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| Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles? | |
| Posted By: Gravemind <kuukan_no_kage@yahoo.com> | Date: 8/29/10 6:03 p.m. |
In Response To: Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles? (urk) : The Sabre is single player only. There are no multiplayer considerations to : take into account. In the video, the player's shields are impacted no less : than seven times by enemy fire. He's in the thick of it for more than two : minutes. No, there is no meter to tell him he needs to start thinking : about his vehicles integrity (unless you count common sense, the : electricity rippling over the hull, and the black smoke roiling out from : beneath the hood). And yes, you'll have to learn the limits of each : vehicle and be a bit more careful choosing which encounters you carelessly : speed into in Reach. Vehicles aren't as fragile as they were in the beta, : but they're not the guaranteed +25 they often were in Halo 3, either. I appreciate that vehicles have their own "health" independent of player's — it's something I've been arguing for for years —, and I appreciate their HP being increased from the beta. Still, I agree that there needs to be a damage meter. "Common sense" or subtle visual cues are no substitute for direct measurements of critical, need-to-know information, especially in the chaos of battle. Knowing whether you can still afford to take a few extra bursts of plasma or are only a single AR round away from having your ride erupt into a fireball is a matter of life or death in the game. As others have pointed out, it'd be like playing with no shield and health bar, almost as if you had a partial Blind Skull activated. Sure, you can use "common sense" as well as audio cues (beeping that indicates "shields low/down," buzzing that indicates "shields charging") when Blind is on, but most of us would rather have an actual shield gauge as standard, saving Blind for optional challenge. Being denied essential information about the status of one's self and equipment is something undesirable, regardless of whether it's single player or multiplayer.
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| G4 reach Preview | Minime637 | 8/28/10 11:19 a.m. |
| Thanks! *NM* | Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316) | 8/28/10 11:23 a.m. |
| Re: G4 reach Preview | Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316) | 8/28/10 11:31 a.m. |
| Faith = Renewed | Metalingus627 | 8/28/10 12:17 p.m. |
| Re: Faith = Renewed | The BS Police | 8/28/10 12:53 p.m. |
| Re: G4 reach Preview | Bean Delphiki | 8/28/10 1:36 p.m. |
| Re: G4 reach Preview | CaneCutter | 8/28/10 1:40 p.m. |
| Re: G4 reach Preview | Azo 'Galvat | 8/28/10 2:45 p.m. |
| Re: G4 reach Preview | Bean Delphiki | 8/28/10 5:41 p.m. |
| Re: G4 reach Preview | Harmanimus | 8/28/10 6:23 p.m. |
| As long as they didn't increase lunge distance | Metalingus627 | 8/28/10 9:13 p.m. |
| Re: G4 reach Preview | KalamariKidd | 8/28/10 11:44 p.m. |
| I KNEW I heard Jon Huertas | DHalo | 8/28/10 1:55 p.m. |
| Re: I KNEW I heard Jon Huertas | vlad3163 | 8/28/10 3:00 p.m. |
| Countdown and Boardwalk | ArteenEsben | 8/28/10 3:16 p.m. |
| Awesome. | Gravemind | 8/28/10 5:16 p.m. |
| Uh, what's with the vehicles? | NsU Soldier | 8/28/10 8:24 p.m. |
| Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles? | hyokin | 8/28/10 8:28 p.m. |
| Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles? | NsU Soldier | 8/28/10 8:38 p.m. |
| Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles? | Gravemind | 8/28/10 9:19 p.m. |
| Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles? | Azo 'Galvat | 8/28/10 9:25 p.m. |
| Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles? | RikWeaN | 8/28/10 10:53 p.m. |
| Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles? | ArteenEsben | 8/29/10 12:09 a.m. |
| Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles? | telemachus | 8/29/10 11:54 a.m. |
| Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles? | urk | 8/29/10 12:22 p.m. |
| Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles? | DHalo | 8/29/10 12:48 p.m. |
| Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles? | NsU Soldier | 8/29/10 12:51 p.m. |
| Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles? | urk | 8/29/10 2:51 p.m. |
| Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles? | ArteenEsben | 8/29/10 3:37 p.m. |
| Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles? | RC Master | 8/29/10 4:29 p.m. |
| My opinion on this whole uproar. | Riceatron | 8/29/10 5:00 p.m. |
| Re: My opinion on this whole uproar. | Minime637 | 8/29/10 5:19 p.m. |
| Re: My opinion on this whole uproar. | Addy | 8/29/10 5:38 p.m. |
| Re: My opinion on this whole uproar. | RC Master | 8/29/10 5:40 p.m. |
| Re: My opinion on this whole uproar. | Penguin Ninjoid | 8/29/10 6:03 p.m. |
| Re: My opinion on this whole uproar. | ArteenEsben | 8/29/10 8:03 p.m. |
| Wrong! You fail. | Gravemind | 8/29/10 6:30 p.m. |
| Re: Wrong! You fail. | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 8/29/10 9:29 p.m. |
| Re: Wrong! You fail. | Avateur | 8/29/10 9:35 p.m. |
| Re: Wrong! You fail. | RikWeaN | 8/29/10 10:12 p.m. |
| Re: Wrong! You fail. | Hedgemony | 8/30/10 1:15 a.m. |
| Re: Wrong! You fail. | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 8/30/10 6:14 a.m. |
| Re: Wrong! You fail. | Ragashingo | 8/30/10 8:14 a.m. |
| And yet... | NsU Soldier | 8/30/10 10:09 a.m. |
| Re: And yet... | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 8/30/10 11:11 a.m. |
| Re: Wrong! You fail. | Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) | 8/30/10 8:41 a.m. |
| That's not true. | rolandk73 | 8/31/10 9:22 a.m. |
| Re: Wrong! You fail. | Avateur | 8/29/10 9:32 p.m. |
| Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles? | Gravemind | 8/29/10 6:03 p.m. |
| Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles? | Cody Miller | 8/29/10 6:10 p.m. |
| Oh Noes. | profhalo | 8/29/10 10:36 p.m. |
| Thanks Gravemind! | NsU Soldier | 8/29/10 7:51 p.m. |
| Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles? | telemachus | 8/30/10 8:29 a.m. |
| I really liked the Halo 2 ghost | Penguin Ninjoid | 8/29/10 6:00 p.m. |
| Blind Skull. | profhalo | 8/28/10 11:06 p.m. |
| Re: Blind Skull. | NsU Soldier | 8/29/10 12:31 a.m. |
| I hope Bungie patches a vehicle health meter in | The BS Police | 8/29/10 1:30 a.m. |
| Re: I hope Bungie patches a vehicle health meter i | Avateur | 8/29/10 1:37 a.m. |
| Re: I hope Bungie patches a vehicle health meter i | NsU Soldier | 8/29/10 1:46 a.m. |
| Re: I hope Bungie patches a vehicle health meter i | JonnyOThan | 8/29/10 7:16 p.m. |
| Re: I hope Bungie patches a vehicle health meter i | RC Master | 8/31/10 1:03 p.m. |
| Re: I hope Bungie patches a vehicle health meter i | JonnyOThan | 8/30/10 10:42 a.m. |
| Re: I hope Bungie patches a vehicle health meter i | CaneCutter | 8/30/10 11:14 a.m. |
| Re: I hope Bungie patches a vehicle health meter i | ArteenEsben | 8/30/10 12:00 p.m. |
| The Obvious Solution | Slith | 8/31/10 2:04 a.m. |
| Re: The Obvious Solution | Gravemind | 8/31/10 4:09 p.m. |
| Re: The Obvious Solution | tln | 9/1/10 9:36 a.m. |
| Re: Awesome. | RC Master | 8/29/10 8:43 a.m. |
| Re: Awesome. | Gravemind | 8/29/10 3:19 p.m. |
| Re: Awesome. | RC Master | 8/29/10 4:57 p.m. |
| Hunters R AMAZING! | Gtag=Reluctant Chaos | 8/28/10 6:57 p.m. |
| Re: G4 reach Preview | Schooly D | 8/29/10 12:46 a.m. |
| Re: G4 reach Preview | Avateur | 8/29/10 12:56 a.m. |
| Re: G4 reach Preview | Schooly D | 8/29/10 1:19 a.m. |
| Re: G4 reach Preview | hyokin | 8/29/10 1:51 a.m. |
| Re: G4 reach Preview | Schooly D | 8/29/10 2:46 a.m. |
| Re: G4 reach Preview | DHalo | 8/29/10 10:46 a.m. |
| Re: G4 reach Preview | Bean Delphiki | 8/29/10 5:39 p.m. |
| Re: G4 reach Preview | RC Master | 8/29/10 5:43 p.m. |
| Re: G4 reach Preview | Bean Delphiki | 8/29/10 8:12 p.m. |
| Re: G4 reach Preview | hyokin | 8/29/10 8:38 p.m. |
| Let's review | General Vagueness | 8/29/10 10:59 p.m. |
| Re: Let's review | The Loot | 8/29/10 11:18 p.m. |
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