Disable ~ key?

[robert_namo]

More realistic without it, I'm pretty sure cavs are tired of being faked by people that turn at the last second.

[Digglez]

wow, Namo actually thought of something intelligent?

[Froto_the_Loc]

Been suggested before, I'm certain.

Dunno where it went though...

[Gurnisson]

Yes, because cav needs a buff

Apart from ranged weapons, that's the only time you can take down a cav that knows what he's doing. If he knows that you know about his presence he will find some other guys to rape in the back. It should stay, definitely. Game balance > Realism

[Thomek]

idk.. i kind of like this idea. We could try it out.

In the beginnings of cRPG very few used it, and it was a nice way to trick people.. cav. Now everyone uses it and it just introduces a kind of randomness.

I think it's worth trying out really. Would be interesting to see how gameplay changed.

If it sucks we could just turn it back on..

[ArchonAlarion]

Yes, because cav needs a buff

Apart from ranged weapons, that's the only time you can take down a cav that knows what he's doing. If he knows that you know about his presence he will find some other guys to rape in the back. It should stay, definitely. Game balance > Realism

Realism board, try again.

[Shatter]

I hate how you can never be sure when sneaking up on people whether they are ~ baiting you are not. It just adds an element of randomness and is frankly pretty weird. I do like using it to check out how sexy I look though. 

I use the ~ a lot, but I'd rather have it out of the game, or at least try it out like Thomek suggested.

[FRANK_THE_TANK]

I don't think its totally unrealistic. If you consider it as awareness its not so bad. The sound is so naff that you can't get any useful directional information out of it.

I think it should stay.

[BlackMilk]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it

[Malaclypse]

Better yet, reduce vision to first person with a slightly wider field of vision than it has now, and using ~ key to physical turn your head left and right!

[robert_namo]

Well come to think of it, IRL you can look over your shoulder but at 200 degree not 360 and also when you do look over your shoulder you don't run/walk as fast so those are 2 things to consider as well.

[Dalhi]

Only insults comes to my mind  so, no thanks.

[Logen]

and wearing armor and helmet might decrease it to like 180 degrees, plate helmet to even 90 I´d say ...

Weeell, maybe implement this just to see how it works out, not for the sake of realism but as an intresting new game mechanic. If it sucks they can always roll back.

[dodnet]

Don't you remove it! I want to look at myself how amazing I look! And don't buff backstabbing cavalry anymore! There needs to be some kind of looking around at least... have you ever noticed that you can turn your head? Try it and be surprised!

[Kafein]

In RL it's extremely obvious when someone is looking behind/around. We are on the realism board, so the only suggestion that makes sense is disabling it.


But of course then we'll have less trololo last second pointy stick pranks, and good cav will do better. Atm, this doesn't really separate the good cav from the bad, as there's no way to tell for certain whether someone is ~ing or not. It's all guesswork which makes it quite a stupid game mechanic.

It also offers the possibility of running forward at max speed while looking behind, which shouldn't be possible either.