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Periodically there are entertaining discussions in regards to popular MMOs, mostly in-game happenings and whatnot.  Zubon over at Kill Ten Rats has scratched my brain once again with a philosophical glance at the giant ass turtle abilities in Lord of the Rings Online.  In his entry, Why Do Snapping Turtles Have Knock Back?, we are forced to ponder why a turtle gets to kick our asses in the first place.

I mean, that’s a big turtle, probably 4-5 feet tall at the top of its shell, but why can it send me flying >10 meters? I think it did that with a headbutt. Even for a game where you can resurrect the dead by smoking, that’s a little odd.

It did, however, lead to one of my most awesome little moments in-game. The turtle bashed me into a rock, I richoceted off, and cut him down with my axe before landing. That’ll teach you to toss a dwarf!

: Zubon

My question is why would a turtle be fighting at all?  Unless of course there's something or someone really pissing him off.  They're slow as crap so perhaps it might be a winning fight so to speak for the person doing all the taunting.  I hate to tell you this, but even if the turtle is 5 ft tall, I'm pretty sure my agility is such that I could run circles around him, don't you think?  And who is dumb enough to get so close to a turtle that it has a chance to headbutt you and gives you a knock back? Use a stick or something, sheesh!

Anyway, Zubon gets the award for most pondersome question of the year.  Good job!

 

 

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