If you could create your own types of arrows, what would you make?

[Rambis]

I know that what I am about to say is crazy... but...

How about stink-bomb arrows? Imagine all the crazy and hilarious conversation. Like shoot it by a guard, then some uppity noble woman walks by and makes some comment about him stinking up the walkway!!! They would be practical as well, because you could shoot them by some loot you want that's surrounded by people to clear them from the loot!

[De2nis]

That's not a bad idea. Maybe a fake blood arrow? Could distract the gaurds? I don't know.:confused:

[tealsmith]

Mind Control Arrow. Fire it into an enemy's head, and you can control them. When you've done all you want, you can either deactivate the arrow, or run the guard off a cliff or something.

[Cloaked Figure]

Originally posted by tealsmith
Mind Control Arrow. Fire it into an enemy's head, and you can control them.

Mind control would be nice.... to bad i didnt have it in thief 2, victoria and i would have had lots of fun, :D

[Rambis]

They have mind control in a few star wars games... jedi knights II. It's fun at first, you can only distract them, but as you get stronger in the force, you can actually take over their body and control them for like 30 seconds or something....

great fun!

[Kokopelli]

Would be fun but probably not too feasible. Have an arrow called the "ghost arrow." When you shoot it, it a white cloud forms for several seconds with a wicked laugh. Be funny to see the stupid peasants flee from it.

[MrWynd]

I want arrows with taunts for guards on them. Nothing would enrage a guard more than next to the missing loot is a arrow sticking out of the wall saying "TAFFER!"

[Kokopelli]

Originally posted by MrWynd
I want arrows with taunts for guards on them. Nothing would enrage a guard more than next to the missing loot is a arrow sticking out of the wall saying "TAFFER!"

Be funny if you shot the taunt arrow near two people. When it starts tossing out the taffer insults, the people start arguing. Be good for a nice laugh.

[Rambis]

How about BFG 9000 arrows? Someone else thought of it and it sounds like fun!

[Warrior2]

A rope arrow would be nice...

[Powerslave]

A Fog arrow or something like that. You shoot it someplace and a nice fog spreads, covering you and your surroundings and enabling you to move on. Of course, you could also combine the Fog arrows with the rope arrows, and after the fog spreads you can escape upwards using a rope arrow, a-la Batman. That's escaping in style for you!

[MajorHealy]

A tripwire arrow? Would have an effect similar to oil flasks, but the victim would always fall forward - shoot it higher for a clothes-line effect :). Might require two arrows per trip wire, of course...

A "spycam" arrow - much like the scouting orb in T2, but sticks into surfaces where broadheads currently stick - good for getting those aerial views.

I really like the taunt arrow idea for shooting around more than one AI...

And the Fog arrow sounds very cool --- seems consistent with the Thief world, and even seems like something easily mod-able if we ever get editing tools!

[2K2CIVICSI]

a marijuana arrow with a BIG bud for an arrow head, and when you shoot someone in the head a big cloud of smoke surrounds them and they get all dopey and less interested in their surroundings( like staring pointlessly at a torch on the wall "wow, thats a nice fire its soo bright" or get the munchies and start eating something off in a corner somewhere)

That would be good for a laugh.

[grafixmonkey]

Originally posted by Warrior2
A rope arrow would be nice... Dang, someone beat me to saying that...

[Rambis]

Lol... Cupid arrows. "How cute, Benny's in love!"

Then we could hear Drunken Benny the Guard wow us with his mastery of language... Drunken Benny poetry being recited to his new found love. I love it!!!! Come on people, that's just funny!

[Mr. Perfect]

A blackjack arrow! There actually was one of these things hidden in one of the Thief 2 city missions. You'd pick it up, shoot a guy in the head and he'd be unconcious! The great thing was it was a re-useable arrow, and you just had to chase it after it was done bouncing around.

[Rambis]

That sounds cool!!! I bought Thief 2 like 5 days ago online so I can't wait to play it!!! The arrow you're talkin' about sounds nice, like a re-usable gas arrow.

[poopfart]

I like that idea of a fog arrow. Create your own shadows if there are none.
Me and my brother always laughed about the idea of a sand bag arrow that had the same effect as a gas arrow. It would just be so funny to watch some dude bite it after getting pegged with a big bag on a stick from the air.:D

[The Cleric]

I'll definately go along with the Rope Arrow and the Fog or Smoke Arrow.

For something new, how about a Net Arrow? It could only carry a big enough net to work on half of someone's body. Shoot it at their Torso, it ties their arms to their sides, shoot it at their legs and it wraps around, tripping them up. What do you think?

[Absynthe]

What about arrows like these?

http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84833

:D

[Chickenboy]

Similar to the mind control arrow I suppose, how about a psychotic arrow, shoot someone with it and they go on a psychotic rampage. Or cupids arrow!! Or a paranoia arrow, the target thinks everyone is out to get them and they run off in hysteria!

[Yandros]

I've always wondered why no one has made a FM with a poison arrow... seems like a perfectly classic thiefy arrow to me. I've done it myself but never worked it into a released mission. It's fun to fight a hammer who's been poisoned - every so often he doubles over in pain as the poison works its magic...

