Suggestion:20070726 Your target is already dead.

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20070726 Your target is already dead.

. . . swiers BigEYEwitnessLOGO.png 02:14, 26 July 2007 (BST)

Suggestion type
interface improvement

Suggestion scope
attacks on zombies or survivors that can't be carried out because the target is a corpse

Suggestion description
When several people attack one target with a "death blow" attack, it often happens that most of them will get the message "Your target has moved away." That's a bit confusing- it leads you to think the target escaped, rather than being killed by another player.
True, if another player killed the target, you should see a report saying so- but we all know that in many situation, that is not what actually happens.

My suggestion is that when your attack fails because the target "moved away", the server should check and see if there is a corpse in your location who'd ID# matches that of your target. If this is in fact the case, you should get a report saying "Your target is already dead" rather than "The target has moved away."
This would help reduce the potential for confusion. It would still be possible in rare cases to get a report of somebody else killing your target and then get the "moved away" message, but it would happen only very rarely. And when you did NOT get the kill report, you'd at least get this as a "back up", most times.

Plus, its just better flavor. Who would see the target of their lethal wrath get killed and think "gee, he moved away..." ?

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Keep Votes

  1. Keep - I had a quick look, but I couldn't see this as a dupe anywhere. Even though I'm sure I've read it before. Or was it on the bugs page? The "Your target moved away.." message appears if you try to attack someone on your contacts list who is a dead body. That needs fixed too. Either you can't attack them at all, or the message should be corrected! 'arm. 02:24, 26 July 2007 (BST)
  2. Keep - Definitely needs to be added. I was involved in a... Thing and thought that two people whom I'd killed had escaped. They hadn't (a colleague's iWitness records proved that). --The Hierophant 02:35, 26 July 2007 (BST)
  3. Keep - Always run into this problem during large attacks.--Insomniac By Choice 02:44, 26 July 2007 (BST)
  4. Sounds fine.--Pesatyel 02:51, 26 July 2007 (BST)
  5. Keep- This does happen. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 03:29, 26 July 2007 (BST)
  6. Keep I like it. --Secruss 03:51, 26 July 2007 (BST)
  7. Keep - Insomniac By Choice actually brought the issue to my attention (again), and I did figue there would be a suggestion like this already in peer reviewed, but it seems not. Likely it was an informal request on the bug fix page, in which case I'm just making it formal. . . . swiers BigEYEwitnessLOGO.png 03:56, 26 July 2007 (BST)
  8. Keep "Your target moves away." Did he roll on the ground or something? Glenstone 04:29, 26 July 2007 (BST)
  9. Keep It does this? I've always wondered why people "move away" so much when im about to get my 10xp... clarification = good--Wooty 05:14, 26 July 2007 (BST)
  10. Keep - In some cases this causes the dying text not to appear too, which causes problems.--Karekmaps?! 06:18, 26 July 2007 (BST)
  11. Keep - So that's why they dissapear and apparently move away? I wasted a good 10-20AP hunting down some bugger who was on 3HP when he "moved away"--Seventythree 07:56, 26 July 2007 (BST)
  12. keep - good --Duke GarlandTLCD SSZ 09:49, 26 July 2007 (BST)
  13. Keep - This vote hardly seems necessary as everyone is voting keep. Who would object to fixing a bug?--Pdeq 11:13, 26 July 2007 (BST)
  14. Keep --Perne 12:36, 26 July 2007 (BST)
  15. Keep As much as I hate that only the small updates pass with overwhelming support... it's too good to vote kill :P --Vault 15:25, 26 July 2007 (BST)
  16. Keep because this has happened to me a lot XD --I AM TARA 15:56, 26 July 2007 (BST)
  17. Okay Kalir FTW! Z/S UD Potato Words 20:52, 26 July 2007 (BST)
  18. Keep - Common sense for all! -Gateking 22:06, 26 July 2007 (BST)
  19. Keep - Meh.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Suicidalangel (talk • contribs) at an unknown time.
  20. Keep - Good idea. --Ducis DuxSlothTalk 05:07, 28 July 2007 (BST)
  21. Keep - Nothing left to say. --Druuuuu 05:37, 28 July 2007 (BST)
  22. Keep - It's a dupe if I remember correctly. But hé, lets be sure to get it into PR.-- Vista  +1  22:51, 30 July 2007 (BST)
  23. Keep - It would stop those rare goose-chases. So yeah. --Heavy DDR 15:01, 2 August 2007 (BST)
  24. Keep - Because "Your target has moved away." when they die is silly. --Animi 23:59, 2 August 2007 (BST)
  25. This suggestion has already died...all the way to PR! --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ #nerftemplatedsigs 04:56, 7 August 2007 (BST)
  26. Keep - As everyone else.--Vortexx 11:36, 8 August 2007 (BST)
  27. Keep - Even if this is a dupe, it's still a good sugg. Thanks for posting! BoboTalkClown 20:26, 8 August 2007 (BST)
  28. Keep - I like it. --Evildemon989 Talk · Help · W! · P! · SU! · TJ! · Hai! 01:01, 9 August 2007 (BST)
  29. Keep - I join the chorus of unanimity... --WanYao 14:17, 9 August 2007 (BST)
  30. Keep - This truly makes no sense to not implement. --MSTK 03:26, 10 August 2007 (BST)
  31. Keep - I need to know if the "Funny Men" have run away! --Your friendly neighbourhood psychopathc, Lord Evans 19:14, 10 August 2007 (BST)
  32. Keep - Good idea. *jumps on bandwagon* --Pavluk 22:04, 10 August 2007 (BST)
  33. Keep - I dont remember ever getting that message when they didn't actually move away or someone else kill them(who knows though I could have thought they moved away and just went on) but I like it. --Dipcup 01:59, 11 August 2007 (BST)

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