zil on 17/1/2009 at 21:45

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I didn't exactly find a more proper (perhaps a fan-fiction thread would have worked) topic for this, so I thought I'd put it here.
A pointless (and weird) thing that I do is expand the guard quotes, something like this:

Nothing but flames

Flames around the flames
are flames around you,
flames inside you -
nothing but flames:
flames behind you
flames beside you
flames above you
flames across you
flames against you
flames along you
flames among you
flames before you
flames within you
flames on you
flames off you
flames beyond you
flames over you
flames between you
flames despite you
flames near you
flames through you
flames without you
flames towards you
flames past you
flames underneath you
flames beneath you.
Flames.

JonesCrusher on 19/1/2009 at 09:57

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If Guards are behind the iron gates deviding a towns districts...I blackjack the gates and wind them all up...they start running at the gates threatening but can never get to me..haha

I usually save after a good safe kill.....and I am back in a dark corner ready to find my next victim.:devil:

SiO2 on 19/1/2009 at 18:07

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Here's some of the things I occasionally do:

1. see how many times I can blackjack someone before they hit the floor and become frobable. I think you can hit someone 4 or even 5 times.
2. trash the place - if the owner is particularly dastardly I may go through a mansion/house, grab every object I can and throw them to leave them in a haphazard state. Banners get chopped also, of course. I imagine the owner returning and finding all his loot/valuables gone and the place in a hell of a mess. If I can, I break all wooden doors so he have to pay a locksmith to fix them. :cheeky:
3. Dropping blackjacked enemies from great heights and hearing them vocalise when they hit the ground (do they wake up, scream then die?).
4. snuff out a swordsman with the blackjack. Hit 'em enough times, whilst avoiding their swordblows!, and they'll fall (dead, I assume). I Am Garrett - Fear Me.
5. Get into a swordfight with multiple sword-wielding enemies. In one FM with plenty of space and AI I had 8-10 after me. Circle-strafing to their right (from Garrett's perspective) is usually enough to get the odd overhead swordblow in to thin down their numbers.
6. I crouch the majority of the time - Garrett's knees must be shot. :p
7. crouch-walk over tile/brick surfaces - if you move just enough not to trigger a "footstep" sound then stop, and repeat, you can cover a noisy surface.
8. run at a target with their back to you, along a surface that they can't hear and do a running-jump overhead sword hit on them. Completely unnecessary but sometimes satisfying. :cool:
9. open a door and throw the smashed body of a bot through it into the middle of a big room where guards are as if to say "there's your stupid security bot!" Extra points for Hammerites or Hammerite guards as you show them their mangled technology.
10. It's a matter of pride to have every cannonball firing bot I meet destroy itself. If they are stupid enough to fire when their cannon is right up against a wall - injuring themselves - then they deserve all they get...

fearless on 6/2/2009 at 07:46

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I like to tick off a bow guard and stand behind another guard so the arrows hit the guy standing in between, so the guard kills his own pal. Lol! :thumb:

Moonlight on 6/2/2009 at 17:27

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Sometimes the AI is so horrible in this game, enemies would get stuck when there's a corpse in the way and they would continue running in your direction until another enemy bumps them over the corpse by running in the same direction (applies to Thief 3). Also, there are instances where civilians actually committed suicide! It was really funny when a civilian was running around calling for help and then simply ran straight into the water at the docks (didn't even turn, just a straight line right off the edge of the platform, LOL). "Help! Guards! There's a... *splash*" And of course, there's also the fact that the guards in the city will notice you one second and say "damn, I lost him!" the next simply because you crouched behind a crate, some 2-second memory span...
Anyway, because of these "loopholes", it's sometimes fun to mess around in city with the guards and residents by either chasing them around until they fall into the water, testing their 2-second memory span, or simply dueling the guards. They really get into a fit when they don't manage to land a single hit and you already drained most of their health.