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Re: I hope Bungie patches a vehicle health meter i
Posted By: RC Master	Date: 8/31/10 1:03 p.m.
In Response To: Re: I hope Bungie patches a vehicle health meter i (JonnyOThan) : They start flaming with 20-25% health left (might be vehicle dependent, but I : think that's about right). The main problem is the 'about' part of that sentence. Theres one vehicle in Bad Company 2 that does NOT have a health meter: The UAV. It only has a 'warning beep' when its quite damaged. As a result, it can be very frustrating to drive at times, and this is a vehicle with miniscle health to begin with. I thought Bungie realised that hiding player health from the player was a bad idea? Ya know, how sometimes if you got shot again after losing your sheilds you'd die more quickly, but wait a bit longer and you'd be just as strong. ODST was 'wishy-washy' in this sense to. either you're fine, you're seeing red mist. For the record: I hate it in CoD that you get all blood splattered over your screen when you're injured (I'm getting shot, so i need to see LESS!?!?), and in Bad Company 2 that there is really no clear indicator of how healthy you are to yourself, but other players (medics) can see exactly how much health you have on their HUD. Yeah, I need to know my health less than other players... Imagine if you didn't have a fuel gauge in your car, just 3 status lights: green, amber, red. Green for 100-90%, amber for 89-20% and red for 19-0%. I get in, lets say, my rental car, and the status light is on red. Should I go fill it up straight away? or can I drive part of the way there? Similarly, its amber: Should I fill it up, or is it nearly full and can I get all the way there? Safe person is going to assume worst-case. I feel I'm going to be walking a lot in Halo: Reach :( I'm not sure, but I feel like its this industry-wide mis-conception that infantry and vehicles don't deserve (or don't need) the same treatment in terms of HUD and feedback and stuff, and thats really holding back vehicles in games, combat especially. I mean, off the top of my head: Midtown madness 2 (an exclusively car game) had a 'status' meter for the cars. Mass Effect 2: The hammerhead did not (and there were a lot of complaints about the hammerhead). DiRT: an exclusively car game, had a vehicle status indicators, in percentages, for different PARTS of the car. There, the status of each part affected the performance and handling of your car, but knowing exactly how long you can survive for (in Halo) isn't important? Halo Wars: You're not even driving the vehicles but they get health-bars. And also, we really need better indicators of when we can fire the big weapons on vehicles. The scorpion was much better with the new reload animation, but I remember I still found myself mashing the trigger to fire on the Wraith and probably the Banshee too.

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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.