. Maybe 1 second blind and then, if you didn't turn away 10/15 seconds blurry but nothing more.

[rickyriot 1009]

Came here looking for a pocket sand gif. Not disappointed.

[Karmaterror 982]

mixed. You can already throw like everhing in the game, books,pumpkins,stones, sticks, just everthing you came across and is stored in your inventory. I would rather see to get some effects on those like a knockoff from stones or something. though, some dirt is always good

 

edit:

how bout this:

 

collect dirt

receive dirt in inventory

put dirt in your hands

throw dirt

 

so you could use the dirt for other crafting like camouflaging booby traps

 

That's pretty much what would be happening...if you didn't throw it you could move it from your hand to your inv or just drop it. But for speed when you pick up dirt with the scroll wheel it should go directly into your hand ready to throw :)

 

 

I don't know what kind of dirt you throw but I think being blinded for up to 5 seconds and a blurry vision for 30 seconds is too much. Everybody would be fast enough to close his eyelids / turn away / react if you're not standing right in front of him and even then he would notice your movement. Maybe 1 second blind and then, if you didn't turn away 10/15 seconds blurry but nothing more.

 

Yeah they could play with the timing to get it right. Im thinking maybe that depending on how far out you were hit on the dispersal, it could be worse or not quite as effective :)

[blunce 991]

+1

[anarky321 36]

i like the idea +!

 

the key is that the person holding you up would not be able to see that you're holding dirt in your fist, and id say 3-5 seconds blindness or blurriness is good, also for all this to work the system wouldn't require you to access inventory, you'd just pick the dirt up in your hands like an item and then throw

[Warhoax 63]

I highly suggest everyone to go outside now, and do what they're saying here.
Anyone has actually tried to dig a little hole with his hands in the ground, just to pick up some dirt and throw it in someone's face?

First off, if it's cold, just grabbing some dirt ain't a 2 second job.

Secondly, if you throw it in someone's face, the dirt really has a high spread radius.

Thirdly, in any real situation this would be completely pointless, some dirt just doesn't do anything. If the person you're throwing it at would have a hat or sunglasses he would je be laughing at you anyway.
And for that blurred vision..- You don't get blurred vision when you're struck by some dirt. You blink your eyes a few times but that's about it. The human reaction time is pretty good when it comes to closing eyelids.

You might want to keep in mind that freshspawns (I highly suppose that this feature would be for them) now already run towards geared players like they're god. With unlimited turnspeed they avoid bullets etc. Just giving them another option to blind a survivor is really plain stupid. Unless you are someone who's always dieing, you don't want to see this implemented.

If the unlimited turnspeed gets fixed, this can be back up for suggestion. But for now, freshspawns are more than powerfull enough.

[Karmaterror 982]

I highly suggest everyone to go outside now, and do what they're saying here.

Anyone has actually tried to dig a little hole with his hands in the ground, just to pick up some dirt and throw it in someone's face?

First off, if it's cold, just grabbing some dirt ain't a 2 second job.

Secondly, if you throw it in someone's face, the dirt really has a high spread radius.

Thirdly, in any real situation this would be completely pointless, some dirt just doesn't do anything. If the person you're throwing it at would have a hat or sunglasses he would je be laughing at you anyway.

And for that blurred vision..- You don't get blurred vision when you're struck by some dirt. You blink your eyes a few times but that's about it. The human reaction time is pretty good when it comes to closing eyelids.

You might want to keep in mind that freshspawns (I highly suppose that this feature would be for them) now already run towards geared players like they're god. With unlimited turnspeed they avoid bullets etc. Just giving them another option to blind a survivor is really plain stupid. Unless you are someone who's always dieing, you don't want to see this implemented.

If the unlimited turnspeed gets fixed, this can be back up for suggestion. But for now, freshspawns are more than powerfull enough.

 

Have to disagree I can always get some loose soil off the top with my hand here in the UK, and its cold a lot of the time here. I aint talking about digging just running your hand along the surface and picking up the loose soil.

 

Spread is down to how you throw it and the effective distance should be only 2 or 3 feet, after that yes the spread will be large and the wind could take it.

 

IRL one tiny little piece of dirt in your eye can be very restricting. I work with cars and when ya under one and some dirt falls in your eye its freeking annoying as hell. Eye starts to water , then you rub, then it gets worse till eventually you end up at the sink washing out your eye. Particles in the eye can really mess your combat effectiveness up no doubt.

 

Its not exclusively for freshspawns its for anyone that finds themselves in a holdup situation.....although it would be funny seeing all the freshies running round throwing dirt at eachother to try and blind before fist  fighting lol.

 

Lets say you have been alive a while, you are looing NWA and you hear  a voice from somewhere telling he can see you and to drop your gun. So  you say "yes sure il drop it don't shoot me" but as you drop it you scoup some dirt up. As your mugger comes to handcuff you you throw the dirt,sucsess!, you hit him in the face and hear the coughing and spitting to get it out of nose/mouth. You run like hell and throwing dirt just saved the life of a long term player :)

 

Now I really like  the idea that some eyewear protects from it. Id say sunglasses and normal glasses  negate quitea bitbut they aren't 100% sealed round the eyes. So a smaller chance for a smaller effect. Gas masks ect should stop it outright.

 

I also like that you bring up different types of dirt as I think OFC this shouldn't be poss on tarmac. But maybe sand on the beach could be the most effective, followed by dirt when its dry and sunny, then dirt when it rains ect ect. Lots of different surfaces around ingame...I think theres a  gravel surface aswell. Gravel on a hot day would be one of the most effective because of the dust in it :)