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Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » January 16, 2003, 2:03 pm

In your opinion, what mob or pc has the best death animation?

[and a little question for my own enlightenment from you guys who know this crap. Is "mob" synonymous with "npc" or does "npc" denote a character that can be interacted with, as opposed to a creature that cannot and just exists for killing? A minor subtlety I'd like to understand (if it exists).]

Zygar_ Cthulhukin · Post by **Zygar_ Cthulhukin** » January 16, 2003, 2:05 pm

I like the Ravenoous Nightstalkers in PoN. They make me giggle when they die

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » January 16, 2003, 2:05 pm

NPC and mob are synonymous IMO.

I always got a chuckle from the low-res Iksar death animation

miir · Post by **miir** » January 16, 2003, 2:08 pm

mob is short for mobile.
Any mobile creature in a rpg can be considered a mob.
A non mobile creature is usally referred to as a NPC.

Dunno about animations, but the mobs in SSeru say the funiest shit when they die....

A Centurion of the Arx corpse says, 'Paying 50pp for a cleric!'

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » January 16, 2003, 2:10 pm

Old school ogre/troll death animations are the win

As for MOB/NPC, that's actually a tougher question than I first thought. Initially I wanted to say they were synonymous, but then I started thinking.. I never refer to some quest NPCs as quest MOBs. Hmm. It's all just semantics I guess, but I suppose for me there's a bit of a difference.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » January 16, 2003, 2:14 pm

Goblins. How can you not enjoy a plumbers crack?

Midnyte_Ragebringer · January 16, 2003, 2:19 pm

I'd have to go with the Sol Kobolds animation. I still remember flinching when they took that final swing at me.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » January 16, 2003, 2:19 pm

the blade fiend in unrest and up in plane of sky is my favorite.

Drolgin Steingrinder · January 16, 2003, 2:29 pm

Dunno about animations, but the DE necro npcs on second floor of hate have the best death messages.

A Defiler of Innoruuk says, 'If only I had had my pet...'

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » January 16, 2003, 2:30 pm

i agree with Dregor and Mid.

love the old school ogre deaths. best is when they get DT'd. they just kind of sit down, then fall over.

and i was gonna say kobolds in solb as well.

emmer · Post by **emmer** » January 16, 2003, 2:44 pm

nothing will ever beat watching an old model ogre get bonked on the head and do the sit down fall back w/ arms outstretched death while going "uuuugghhhhaaaa".... nothing

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » January 16, 2003, 2:58 pm

Sand giants belly flopping was always a winner.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » January 16, 2003, 3:02 pm

This should have been a poll! I think the solb kobolds would edge out the old ogres in a close race : )

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » January 16, 2003, 3:03 pm

it's a hard choice between goblins and their fetal position (plumber's crack rofl), ogres (old models, are there really any others?

) and those stone things in echo/Mseru/lavastorm that when dead fall apart in single stones spread out all over

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » January 16, 2003, 3:03 pm

Kobolds, IMO. The first time I saw the last swing after I THOUGHT it was dead, I had to nuke it again, just to make sure.

As for mobs and NPC's. I call creatures that only exist to be killed "MOB's" and creatures that act as quest folks, vendors, bankers, guild trainers "NPC's". I guess if it has a special name, it's an "NPC" (Non-playing character) in my view, but if it's a_shin_knight_003, it's a "MOB".

-Shae

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » January 16, 2003, 3:05 pm

The Iksar death they do on feign, the kinda fainting thing.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » January 16, 2003, 3:08 pm

iksar FD is good

rhyae · Post by **rhyae** » January 16, 2003, 3:10 pm

/agree old model ogres are great.
I also like the Dervishes in IC, first I'm just glad to see them die cos they are annoying as hell, and second I always liked that skull hanging in mid air for a moment before sinking to the ground atop the rest of its bones.

Sabek · Post by **Sabek** » January 16, 2003, 3:13 pm

Iksar FD > all others

Especially if it is a monk with a couple staves like staves of shielding or something.

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » January 16, 2003, 3:14 pm

rhyae wrote:Dervishes in IC...I always liked that skull hanging in mid air for a moment before sinking to the ground atop the rest of its bones.

Same, the werewolf/kobold is pretty good too. Old model Ogres always seems surprised when they died

Iksar make the best noise when they die

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » January 16, 2003, 3:15 pm

mob is short for mobile.

Close, but no Kyoukan.

MoB is actually short for movable object. Just an FYI

On topic, I like the nightstalker deaths. The howl is a great touch.

miir · Post by **miir** » January 16, 2003, 3:38 pm

MoB is actually short for movable object

Oh FFS, another know-it-all about mud terminology.

On every MUD I played, MOB was the term used for a 'compuer controlled' mobile.

Besides that point, mobs are not 'moveable'... have you ever tried to manipulate and 'move' a mob in a MUD?

Mobile: Capable of moving or changing from one state or condition to another

Moveable: capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » January 16, 2003, 4:00 pm

pwnd.

Abelard · Post by **Abelard** » January 16, 2003, 4:19 pm

Elephants in South Karana die the best.

Fallanthas · Post by **Fallanthas** » January 16, 2003, 5:27 pm

Nother vote for the iksar death schwing.

Shaaawoop! Dead!

Gotta love it.

Skunki · Post by **Skunki** » January 16, 2003, 5:37 pm

It is all about "Yipipiipipipip.....Erp!"

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