Play Dead?

[Trizzo 632]

Hey!

What do you think of the ability to play dead or play possum? I think it would be pretty cool. Heres how it could work.

-You press the button in prone and you strike a death pose. You can be armed or unarmed, unarmed players look less like an ambush, they look like they have been looted. Players lying on the ground with weapons in their hands look more suspicious.

- Check pulse/check vital signs becomes something to check on each body. Checking the vital signs would be an animaiton you could cancel out of but it leaves you vunerable to an ambush by the possum.

- Immediate fly buzzing sound on death is removed, adding tension to each body you come across.

- Players need to consider putting a bullet/melee weapon in the bodies they come across but this riskes blowing your cover when sneaking into places.

- Possum players can be looted, this lets them avoid player encounters, use it as an ambush or use it when you are hit to potentially fake your way out of death

- Player kill notifications would also be removed.

Thoughts?

Edited October 8, 2012 by Trizzo

[tommes 331]

Why not? I like everything that is possible in real life. It would have not much effect though hence people just would make sure their subject to be dead.

[Tensa Zangetsu 20]

I like this idea.

Reminds me of this aswell:

Edited October 8, 2012 by Tensa Zangetsu

[Bludy 324]

if you stay prone you look moreless like a body, and you can always try the standing still corpse position, which is really common...

[DaGolem 95]

I like to play death.

Also walk like a Zombie. ;)

Both good ways 4 tactical.

[terex 322]

If they add this then they need to remove death messages or it isn't so useful.

[mibz0r 141]

I've seen it where the body doesn't make fly noises until you start to loot it and also many servers (mine included) don't have death messages on, I like the idea and think it would make a few people rage hard.

[indominator 95]

so it would nead to be a button like prone(z) that you could hit anytime, this could be a nice way to say i give up too, or surrendering, this could diminish lots in murder, so i would tell you to give up, and loot and remove all your weapons, hidden pockets from looters, and then the victim could survive

[hawc 63]

Death messages should be removed anyway. I mean if they removed side chat for being to unrealistic they should remove these too so on long range you would have to confirm your kills. Shooting someone through a bush and not being sure you got him or not. Or they should just be delayed 10-20 minutes.

As for playing dead, i suggest when you do it you close your eyes and can't see so that it's a bit harder to ambush people.

[Sutinen 635]

Fail post, I didn't read the whole thread, so here we go again:

I think it's a bad idea. Much simpler to just fight back, or hide. Even though this could be used as a good trap if you're playing with buddies.

Would be great if zombies at 15 meter range would get interested of your body and would start eating you as well. Making this a bit riskier.

Edited October 8, 2012 by Sutinen

[starwarsfan@gmx.de 450]

Been suggested before but I like it, brings more varity and I'm always for that.

[ProfessorKoble 17]

Ahahhahah, This idea is amazing. But i think there should be a limit of playing dead. At least a maximinum of playing dead of 10 seconds.

[AH-Sean 13]

Yes, the zombies attracting to the body, and no flies would balance it perfectly in my opinion.

[apache25 133]

good idea. you should be able to pull out your hunting knife and stab people if they get too close to you when your playing dead though. (think assassins creed stealth kills)

[liquidcactus 719]

Very interesting idea i think but i doubt something like this would ever be implemented.

Shit it should still be introduced just because " you could " do it in a situation.. it would be a huge risk but of course its a last resort in the first place..

but regardless ppl would still put a bullet in the head of the body which I beleive makes this idea even more plausible. So the people unaware of the feature (noobs etc,the ignorant) would probably just loot then runaway..So i think its defenetley a valid idea.