LE Human shields... please?

[ZeroFantasyGuy]

Hi! So while writing an endorsment for Airship - Dev Aveza I started mumbling about Saints Row III. So, my idea of fun would be grabbing Nazeem and having the darn dragons blast him to his Cloud district. I mean using peeps as human shields. I have no idea how hard would it be to make something like that, but I know it would require a load of scripting and animating. Since I couldn't even make a follower out of (mostly) vanilla resources, scripting and animating is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay (spot the f :tongue: ) out of my league. So I decided to turn my almost original idea into a request. So here it is. I don't really know how request work so I am sorry if I'm doing something wrong.

Thanks for your time!
PS: Don't spoil the fun of searching for the "f" for other people. Go ahead, delete your reply now.

Edited August 15, 2013 by ZeroFantasyGuy

[AlduinWorldEater]

Following this thread. It'd be a bit difficult to conduct any actions with a human shield, since there's no firearms, and crossbows are two-handed weapons, but I can definitely see where this would be useful, particularly in dungeons. Grab a bandit, hold him out with a knife to his throat, and maybe it'll stall his cohorts. I mean, bandits are ruthless, but there's got to be some sort of brotherhood amongst them.

[ZeroFantasyGuy]

Holding with one hand, stabbing with the other. The damage is reduced to 0.7 and the enemy absorbs 95% of damage as long as he/she/it is alive. And MAGIC damage is not reduced. And the behavior Alduin mentioned could be used if I grab a Jarl/Merchant/anyone potentially important.

EDIT And running is disabled, walking speed is reduced by 15%. And maybe mouse "right click" to execute enemy (I have played way to much SR :D)

Edited August 15, 2013 by ZeroFantasyGuy

[AlduinWorldEater]

There's no such thing as too much Saint's Row! :D

 

I like the idea of being able to execute your shield. Maybe your character pushes them forward and shoves a blade through their back, much like the vanilla backstab animation?