Moving Bodies

[Davrick]

Just started playing this recently. One thing I don't understand: you can't peek or open/close doors while moving a body. While thematically this makes sense (I guess), I don't see any point to it in the game. You can pick up and drop a body as many times as you want, without AP cost. So moving a body through multiple rooms like I just did means drop the body, open the door, pick up the body, move through door, drop the body, close the door, pick up the body, move one square, drop the body, open the new door, pick up the body, move through door, drop the body, close the door.

Good lord, why? Why not just let us open and close doors while carrying the body? It wouldn't affect gameplay at all, just relieve a lot of tedium.

[Benkyo]

The only thing I can think of is that dropping/picking up a body still counts as an action while someone is pointing a gun at you. So if you get spotted while dragging a body, dropping the body will get you shot, which might be significant if you wanted to shoot first, for example.

[Hekateras]

It would affect gameplay SOME. Body stacking isn't possible in the game, but a popular way to partially stack bodies is to drag one body on top of another, thus pinning both at once. However, you cannot drop the body on top of the other, therefore you would have to move first if you wanted to open a door at the same time.

That said, I don't know if that's the reason for that mechanic. \o/ "Thematically it makes sense" could be reason enough. It also fits the fact that you have to drop the body before completing any other actions, like using a medgel, firing a gun, etc.

[Geothermal1159]

While it does make it more tedious to go through closed door s dragging a body.
I am certain that it is just supposed to be another sacriifice for moving around a body along with the other things that were said above mine (dropping body while gun pointed at you = death, can't heal, can't swhoot, ect...).