Grapple Push in Dyling Light

[Rabbit Doge]

hold Grapple, and the direction, before they attack, seems to do the trick 10/10.

I don't think it's a QTE...

HOLD GRAPPLE+DIRECTION

BEFORE THEY ATTACK

HOLD GRAPPLE+DIRECTION

BEFORE THEY ATTACK

HOLD GRAPPLE+DIRECTION

BEFORE THEY ATTACK

simple?

[socco]

What? Did someone say it was a QTE? I've never heard anyone call it that...

[Rabbit Doge]

Originally posted by STARRYSOCK:

What? Did someone say it was a QTE? I've never heard anyone call it that...

well some people seem to find it hard to preform... like it's a timing thing...

I couldn't find ANY resource on how to use the Grapple Push properly for this game either.

I know, I know, you're a grandmaster supreme commander extrodinare at (this game) everything, and probably has 100 girlfriends that you have had sex with, but still, SOMEONE might not know this.

Just putting it out there, don't flame me bro.

Doesn't help there's a grappling hook in the same game too, to hurt search results.

[socco]

No, I think you misunderstood me, I'm not trying to be rude or anything. I don't even use grapple, the control scheme is too awkward for me so I just ignore it. I didn't even know how to use it until I was about half way through the game, and even now I screw up with it over half the time.
I agree they should definitely have described it better, I was just saying I didn't know there were people who thought it was a QTE.

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QTE?

[xRE3™]

Originally posted by ☠Soul Assassin︻芫══↼:

QTE?

yeah.. im lost too?! :/ lol

[Machine Spirit]

Quick Time Event?

[Rabbit Doge]

Originally posted by Omnis:

Quick Time Event?

yeah, grapple push is not a timing thing, that's why it seems to screw up for people. you hold down alt and a direction BEFORE they event happens. not AS it happens.

So the key is you just got to drift into where you want to throw them while holding alt, and wait for them to grab you.

It's like when you do pycho 3, I think, trying to break their knees and when they goto attack you hit them in teh face. the game seems to lock you onto them. So for pycho 2, the grapple throw, you just hold the direction you want a zombie to go, while holding alt, and wait for the inevitable throw to happen.

it's REALLY a passive defensive skill, and would work better as a sort of Quick Time Event.

instead of melee to instant escape, as grapple+direction to instant escape would have been more useful I think.

anyways, that's how it works. It's not the mechanic that's broken, it's it's explination and our expectation on how it works.

you have to hold grapple and direction and wait... which makes you you walk where you want them to go before they hit you... it's weird...


I thought QTE was a standard word in gaming, sorry for the confusion. it's like AOE or DOT or LOL.

[7@UP]

you should try to use one of your mouse buttons,if you have a gaming mouse.it's a lot easier than alt+direction.

I use mouse button #4+direction.I never missed a shot

[rexpiscator]

Even with a controller I find the move hard to get right. You have to wait till they're just 'in your face', then execute the move.

I use the grapple hook to send out damage...LOL. Takes many hits but you can kill with the grappling hook...

[7@UP]

Originally posted by rexpiscator:

Even with a controller I find the move hard to get right. You have to wait till they're just 'in your face', then execute the move.

I use the grapple hook to send out damage...LOL. Takes many hits but you can kill with the grappling hook...

as the op said you should hold your button before the zombie want to attack you,you will never miss your shot this way

[Rabbit Doge]

Originally posted by Ironman78:

Originally posted by rexpiscator:

Even with a controller I find the move hard to get right. You have to wait till they're just 'in your face', then execute the move.

I use the grapple hook to send out damage...LOL. Takes many hits but you can kill with the grappling hook...

as the op said you should hold your button before the zombie want to attack you,you will never miss your shot this way

Right?!

[EbonHawk]

Originally posted by Ironman78:

you should try to use one of your mouse buttons,if you have a gaming mouse.it's a lot easier than alt+direction.

I use mouse button #4+direction.I never missed a shot

I've been using that method since I got the ability, and it works about 8 out of 10 for me. I forget about it, honestly, since it's just another action that takes such a long time to perform, I'd rather just run at one and jump on their heads to vault away if I'm worried about getting surrounded. Grappling is just a useless mechanic for me. That's not to say I don't use it sometimes just for the satisfaction of shoving some zombies around, but it's not that helpful a move really, compared to others the game offers.

[Rabbit Doge]

So, funny story, I guess my ALT key was stuck binded down from alt tabbing.

You should just hold alt ALL the time, you can NEVER get jumped by enemies... it seems unfortunate, but it's really like god mofde, you just throw guys, and during the animation you don't get attacked, gives you time to react....

is there a way to sticky key ALT? :D

it's really worth it.

[EbonHawk]

Originally posted by Loki:

So, funny story, I guess my ALT key was stuck binded down from alt tabbing.

You should just hold alt ALL the time, you can NEVER get jumped by enemies... it seems unfortunate, but it's really like god mofde, you just throw guys, and during the animation you don't get attacked, gives you time to react....

is there a way to sticky key ALT? :D

it's really worth it.

Isn't Sticky Keys built into all versions of Windows? Could try that. I get attacked during the grapple animations. You don't?

[Pain]

grapple works like a counter move. When a zombie moves toward you, you turn their momentum into a judo throw or deflection. So basically: grapple only works when a zombie is walking toward you and you are facing it. It is no 'QTE'; that is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. just tab alt and a direction, when these requirement are met, DONE. congratulations you just pushed a zombie on the ground.