Overuse of Dragonshouts : V

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:53 am

So... Health makes you think twice about walking into the thick of things where many things will hurt you.

Stamina prevents you from swinging that big ol' sword all willy-nilly like some berserker.

Magicka prevents you from flinging fireballs ad lightning bolts left and right with reckless magimaniacal abandon.

So what prevents you from yelling FUS-RO-DAH at every mook who so much as looks at you wrong?

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:43 am

What's FUS-RO-DAN do?

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 1:45 pm

I would assume that there will be a lengthy cooldown time for the Dragon Shouts, at least I hope so

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:14 am

What's FUS-RO-DAN do?

Presumably, from what we've heard, it knocks everyone around you onto their butts.

But anyhoo, what's the energy source for Dragonshouts?

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:42 pm

I would assume that there will be a lengthy cooldown time for the Dragon Shouts, at least I hope so

This. Pretty sure I heard cool-downs were in.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:03 pm

What's FUS-RO-DAN do?

Force balance push and its equivalent to force push in starwars

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:31 pm

Hmmm, good point, i think there is going to be a limit as to the 'shouting per minute', at least i hope so.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:01 am

i would like to see a cool down that is related to the shout. the stronger the shout the longer the cool down.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:25 am

Well how much do you think you can yell without needing to take a breath?

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:57 pm

I would say make them like Greater Powers. 1 time per day. Hell you get like 20, by endgame you can probably destroy all the mudcrabs on Nirn without having to use the same one twice.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:31 am

So... Health makes you think twice about walking into the thick of things where many things will hurt you.

Stamina prevents you from swinging that big ol' sword all willy-nilly like some berserker.

Magicka prevents you from flinging fireballs ad lightning bolts left and right with reckless magimaniacal abandon.

So what prevents you from yelling FUS-RO-DAN at every mook who so much as looks at you wrong?

I thought it was Fus Ro Dah and I think there will be a cool down time for each shout

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:01 am

DAH.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:21 pm

I'd agree there's probably a cooldown time for them or something like that. I can't see Bethesda giving the players such strong powers and not limiting them in some way.

i would like to see a cool down that is related to the shout. the stronger the shout the longer the cool down.

That would make sense, it should also depend on what kind of shout it is, I think.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:24 am

I hope each one has a different cool down. If I can only do the localized teleportation once a day that will be annoying. Teleporting around in combat could be pretty cool. But if some of the less empowering shouts had like a 5 - 10 second cool down and the more powerful ones with a 5 - 10 minute cool down, that'd be good.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:05 am

1) It's Fus Ro Dah.
2) I think a cooldown was mentioned by GameInformer or in one of the magazines.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:56 am

So... Health makes you think twice about walking into the thick of things where many things will hurt you.

Stamina prevents you from swinging that big ol' sword all willy-nilly like some berserker.

Magicka prevents you from flinging fireballs ad lightning bolts left and right with reckless magimaniacal abandon.

So what prevents you from yelling FUS-RO-DAN at every mook who so much as looks at you wrong?

...i think you mean FUS RO DAH... i dont recall there being a "FUS RO DAN".

anyway, im pretty sure they require a special energy to use, as well... i dont think bethesda would give us unlimited power like that.

we'll probably need to kill dragons to replenish the power... or something.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:12 am

I would say make them like Greater Powers. 1 time per day. Hell you get like 20, by endgame you can probably destroy all the mudcrabs on Nirn without having to use the same one twice.

No.

Greater powers are dumb. You generally forget that you even have them. 1 minute cooldown is far better.

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:26 pm

Well I would think Dragonshouts run off Magika. And a ton of it.
:mellow:

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:32 pm

No.

Greater powers are dumb. You generally forget that you even have them. 1 minute cooldown is far better.

They're supposed to be emergency weapons. 1 minute is nothing. That's 48 times a day it can be used, which I reckon is much overpowered. Around half a day to a day is a better cooldown, similar to greater powers, since they'd be a lot mroe useful, especially once you get many of them.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:04 am

So how long should the cooldown be on the rumored dragon summon shout?

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 1:36 am

No.

Greater powers are dumb. You generally forget that you even have them. 1 minute cooldown is far better.

So true i dont even remember using anything exept the lock pick thing

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:21 pm

There is a cool down time and if its too short, a mod will make a better length.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:13 am

They're supposed to be emergency weapons. 1 minute is nothing. That's 48 times a day it can be used, which I reckon is much overpowered. Around half a day to a day is a better cooldown, similar to greater powers, since they'd be a lot mroe useful, especially once you get many of them.

No. This is wrong.

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:26 pm

They're supposed to be emergency weapons. 1 minute is nothing. That's 48 times a day it can be used, which I reckon is much overpowered. Around half a day to a day is a better cooldown, similar to greater powers, since they'd be a lot mroe useful, especially once you get many of them.

So you want dragon shouts, the main power of the dragon born, to be only used once per day?

He'll no. To be fair, how about a 5 min cooldown? That's reasonable.

» Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:34 pm

Greater Powers, as a previous poster said, get forgotten and underused. They suffer from the "ooh i want to use it now, but what if I really NEED it later!" Two months later in game, it hasnt been used once.

Someone else mentioned another energy bar - that would be replenished by killing dragons. Imo that's a terrible idea, it'd lead to more procrastinatory stockpiling than the greater power idea!
Now, it would work if it regenerated slowly by itself, like magicka but slower.

Here's how I would implement them. Each shout has a cooldown of 5 minutes, with a global cooldown of one minute. The summon dragon one and other extreme shouts could be 15-30 minutes of cooldown.