Forum:Counter attacks, finishing moves, etc.

As you can guess from the title, my two points are coiunterattacks andf finishing moves, but feel free to add your own ideas on as well because i don't come on here often :D

First of all, finishing moves. I hope im not the only one who has been on his last life, then the monster starts to limp away and you think YES! when you follow it, you find it asleep in its nest, and go to attack it thinking, 'don't worry, it's nearly dead'. charge up a great sword on his head... what? he's still alive, then BANG!... last life gone, quest failed.... WHAT THE HELL!

I'm just saying, if you find a monster asleep, you should be able to activate an insanely cool takedown, one of those things where you have to press the right buttons at the right time, but the sequence changes every time, and is iconic to each monster and tio each weapon type. Depending on the level, and how much health the monster has left, it makes it harder or faster, or whatever. This would save a lot of people A LOT of stress. Then, you get elder dragons and akantor that don't sleep, so it doesn't take all the challenge away.

My other idea was counterattacks. However good you are with a sword and shield, dual blades, hammer,or any kind of weapon, there are always those situations where you know you can't avoid it with a dodge. If you could press a single button at just the right time, you can avoid it and follow up with a deadly strike. I'm not saying this is going to be easy; the unblockable attacks can't be stopped, you need a large amount of health to suceed, and once again it changes depending on the weapon and monster. A monster like the akantor, for example, would be a bloody lot harder than countering a yian kut-ku. And then there's the fact that, if you aren't good enough and screw up this counter, you'll get caught full blast and hurt more than if you'd taken it in the first place.

Opinions on these ideas, i tried to think of things that were effective without making it too easy, i think i've balanced the advantages and the cons :/ Please give me any new ideas, and comment on my own.