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Re: I've got the answers...
Posted By: RC Master	Date: 8/15/12 9:16 p.m.
In Response To: Re: I've got the answers... (notthevacuum) : At the end of the day, I guess it does matter how much health you have if : bleed through is on. If health is low, one shot could take you from : partial shield to dead. You might survive it if you had more health. : Seeing as that could influence a decision, I have to admit it would be : helpful (and even important) to know how much health you have, and a meter : is the obvious way to display that. Exactly. Thank you. Since I'm posting anyway, I'm gonna bring up another point of comparison: You know how in the Reach Beta, once a vehicle was at the 'on fire' stage of damage, it's health would decay, reach zero, and spontaneously explode? Since players weren't informed of this happening (no health meter) it seemed random and arbitrary. Bungie ended up removing this feature for the release game. Battlefield 3 features a very similar mechanic, and yet in that game it works! Once your vehicle is 'disabled' (move very slowly and looks on fire) it's health will decay and it will eventually explode. Except, since you have a percentage indicator of vehicle health, you can SEE this decay happening very obviously (along with a couple of additional sound cues) so people aren't as surprised as often by the spontaneous combustion, and if they are, they learn about the feature much quicker since it's right in their face.

Message Index

Grenade Indicators	Andz	8/13/12 10:21 a.m.
Re: Grenade Indicators	iForge	8/13/12 10:44 a.m.
In Pro mode there are no indicators *NM*	RC Master	8/13/12 10:52 a.m.
Make that "Hardcore Mode" lol *NM*	iForge	8/13/12 11:06 a.m.
Re: Grenade Indicators	NotTheVacuum	8/13/12 11:03 a.m.
Why I'm mad	Andz	8/14/12 4:39 p.m.
Why you should calm down	Jooms	8/14/12 6:08 p.m.
Re: Why you should calm down	uberfoop	8/14/12 7:58 p.m.
Re: Why I'm mad	RC Master	8/14/12 8:02 p.m.
I've got the answers...	Bryan Newman	8/13/12 11:11 a.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	ZackDark	8/13/12 11:27 a.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	Phoenix_9286	8/13/12 12:44 p.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	NotTheVacuum	8/13/12 1:44 p.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	Phoenix_9286	8/13/12 2:17 p.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	NotTheVacuum	8/13/12 2:28 p.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	Jooms	8/13/12 2:50 p.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	General Vagueness	8/13/12 4:31 p.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	Gravemind	8/13/12 6:36 p.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	NotTheVacuum	8/14/12 8:46 a.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	uberfoop	8/14/12 9:33 a.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	NotTheVacuum	8/14/12 9:39 a.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	General Vagueness	8/14/12 1:26 p.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	uberfoop	8/14/12 7:55 p.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	RC Master	8/14/12 8:34 p.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	NotTheVacuum	8/15/12 8:44 a.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	General Vagueness	8/15/12 6:38 p.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	notthevacuum	8/15/12 8:19 p.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	RC Master	8/15/12 9:16 p.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	General Vagueness	8/16/12 1:29 a.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	NotTheVacuum	8/16/12 10:30 a.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	General Vagueness	8/14/12 1:19 p.m.
"It's a game, it doesn't have to make sense."	thebruce0	8/15/12 8:56 a.m.
Re: "It's a game, it doesn't have to make sense."	Phoenix_9286	8/15/12 3:26 p.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	General Vagueness	8/13/12 4:23 p.m.
Re: I've got the answers...	stabbim	8/14/12 6:52 p.m.
Go nuts with it 343i.	uberfoop	8/13/12 8:06 p.m.