Body fight

[anon24515308]

I’m just gonna repeat what I said about this type of combat on another earlier post.

@anon24515308

If grappling/takedowns/assassinations/whatever were to be implemented, here is how I would prefer them to be implemented.

• You have to be extremely close to your target to initiate grappling.
• No QTEs should be involved for either player; in the animation the person being assaulted should always attempt to defend themself.
• Which player is victorious in the grappling should be decided by their levels in relevant skills, their equipped weapons, which way they’re facing, and their relevant stats.
• The effects of grappling depend on what items the victor has equipped. If a player only has bare hands, he might knock his opponent to the ground, disarm them, and do the damage of a few punches, but if the victor is holding a knife he delivers a potentially fatal knife wound.
• Grappling against ordinary unarmed zombies from behind should serve as a relatively safe way to train grappling skills, but when grappling with them face to face the player risks being bitten.

An example of a worst case scenario could be that a character has no skill in grappling, is facing the wrong direction, is wearing no armor, and has both hands occupied by a long heavy musket. An example of a best case scenario would be that a character has high a skill level in grappling, is facing their opponent, is wearing protective, yet unrestrictive armor, and has knives in both hands.