Suggestion:20070612 Knife training Subskill

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20070612 New Zombie Hunter Skill

Casthewiz 20:15, 12 June 2007 (BST)

Suggestion type
Skill

Suggestion scope
All who use knives.

Suggestion description
We all know that most people prefer fire axes. We also know that mainly only new characters use knives because of its starting accuracy. I was playing today and I found out that if you kill a zombie with a knife, or anything for that matter, it takes a headshot and dies. It doesn't make much sense to have a zombie taking a head shot with a knife.

What I thought of is a new skill under Zombie Hunter that requires Headshot as a prerequisite. It would be called tendon slash, and the reason why it would be different from Headshot is that it takes off 8 AP, not 5. This makes a lot of sense because the killing blow would be to the Achilles Tendon, which affects how you would walk. The effects of Tendon Slash would only be counted in if you dealt the killing blow with a knife. The zombie would not get a headshot, and would instead get a tendon slash, making it use 9 AP to stand up. This is balanced because knives are rarely used, and they have less percentage to hit than maxed out guns. It is also very hard to score a kill with a knife while using pistols or shotguns, as each takes off multiples of 5. Somebody must spend at least two extra AP's getting in a kill with a knife, and that's with the help of an axe. This doesn't affect the damage or the percentage of hits in anyway, just the AP cost of the recipient.

Okay, stop voting, this thing is dead.

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Keep Votes

1. Keep I think this would add a little more dimension to this game. Example: Someone doesn't have Tendon Slash but they do have Headshot. They use a knife it doesn't cause a Headshot, so in that situation the zombie wouldn't have to use an extra 5AP to get up. Jayke 21:28, 12 June 2007 (BST)

Kill Votes

1. Kill I'm sorry but I just don't think this could work. Taking away 5AP is enougth and even that causes a lot of controvercy. I like how you tried to support players who don't use firearms though. Mind you my vote is pretty inconsequencial, as in a bit this suggestion is going to be torn apart by hourdes of people with zombie characters.--Seventythree 20:59, 12 June 2007 (BST)
2. Uh, you attack with the axe until the target goes down to a low HP, finish him off with a Zed, and you got a total of a boost in how much AP is lost. Alright. Sounds neat. While you're at it, why not have a Zombie tear out parts of the head of a Surivior and therefore artibralry increase the costs for Reviving said person? That would be FUN indeed.--ShadowScope 21:34, 12 June 2007 (BST)
3. Kill - Please, when handling the basic skills of the game, do it carefully. That includes Headshot, Free Running, Ankñle Grab and many more. This kind of mess is always a guarantee kill, if not Spam directly... --Matthew Fahrenheit ^YRC☺T☺+1 22:03, 12 June 2007 (BST)
4. Kill - Knives are more effective than axes for destroying generators - The more you know --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 22:14, 12 June 2007 (BST)
5. Kill - As Shadow Scope, Matthew Farenheit, and Seventythree... --Charley C. 23:01, 12 June 2007 (BST)
6. Kill Writers vote, cuz I love going with the crowd. You can tell an idea is dead when the author votes kill. --Casthewiz 23:38, 12 June 2007
7. Kill - Not that my vote matters at this point, but I still have to put my Sig on here.-- dǝǝɥs oʇ ɯɐds: sʎɐʍ1ɐ! 04:39, 13 June 2007 (BST)
8. Kill *Stabs zombie in the head* Headshot. Overpowered. --Secruss 05:04, 13 June 2007 (BST)
9. Kill - This is already dead, for the reasons listed above. But I read it, and I like to vote once I have. armareum
10. Kill - as others.-- Vista  +1  10:28, 23 June 2007 (BST)

Spam/Dupe Votes

1. Spam - So you're saying new players should have to waste 20 AP almost every day? Headshot is bad enough, and all they would have to do is make the last attack with a knife. --wooty 12:07 12 June 2007 (GMT)
2. Spam - Ruin game, destroy all new players, etc. etc. Headshot is already a common occurance for any zombie, this would mean zombies waste exhorbitant amounts of AP and still not get anything from it, you'd stop young zombies getting through barricades at all.--karek 01:12, 14 June 2007 (BST)
3. Spam - Headshot should be more powerful than tendon shot. --JudeMaverick ^{Talk +1 Jobs} 06:56, 15 June 2007 (BST)