What's the point of chairs/benches/sitting?

[Gold♥Shield]

The only thing I've found it does is annoy me for a few seconds when I try to steal something but instead end up sitting down and having to watch that uninterruptable animation every time.

[Y Ddraig Ddu]

Haha, yup, it's super annoying. It's a holdover from the Gothic games, and they really should introduce an option to disable it. (their German fanbase would go bonkers if they took it out completely though, go figure)

[Shellbie]

Immersion, boys.

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

It's sort of a running gag.

Though, if you take seat while trying to steal, that means you try to rush. The object targeting indicator shows whether you would interact with a chair or crate/chest/item. Btw, it's not a problem that would be limited to chairs/benches, because the same can happen when you want to talk to an NPC at a merchant stall and target one of the offered wares instead, causing you to steal it and be attacked by the merchant.

[v0]

Originally posted by Y Ddraig Ddu:

their German fanbase would go bonkers if they took it out completely though, go figure

?! and here i thought only point's to be able to take unobstructed screenshots :o

[Eternal Wanderer]

In Gothic , you'd actually sometimes sit down and take a break by the fireside with the Nords or to enjoy a few tokes of waterpipe with some Hashishins. You'd indeed want to do it while listening to some pleasant music. I mean it wasn't a terrible mechanic.

Here in Elex though, the whole thing just sticks out like a grandad's sagging balls under a furious summer sun. There is absolutely no need or appeal in this game to have such a mechanic in place.

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1266615700

SCNR

[Gold♥Shield]

Originally posted by D'amarr from Darshiva:

It's sort of a running gag.

Though, if you take seat while trying to steal, that means you try to rush. The object targeting indicator shows whether you would interact with a chair or crate/chest/item. Btw, it's not a problem that would be limited to chairs/benches, because the same can happen when you want to talk to an NPC at a merchant stall and target one of the offered wares instead, causing you to steal it and be attacked by the merchant.

Yes but when I'm trying to steal from a chest in an active guard housing and my only opportunity consists of a very brief window where I must run inside in the dark and try to target the chest in between two benches, it can get a little annoying.

If I was using a mouse it would probably be a lot easier, but since the morons decided to hard code the hotkeys, I can't use the keyboard (I don't use WASD).

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Doesn't happen often, does it?

[Gold♥Shield]

Not often enough to be a major concern, but it is still annoying when I'm looting mugs off a table and I have to watch him sit down and stand up once or twice when all I want to do is steal stuff.

Minor annoyance they could have completely ommited and nobody would have said a thing considering it adds nothing to the actual game.

[v0]

Originally posted by Gold♥Shield:

Minor annoyance they could have completely ommited and nobody would have said a thing considering it adds nothing to the actual game.

can it be modded out i wonder..

[BudaKhan]

easy way to snap a quick screenshot w/o having to go to options to turn the HUD off

[Dr.Acula]

Haha, this annoyed me to no end!

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Originally posted by Gold♥Shield:

Not often enough to be a major concern, but it is still annoying when I'm looting mugs off a table and I have to watch him sit down and stand up once or twice when all I want to do is steal stuff.

They could have trivialized stealing to begin with. Be happy that you've found a chest where a bit more effort is necessary, even if you've had to reload.

When talking to the Weapon Trader near Angrim's house, one must be careful as not to target the arrows near him accidentally. They could have avoided that, too, but there is no reason for a youtube video maker to ramble about that for two minutes in a gameplay video, which shows that the author is happy about every minor bug to complain about.

[Gold♥Shield]

Nothing you said made any sense. Sitting on a bench in-game won't calm me down or help me learn about my envionments because I'm stuck there doing nothing except watching Jax and a very small portion of my surroundings (usually the interior of a house). Nothing can be learned while the camera is fixed on Jax and there's nothing calming about playing the game, trying to steal some stuff, then having to watch my character sit down and stare at me.

I work in the oil field and regularly work 200+ hours bi-weekly. I work three weeks on, two days off, so when my days off come around and I get to play, the absolute last thing I want to do is waste my time staring at my character's face. He's sitting on a bench not doing anything and I'm sitting at my computer not doing anything. That's the opposite of fun.

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Uhm, sorry, Gold♥Shield, but showing nerves is counterproductive.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1378945557