Xindaris
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 1531
Registered: 06-13-2015
IP: Logged

If Beethro, a Guard, a Soldier, or a Stalwart steps onto oremites with a metal weapon equipped, their facing changes to the direction they're moving on. When they step off of the oremites, their weapon points in the direction they stepped off.

When Slayers step on oremites, they retain their facing, and when they stop off of oremites, their weapon keeps pointing the way they were facing on the oremites.

This seems very strange; since nobody else keeps their facing when stepping on/off oremites even when it would be advantageous to, it feels like it must somehow be physically impossible to do so, which would mean Slayers defy "physics".

I'm not sure how many holds/rooms would be affected by trying to change this to be more consistent, but I thought I might at least point it out. I am sorry if someone else has already pointed this out; I didn't see it anywhere.

____________________________
109th Skywatcher

Here are some links to Things!

---

[Last edited by Xindaris at 12-27-2015 11:42 PM]

Nuntar
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 4590
Registered: 02-20-2007
IP: Logged

No, it's not physically impossible. The only weirdness is that, according to canon, Beethro puts his sword away on oremites because he knows oremites will eat it, so he puts it away as a deliberate choice -- which makes it weird that he can't put it away at other times. But for some reason, he just can't. So when he steps off oremites, he immediately takes his sword out, even if it goes straight into a bomb.

As you pointed out, the stepping-off part is the same for a Slayer -- he gets his hook back and remains facing the same direction. The part that's different for a Slayer is that he doesn't turn to face the way he steps, unlike Beethro, mimics, guards and stalwarts. However, why should he? We already know that the Slayer likes to keep facing the same direction when following the wisp, only turning for defensive (or offensive) purposes when close to his target, so it feels consistent.

A similar quirk of behaviour is that anything pushed across oremites stays facing the same way.

____________________________
50th Skywatcher