Hogtie



A Hogtie is a type of rudimentary ligature. The restraint involves tying together the limbs of an individual or animal.

In-game, the player can make use of a hogtie in order to restrain and transport an outlaw during a bounty mission. To hogtie, Marston makes use of the same length of rope as a lasso.

A hogtie will not reduce the player's Honor or give him a bounty in most cases, even when applied to a civilian.

If the player turns their back on a hogtied hostage and goes back to them they may notice them missing, as it is possible for them to escape, and in some circumstances can attack the player.

A Random Encounter may involve a kidnapper carrying an hogtied woman away on his back, and the player is given the choice of stopping the criminal and untieing her or let them pass without doing anything.

Trivia

 * Despite how many times Marston loops the rope around the victim's limbs (twice for arms, once for legs), there are always at least 4 at the end of the animation.


 * Despite how many victims Marston hogties - and without cutting them free - he will always have an infinite amount of rope.


 * Dead Eye can be used with the lasso equipped. Similar to the throwing knives, Dead Eye can give the lasso a 'homing' feature when a single target has been marked. Unfortunately - unlike the throwing knives - it does not significantly raise the length of the lasso's reach.


 * Even thought marston can hogtie people, he can not, though it was common in the wild west, hogtie any animals, not even hogs.