Spiral Knights - New Status: Confusion/Possession

New Status: Confusion/Possession

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Mon, 02/20/2012 - 20:06

Frocus

Confusion- you loose complete control over all your actions and random use or switching of weapons. if the attack goes through it can hit friend and foe if within range. can be caused by a wide range of opponents and maybe heavy weapons or charge attacks.

Possession- something or someone possesses your body. while possessed you seek out your allies in an attempt to kill them. while possessed your friends can also hurt you. depending on how much damage is taken by your allies or your enemies will reduce the time of the possession. can be caused by undead and undead themed weapons if the developers every decide to make any.

I thought these statuses would be an interesting addition to the game.

Mon, 02/20/2012 - 20:17

Spiffcat

-.-" Plagiarism?

http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/41992 Please check this.

Mon, 02/20/2012 - 20:24

Spiffcat

Agree + Disagree.

Possess is good. I love it. But wait! What do you mean by " seek out you allies in an attempt to kill them "? 0
No! The allies can't hurt knight if they doesn't get possess.

Confusion is sound annoying. But I love it. 0

Your mark is 0 + 0 = 0! 0 is your mark.

Mon, 02/20/2012 - 20:45

Frocus

let me clear some stuff up

when someone becomes possessed they will now be seen as an enemy to you and as an enemy to the to mobs and the other pvp team. so basically they become a mob that comes after you and your allies but also can be hurt by you and your allies and by your enemies.

and @ plagiarism remark
No. I did not steal someone else's idea. I thought of it myself. I know people suggest ideas that have been suggested before but I feel that is to be expected on a forum.

Mon, 02/20/2012 - 21:02

Spiffcat

Surprised!

Did you mean if someone becomes possess, then they will be seen as enemy? They will be seen as Mewkat or other enemy? I really surprise with your idea! :) Or maybe I wrong. Please elaborate your description. Thank you.

Mon, 02/20/2012 - 21:25

Addisond

I don't like confuse

Confuse would be just plain annoying; we already have stun for most situations where this status would arise anyway. Possession seems like it would have to only occur:

- in LD, where dying is trivial
- as recoil to super-powerful attacks, where teamates would have to be smart about using it and controlling it
- to enemies

... unless we want a mechanic for it where you can just beat the crap out of your teammate and lash the evil away, without hurting them?

Mon, 02/20/2012 - 21:33

Evilnut

-1

Too powerful. In T3 getting inflicted by either is almost certain death... in arena you can doom your whole party as well - you were running in front of them, with the big crowd chasing all of you. You get possessed, you turn around and swing. Your teammates then got trapped between you and all those mecha knights.

Players will only have one solution: run and make sure you don't ever get inflicted, or have a remedy ready. If you lag/no remedy and got hit, well, it's game over for you. Hopefully someone in your party survives and revive you?

SK is about skill... taking away the player's control with a status means a one-hit KO. So those two statuses are not fair, and there's nothing skillful about them. So I'd have to say no.

Tue, 02/21/2012 - 10:42

Fluffyfoxxie

Agreed with Evilnut. Complete

Agreed with Evilnut. Complete loss of control is a no-no. Partial loss of control is okay, as is the case with freeze, stun, shock, etc. I'm a bit iffy on sleep as it is, as it basically guarantees a free hit on you from the enemy.

Tue, 02/21/2012 - 20:58

Hexzyle

Possession.

The possession turning allies to "appearing like other monsters" sounds lame and dangerous. A skilled player would quickly dispatch of his teammates if he was unaware of his status. Unless, it was considerably obvious that he was possessed: a.k.a: His teammates turned into gremlins on a Graveyard level or something of the like.

I reckon it would be neater if the possessed player was overtaken by weak AI, and he started making horrible movements like a phantom. Slow to charge. Telegraphing attacks. It would give his teammates something to look out for. Not to mention that he would be invunerable to traps, otherwise levels like FSC would be a nightmare once you got possessed.

Apart from a few drawbacks, possessed sounds awesome.

Tue, 02/21/2012 - 21:00

Spiffcat

The possession no need to

The possession no need to appearing the allies like other monster. Just friendly fire and need to be carefull while in team.

Tue, 02/21/2012 - 21:32

#10

Hexzyle

@Twindoms

Polaris? Nitronome? Shivermist buster? Possesed Bomber = Whole team dead.

Wed, 02/22/2012 - 08:43

#11

Spiffcat

Bomber should be genius..

Bomber should know how to use their bomb carefully... Well, for my opinion.. The user that got Possess should have black aura on their body.(like Poison, has green bubble at their body) These will make the teammate know that he got Possess then they will walk carefully. The radius bomber bomb that got possess will be recolour with red colour. SORRY, MY GRAMMAR WORSE.

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