I do have a new type of arrow (shadow arrows) in my Circulation of Shadows FM, still under development (see my website for info). It also makes use of the flash arrows from DEDx.

The fog arrow would be neat, but particle FX themselves don't obscure AI's vision, so it would take some neat tricks to make it work in T2.

[Rambis]

Hey Absynthe!

That link is beyond hilarious!!! Everyone should check it out, you'll get a great laugh!!! I like the rat pro arrows!

[njcl]

a depression arrow,it hits a guard and he sinks into a meloncholy mood with utterances like "ohh woe is me,my life stinks"........"i havnt got the energy to chase that taffer,ohh for some ale to make me happy".lol

[Mr. Perfect]

I like that Rat arrow. "Must have been a rat... Oh look, it was."

[Buckeyebrad]

How about a confusion arrow. When a person were hit they would be confused. They might think Garrett was a friend, help him out?

[thiefessa]

I love this thread...some of the ideas are so funny, especially the dope arrow!

How about a horizontal growing vine arrow, to act like a bridge when you want to get across a very wide gap high on the roof tops?

[Silent_Hitman47]

A pepper arrow. The taffers start coughing up a storm when it hits them. Or an itching powder arrow. Maybe an oil arrow, so you don't have to worry about missing when you throw it. a coin arrow, an arrow with gold stuck on to it so the guards will go try to get the money and you can slip by.

[TiffTaffinTaffer]

Huh...all of your arrows are original, sure, but kinda pointless. I mean, for all of you with ideas for arrows that kill people: they have those, they're called broadheads and fire arrows, and gas arrows to knock them out. And those of you with distraction/smoke arrows, that's what noisemakers are for. Fake blood arrows? The point of blood in the game is to clean it up so that guards are not suspicious of you, or not make blood puddles at all. Now, with that said, a puke arrow would be completely useful, nay multi-useful! It would be slippery, smelly, distracting, make a guard puke out his own entrails much worse than a gas arrow or moss arrow to the mouth, plus it puts out fires!

[Sylph_14]

Laughing gas :D

[Thief_2486]

Acid Arrows would be nice.

[dark1]

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[MobFiRe]

How bout a nuke warhead tip arrow. Once shot & game over.

[TiffTaffinTaffer]

or a really small, weak nuke tip that only gives the guard cancer, sure he'll not know he has cancer until he dies five years later, but man would that be funny!

[The_Insane]

a shadow arrow to create shadows or a voodoo arrow to make the guards go crazy

[The_Insane]

a annoying-peasant-spawn-arrow,summons a peasant to distract the guards,this guy does't stop talking. a pickpocket arrow sounds also nice

[Guineapiggy]

The funny smelling gas arrow - Clear a room or be the life of the party!
The Wire arrow - Trip up guards much further down the coridoor or simply distract them, then pull it away quickly. Could also be used to knock over random objects like plant pots and then be yanked away quickly for a slightly more subtle form of distraction than the noisemaker offers.

[Sosukhelumez]

Originally posted by Warrior2
A rope arrow would be nice...

They had that in Thief: The dark Project, not sure about Thief 2 though because I never played that

[everlong71]

Originally posted by TiffTaffinTaffer
Huh...all of your arrows are original, sure, but kinda pointless. I mean, for all of you with ideas for arrows that kill people: they have those, they're called broadheads and fire arrows, and gas arrows to knock them out. And those of you with distraction/smoke arrows, that's what noisemakers are for. Fake blood arrows? The point of blood in the game is to clean it up so that guards are not suspicious of you, or not make blood puddles at all.

The point of this thread is to be imaginative and also funny. I really liked some of the suggestions.

Originally posted by TiffTaffinTaffer
Now, with that said, a puke arrow would be completely useful, nay multi-useful! It would be slippery, smelly, distracting, make a guard puke out his own entrails much worse than a gas arrow or moss arrow to the mouth, plus it puts out fires!

What are you kidding?? You look down on the other ideas and then suggest the most ridiculous type of arrow.

[TiffTaffinTaffer]

that was the point. i was trying to be funny. i purposely put down the other crazy arrows then suggested the dumbest one. which, by the way, i still think would be useful.

[shalroq]

What about a Home Alone arrow?

Every time a guard tries to walk up some steps after being Home Alone-ized, a paint can flies down on a piece of string and hits him in the face, causing him to land on micro machines. Or when he opens a door, it's electrified and there's a giant box of tools and stuff rigged up so he gets electrocuted and knocked unconscious.

Or a reasoning arrow?

When a guard is hit by the reasoning arrow, he doesn't chase Garrett with his sword unsheathed, he slowly moves towards him, trying to negociate the loot back.
"Just try to think about who you're stealing from here. Yes they may be fanatical religious maniacs who worship the Builder god, but that doesn't mean they don't have feelings."

[everlong71]

Originally posted by shalroq
What about a Home Alone arrow?

