Death and gore: YOLO!

[Abek]

I'd like to add more carnage to this game. The world isn't so ugly anymore. I want some throat slitting and death dealing. Maybe add a 5% chance for bandits to stab you in the head after you were knocked unconcious. This can be toggled when you start your game just like looting.

"Enemies murder the player"

The chance of death multiplier would increase that murder chance.

Additionally, murder chance could be affected by faction relation and which faction. For example, Holy Nation warriors have a higher murder rate when they fight Cannibals. Or United Nations would execute your men if you've been harassing their cities for years. If you really hated them you would consider killing them. Each faction would have different base chances. Trader's Guild would have a fairly low murder rate.

In the current game, a decent sized squad can be created from a new game and made Spartan in under 2 hours. They can't be killed, but they sure can be knocked out. A smart enemy would stab that mofo while they're down. Why the hell are Ninjas not stabbing faces?

Right now, the easiest way to play is to get a big group and just keep running them headfirst towards enemies with a guy in reserve to patch them up. You get mad strong mad fast. I just do a quick check beforehand to see if slavers are around, then rinse and repeat. I'd think twice if those bandits would take off the kiddie gloves.

Even playing sloppily, I never see the "Hatsune has died". Notifications anymore. I wanna see some death.

I really can't wait for blood fx either. I can't really emphasize how ugly I want the world of Kenshi to be. I want bandits to pick up unconcious men, carry them to one of your bases and DEMAND money. And then you try to pull something and he gets limbs chopped off.

How much gore do ya'll want to see? I'm thinking at -100 a limb flies off. -100 stomach disemboweled. And so forth. -100 decapitation. That would be so epic.

Thoughts?

[Chompster]

I'v always thought dismemberment added so much to the feel of a game, which is why i i fucking love RO2 so damn much. Nothing tenses a situation up like your buddy next to you losing an arm or a leg(or both!) from a grenade or artillery bombardment.

Having said that i don't think we need Unreal Tournament levels of giblets flying everywhere, or Gears of war, but some decent dismemberment would add so much. Not to mention would make getting prosthetic limbs a thing.

Executions would also add so much depth to the game, as you explained right now there really isn't any risk in attacking a vastly superior group as long as you keep someone in the back that can heal them up afterwards.

In a world as unforgiving as Kenshi, a higher chance of death is always a good things to be added

[a1elgazzar]

Agreed, and that would mean the players would get to execute enemies as well!

[1stratos1]

I also hope they add the option to kill players on the ground, and some NPCs/fanctions to use them. If they add culture in each fanction maybe some kill u on site if they hate u or got high bounty, or maybe hold up an execution in the town. Or the one with the bandits was great example/feature as well. Its a really interesting feature and a great way to make u think twice before u act.

Also dismemberment is great (i think they ll add it in future no?), would be great if with the right skill (high medic skills) and right items (good bandages and splits?) would be a chance to save it if u act fast.
Will make u think twice having a really great medic and not many half-good, with the best bandages around and maybe make u think of fighting ur way out for the possibility of keeping ur leg/arm.

So yeah MORE DEATH AND GORE PLZ!!
It really will make the game IMO more real/thrilling/great/meaningful?

[LootedWhileAwake]

There could even be a more in depth dismemberment for say losing a hand, foot, or even finger/fingers. Crawling bodies, wailing, the unconscience, the dead, the playing dead, and others at peace accepting their fate perhaps even happily or sadly. -100 limb damage sounds good for a clean cut through but there's still got to be a higher threshold to not be able to use that limb and even higher to have difficulty using it. So if you have a clean damaging cut, it goes off, but if you take multiple small hits, they could protect their damaged limb a bit.