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It would be great if D:OS had ways of defeating opponents without killing them.

First of all, it's not realistic that every single enemy will fight to the death. Animals, even the hungry and aggressive ones, might try to flee when it becomes obvious they're losing. More intelligent opponents might surrender in order to save their lives.

I think you should get XP for every defeated opponent, including those who successfully flee or surrender. In this case, it might be necessary to tag those opponents, so you cannot generate an infinite amount of XP by attacking fleeing opponents over and over.

Of course, you'd miss out on the loot of fleeing enemies. Those who surrender could offer you all their belongings in order to get away, though. Some might even offer additional loot, like telling you about a secret stash of items if you let them live.

It would be really cool if your reputation influenced the chance of surrender: As long as you're an honorable person who is known to show mercy, enemies are more likely to surrender. If you kill people who have surrendered, future opponents will be less likely to make the same mistake, and their resolve might even allow them to put up more of a fight.

Of course, this shouldn't happen all of the time. Mindless creatures like some undead should never run away or surrender. Fanatics and soldiers who know that their superiors will kill them if they lose the fight should also have a very low chance of giving up. Untrained citizens, on the other hand, should be quite likely to beg for their lives instead of fighting to the death. It would also add a lot to the credibility of the game world if a heavily wounded opponent became very likely to surrender after you've obliterated the rest of the group without taking much damage yourself.

I'd also like to have a way of disabling opponents even if they don't surrender. You could knock them unconscious or wound them in a way that doesn't allow them to fight on. Why would you want to do that? You might be convinced that your opponent is out of his/her mind (e.g. when possessed or mind-controlled) or you might want to give him/her a chance of seeing that what he/she's been doing is wrong. That might lead to the NPC remaining in the same area, but becoming non-hostile afterwards. It could also leave him/her totally unimpressed, or he/she might even try to track you down in order to avenge the defeat by "purging" this "dishonour".

In some cases, there are items that are supposed to be hidden for the player to explore and actually search. What I think would be a good reward to teach players to search would be a flag for pickupable/interactable items: "Does not show up on press of ALT key".

I found this annoying as well, but after all the fuss over the concept art, I thought bringing up the issue was more trouble than it was worth. I'm assuming there'll be non-high-heeled armours in the final game.

Actions should have lasting consequences on the game world, both large and small. This can take many forms; some examples:

- NPCs recognize you and react to what they've heard about you, e.g. by cheering or fleeing in terror.
- Objects get built or destroyed. In the course of a quest, you could get NPCs to build a shrine or burn down a house, and the shrine or the charred ruins stay there for the rest of the game, a visible reminder of your influence on the world.
- Objects or even the landscape change depending on what you've done. You've helped a farmer against some bandits? Maybe his fields are in full bloom because of you. You've sided with the bandits, killed the farmer and plundered his belongings? The crops may wither and the animals may starve to death or perhaps the bandits move in and prove to be better farmers than the original one ever was

All of this provides the feeling of having achieved something and can even be a better reward than some XP and some gold.

I don't like QTE because it tends to be tedious and annoying. Don't also suggest something like this (Arx Fatalis Spell casting) just look at how failed the spell casting system @ 1:22 (it is due to real time though). Again, it will be tedious.

I never played Arx Fatalis, is it similar to DivDiv. please?