Every time a guard tries to walk up some steps after being Home Alone-ized, a paint can flies down on a piece of string and hits him in the face, causing him to land on micro machines. Or when he opens a door, it's electrified and there's a giant box of tools and stuff rigged up so he gets electrocuted and knocked unconscious.


LOL LOL :p

[DreadX]

panzerfaust-arrows and sniper-arrows

[Silent_Hitman47]

The holo-arrow. When it hits it brings up an image of Garrett. Then the guards run at it and it sets off an explosive.

[rob444]

Hmm..


Fear arrow
On impact, creates a black cloud that engulfs any nearby enemy, those who get the black fog on them runs away in fear for a short while. :cool:

Ghost arrow
Imbued with magical powers that, when shot on a surface (floor), it will spawn a ghost that walks around in that area to scare any guard.

Hallucination arrow
On impact, creates a small white cloud that dissapear pretty fast and those who inhaled this white powder starts hallucinating stuff.

[ShiftyStirgebiter]

Shotgun Arrow - Splits into a bunch of arrows when fired

Glue Arrow - Sticks a target to the ground, or makes a patch of glue that lasts a few minutes.

Climbing Arrow - sticks in a wall and becomes a ledge for you to climb on.

Random Arrow - A badly enchanted arrow that has unpredictable results, a random selection of other arrow effects.

The blunt arrow is a great idiea too, anyone know where it is in Thief 2?

[The_Insane]

Big-bad-mean-angry-sticky-glue-with-bloody-gass-and-holy-water-plus-some-oil-on-fire arrow

[The_Insane]

orland arrow: creates an orland that just would not stop talking and starts to annoy everyone with his stupid and boring talk.

[Konfuzius]

Quote :
"A Fog arrow or something like that. You shoot it someplace and a nice fog spreads, covering you and your surroundings and enabling you to move on. Of course, you could also combine the Fog arrows with the rope arrows, and after the fog spreads you can escape upwards using a rope arrow, a-la Batman. That's escaping in style for you!"

That sounds like an good idea. Would allow more stealth as you can sneak by with this without a problem.

(But we have the flashbombs tough?)

Other than that, I think a couple rats in your pocket would be a good idea. Whenever the guard gets suspicious, starts looking, he stops it when finding the rat and Garret can procede as normal

Or....We all know how much the Guards liked to drink in Thief1/2. Remember the drunken singing guards at Baffords Mansion? Or up at Angel Watch? (Amusing indeed).....So why not invent some sort of liqour you can throw out and make the guards drunk

(Could be abused a bit too much perhaps?) but whenever knocking one out, you could pour some liqour at them and when the other guards goes and find them, they smell liqour and assume they got drunk and passed out, ie wont be suspcious.

[taa2609]

viagra arrow.
guard suddenly bends over double. useful when gaurd is alone. funny when guard has company.
helium arrow.
guards voice reaches an uncomfortable pitch. best used when with company.
curry arrow.
brings on a sudden compulsion to toilet. "do i, or dont i leave my post?" whilst hopping about bent double and cleching with all his might. then after 10 seconds says "uh-oh, too late" and legs it.
tommy.

[CWFY]

Web Arrow, shoot it at any walls and you can climb them, set traps to catch those damn pagans, seal doors so that you can stop guards chasing you into rooms, acts as a net so you can trap a number of guards (like the net gun in AVP 2) and fire it on to the celing and stick to it (until you cut yourself down) to hide from guards.

[DreXor]

i've looked @ this thread quite a few times, and thought quite a bit about novelty vs functionality and here goes :

Novelty :
bug bomb : arrow with a breakable jarload of say spiders, shoot a guy and cover him with bugs, freaks out like a little girl... or fill it with bees and make the guards evacuate an area, and the pissed bees would swarm after them

fireworks : shoot it out and make fireworks in the sky, all the guards go out and watch, ooh, aahh.. lol

loony toons hook arrow, shoot by a guard and drag them offstage

Functional :
Rope arrow, BUT, with the ability to hang on to the end / tie it off. so as to be able to traverse with it instead of just climb up and down.

claw arrow, with string : shoot objects, like loot and it spring grabs it, then drag it back.. example the guarded floating sword in T1, or the eye

Sandbag arrow, just a shootable blackjack / button pusher without the loud clanging ricochets

explosive/grenade arrows, these have been around for ages, just a splash damage weapon.. use it to blow up baddies or doors in your way.

blade/cutter arrow kind of a V set of blades, to shoot and cut ropes or a throat of a victim so as they cant sound alarm

flashbomb arrow, shoot it and blind guards

other useful items :
black powder bag, portable explosive/flash powder : pour it into locks and flash fry them, or use to make boobytrap/flash bombs ( besides the ones you can throw ) or make a putty to flash burn thru grills/grates ( or an acid flask )

glass cutter, get thru them windows you cant open

( mentioned elsewhere ) a simple crowbar for prying things open

general use smoke bomb for cover

trained rat, that will run out , scare the girlys or make the guards think it made noise instead of you

would love the ability to KO a guard , pour wine on them and leave the bottle, so that they look like they passed out