Suggestion: health bar overhaul

(bluepalmetto) #1

I can’t be alone in this. When seeing players in the game, there is a health bar, but there is still a line underneath and sometimes in a fight I can’t tell how much health my opponent has. It is very confusing.

(gg2ez) #2

So what is your suggestion?

(cornJester) #3

This is a criticism of the health bar but there is no suggestion here.

(CCP115) #4

Maybe remove the enemy health bar entirely.

I think a few of the higher end comp players like Chicken n waffles said it was kind of pointless, and I kind of have to agree. What other multiplayer games do this? The health bars are usually just hidden until you get killed or something.

(Kirel) #5

@CCP115, completely agree with you. Being able to see health bars during pugs or scrims really pushes momentum onto one team. If we didn’t have the HP bars, the there would be hesitation of Should I push now? Did the Fragger I waste half a clip on get healed?, which is much more interesting to me rather than straight up knowing who’s going to win the fight.

(bluepalmetto) #6

That’s kind of where I am right now because I can’t tell whether or not I should by trying heal a teammate, progressing the objective, try and take out one of opponents. I like the health bar, I wish it was just a regular bar and not a bar that becomes a thin line.

(Enzo) #7

Health bars shouldn’t be shown. You should have a feature whereby when a certain player is low on health the said player will call out for a heal like TF2. You could have the player choose at what low level health would he want to set it to.

Also maybe a hardcore server where players don’t see their health but only the dmg they take on their screen. So more blood spattered on the screen when you’ve taken a lot of dmg and it dissipates over time as you heal. Hardcore servers also make your TTK increase but these sort of gameplay may be too close to COD so I can understand if it’s not implemented to stay different which I’m all for.

(K1X455) #8

http://i.imgur.com/HVWcDZG.jpg

The green bit underneath the blue bar is their ammo supply status. Not helpful for those playing as medics but it will be for those who are playing Arty, Kira or Skyhammer.

Further, the blue bar can be replaced entirely into green if a player is playing Arty, Kira or Skyhammer; only medics can see the health bar on their status.