GrimyGhost Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Have any of you guys actualy seen a dragon pick anyone up like it did in the E3 video when it picks the giant up? i have battled around 25 dragons now and not seen it happen..Plus can dragons crash land anywere? or is it in scripted locations? so far they always seem to crash in the same location for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachdonin Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Dragons can, and DO crash land anywhere, but its only under certian circumstances. You have to drop them down below a certian point (i think its 10-15%) while their still in the air, and they will crash. I had one collide with a mountain side, then fall to its death. It was quite funny, actually. Particularly since i met the same fate trying to get down there to loot it... As for picking people up, i've seen (and been killed by) the dragon's finisher where it goes all T-Rex from Jurassic Park on you... but i never saw this video so i can;t say if thats the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimyGhost Posted November 29, 2011 Author Share Posted November 29, 2011 Dragons can, and DO crash land anywhere, but its only under certian circumstances. You have to drop them down below a certian point (i think its 10-15%) while their still in the air, and they will crash. I had one collide with a mountain side, then fall to its death. It was quite funny, actually. Particularly since i met the same fate trying to get down there to loot it... As for picking people up, i've seen (and been killed by) the dragon's finisher where it goes all T-Rex from Jurassic Park on you... but i never saw this video so i can;t say if thats the one. i have also seen the crash into mountain deth.. and its always in the same place..The E3 demo had a player getting attacked by a giant and then a dragon swoops down and picks the giant up.. taking it into the air then droping it, im begining to wounder if it was 'false advertisment' on Beths part to make the dragon fights look more epic then they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NephilimNexus Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Heck, during the tutorial/intro, when you get to the end and you have to decide who you're going to follow into the keep, look at the three archers on your left. The dragon will grab one of them and fly off with him. Stand around long enough and you'll see it drop him, too. The trick, I believe, is that it only does this to targets standing on walls, towers, or similar structures. I've yet to see a dragon just grab someone off the open ground and fly off with them. Why, I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachdonin Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Thats most likely a scripted event though. He does it every time, and if you watch Alduin's flight path is the same every time you do that segment. As for the false advertising thing, it's probably a case of cutting something out because it wasn't working properly. It may also be an issue with the AI not actually triggering the ability. Dragons are supposed to have shouts, for instance, but do you ever see them use one asside from their breath attack? We'll, of course, have to wait for the Construction Set to test that one, but as it stands i think its more of a limitation with the AI, or something they had to cut because it wasn't working right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McclaudEagle Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Some are scripted events, others might be as NephilimNexus described. It does happen though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaroncox Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 actually i have seen the dragon do it in open ground. he grabbed the storm cloak soldier and threw him about 20-25 feet from his mouth. when i saw that i thought it was awesome.. a dragon raided a storm cloak camp on the campaign of the civil war. he also killed another storm cloak by breathing fire on him...it took awhile to killl that dragon but i thought it was awesome.. i have also been fighting dragons where he bit me in his mouth, t-rex style.. and swung me like in the old skyrim videos. so it's not just a gimmick it just rarely happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsYchotic666Joker Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 iv seen lots of dragons pick up people and throw them or even pick them up and drop them from the sky, hell iv even been ate a few times >< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gblouin86 Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 I've seen it a couple times where a dragon picks up someone, shakes their head and tosses the person. Last dragon I fought actually did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjakies123 Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Killed about 30 dragons now and i havent seen it pick up npc's from the ground, fly around and then drop them.Did get eaten/thrown around while it was on the ground a few times though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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