Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-166.137.88.23-20130610185107/@comment-42.98.40.90-20130623093245

Weedle McHairybug wrote: Bluerock wrote:

80.75.99.120 wrote: Okay. Not bad theory. Though makes me wonder why would they make it neccessary for target to be in the wounded state in order for the virus to work, when it just makes it a lot less useful as an assasination tool? Unless ofcourse it was some kinda defect in programming of the virus.

Well, like any virus, you're more susceptible to becoming ill if your wounded, because your body can't fight it off as effectively, but it was just a wild guess. It may simply be the length of time that the victims were exposed to it from Snake, for it to build up in their system enough to kill them. Ocelot was only in close contact with Snake at the end of Act 3, and not nearly as long as Big Mama or Big Boss, until the final battle. If I remember right, didn't Decoy Octopus die from FOXDIE despite not even being injured at all? You are right, but Ocelot sort of made a conclusion (which based only on the effect observed instead of solid research data) that -

Octopus and Baker died soon after contacting Snake because they are older

Wolf and Mantis remained unharmed due to the tranquilizer and the mask they use

In addition, Raven was the only one not to have contacted Snake until the very last minute while Liquid was killed long after meeting Snake in the touture room "because he is young". While Ocelot (during the end-game radio) thanked Solidus for the vaccine that kept him alive.

To sum up, the old FOXDIE is imperfect anyway, likewise, anything can happen to the new FOXDIE's victim. I know what I said doesn't explain much but I hope it at least clarified that FOXDIE is nowhere close to perfection.