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Something fun to discuss
Posted: January 16, 2003, 2:03 pm
by Lalanae
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).]
Posted: January 16, 2003, 2:05 pm
by Zygar_ Cthulhukin
I like the Ravenoous Nightstalkers in PoN. They make me giggle when they die
Posted: January 16, 2003, 2:05 pm
by vn_Tanc
NPC and mob are synonymous IMO.
I always got a chuckle from the low-res Iksar death animation
Posted: January 16, 2003, 2:08 pm
by miir
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!'
Posted: January 16, 2003, 2:10 pm
by Dregor Thule
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.
Posted: January 16, 2003, 2:14 pm
by Bubba Grizz
Goblins. How can you not enjoy a plumbers crack?
Posted: January 16, 2003, 2:19 pm
by Midnyte_Ragebringer
I'd have to go with the Sol Kobolds animation. I still remember flinching when they took that final swing at me.
Posted: January 16, 2003, 2:19 pm
by kyoukan
the blade fiend in unrest and up in plane of sky is my favorite.
Posted: January 16, 2003, 2:29 pm
by Drolgin Steingrinder
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...'
Posted: January 16, 2003, 2:30 pm
by Voronwë
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.
Posted: January 16, 2003, 2:44 pm
by emmer
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
Posted: January 16, 2003, 2:58 pm
by Chidoro
Sand giants belly flopping was always a winner.
Posted: January 16, 2003, 3:02 pm
by Winnow
This should have been a poll! I think the solb kobolds would edge out the old ogres in a close race : )
Posted: January 16, 2003, 3:03 pm
by Ennia
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
Posted: January 16, 2003, 3:03 pm
by Shaerra
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
Posted: January 16, 2003, 3:05 pm
by Kylere
The Iksar death they do on feign, the kinda fainting thing.
Posted: January 16, 2003, 3:08 pm
by Voronwë
iksar FD is good
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Posted: January 16, 2003, 3:10 pm
by rhyae
/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.
Posted: January 16, 2003, 3:13 pm
by Sabek
Iksar FD > all others
Especially if it is a monk with a couple staves like staves of shielding or something.
Re: ..
Posted: January 16, 2003, 3:14 pm
by Aabidano
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
Posted: January 16, 2003, 3:15 pm
by Fairweather Pure
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.
Posted: January 16, 2003, 3:38 pm
by miir
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
Posted: January 16, 2003, 4:00 pm
by *~*stragi*~*
pwnd.
Posted: January 16, 2003, 4:19 pm
by Abelard
Elephants in South Karana die the best.
Posted: January 16, 2003, 5:27 pm
by Fallanthas
Nother vote for the iksar death schwing.
Shaaawoop! Dead!
Gotta love it.
Posted: January 16, 2003, 5:37 pm
by Skunki
It is all about "Yipipiipipipip.....Erp!"