57STICKBASH · KILL ANIMATIONS · ROCKET LAUNCHER
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25 NEW KILLS FOR THEROCKET

The rocket launcher is the only weapon whose kill happens somewhere other than where it was fired, so its camera language is the journey: the sky chase, the arc, the shockwave going out through the frame, and the long moment of nothing between the trigger and the bang. Every kill here runs as long as its own story needs, up to 15 s, built on its own from its first frame to its last, with the gore at full.

YOU SAID“Even if we are building 1000 kill animations, each one should be very well designed and crafted.”
YOU SAID“From start frame to end frame everything should be very very different.”
1PLAY THEMTap any kill card. Nothing plays by itself. 2THE LANGUAGEWhat makes a kill a rocket kill. 3HOW THEY PLAYRarity order, what a kill needs, the stage. 4THE BOARDAll 35 weapons and what is ready.
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TAP A CARD TO PLAY IT

THE ROCKET KILLS

Tap any card and it plays in the phone above, on a real arena, at full gore. PLAY AGAIN restarts it, SLOW drops it to a third speed, and the track under the phone carries that kill’s own beats — drag it to stop anywhere. Nothing plays until you ask for it. Tap CHANGE on any kill you want rebuilt.

THE ROTATIONMost epic first, then the next
1Your owned kills for this gun play in rarity order, the biggest first. › 2If the spot can’t host one, it is skipped and comes back later. › 3Once they have all played, it starts again from the top.
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WHY THESE LOOK LIKE PISTOL KILLS

THE CAMERA LANGUAGE

Each weapon family has its own way of being filmed, so a kill reads as that gun’s even before you see the gun. These are the rocket launcher’s, and no other family uses the same set.

THE JOURNEY, NOT THE SHOTThe camera leaves the shooter and goes with the rocket. Most of a rocket kill is travel.
THE GAP BEFORE THE BANGA beat of nothing between the trigger and the hit, long enough to be noticed. No other family can do this.
THE WAVE GOES THROUGH THE FRAMEThe blast is not a flash; it is a ring that crosses the picture and arrives at the camera.
THE SHOOTER IS NOT SAFEBackblast, debris and the shake land on the person who pulled the trigger too.
SOMETHING COMES BACK DOWNRocket kills end on falling: ash, masonry, a body, or the smoke the trail left in the air.
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DECIDED 23 OCT

HOW THEY PLAY IN THE GAME

These are the cinematic kills, on top of the 238 skin kills that already exist. Nothing is replaced.

ROUND-ENDING ONLYAnd the match-winning kill, exactly as the kill cam works today.
THE APPROACH STAYSWalk-up, dash or ranged as now — the kill itself is the next animation in the rotation.
WHAT A KILL NEEDSA wall, a ledge, a second foe, room. If the spot can’t host it, the next one that fits plays instead.
THE CINEMATIC STAGEA mini map built only for kill animations. The kill cam cuts to it so a set piece is never lost.
ANY TAP SKIPSSame as today. Up to 15 s, as long as the kill's own story needs, never padded.
EVERYTHING IS OWNEDFor now. Kills are sold on their own as well as inside a skin.
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