Has this been discussed?
It would be sweet to add a teammate health/shield indicator to the UI. Work just like the indicator in SP.
Thoughts?
Teammate health indicator
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 03:51
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Yes. I want this so badly. My only concern is would it make it to easy? As long as your squad stays close together it's not really needed.
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 03:52
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I'm not really sure how useful it would be in this game. The only class that really needs to worry about the shields of other players is the geth engineer specced for healing, and you can simply deploy your turret near anyone who says "Lost shields!" when they take enough damage.
This is a game where a flank by just one marauder on gold can wipe the whole team in moments - not sure how knowing someone else's health could help.
This is a game where a flank by just one marauder on gold can wipe the whole team in moments - not sure how knowing someone else's health could help.
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 03:56
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I would like to have this regardless, but it would synergize well with a healing support class. Like in Resistance 2 co-op with the medic.
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 03:57
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supertitan wrote...
Yes. I want this so badly. My only concern is would it make it to easy? As long as your squad stays close together it's not really needed.
I don't know if it would make it easier, but it would be sweet if only for people who work as a team and want to support each other. I know there are some great team-players out there who don't use mics. I'd like to be able to at least know they're status if they're out of sight. Sometimes people just get in bad situations.
I enjoy hunter mode because of this. Having full situational awareness is the most powerful thing you could have. Not only for you, but for your team. If I KNOW someone is about to step into a firestorm it's nice to follow them in or support them if they are being hammered.
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 03:57
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I think it can be helpful. If you see a team mate's health going down rapidly if s/he is close to you, you know you're getting flanked.
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 04:00
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TheWarofArt wrote...
I'm not really sure how useful it would be in this game. The only class that really needs to worry about the shields of other players is the geth engineer specced for healing, and you can simply deploy your turret near anyone who says "Lost shields!" when they take enough damage.
This is a game where a flank by just one marauder on gold can wipe the whole team in moments - not sure how knowing someone else's health could help.
Let me ask you this, would it hurt the game at all? Even if it is an info-only thing, it helps encourage team-play. 'Our Krogan is off smashing faces...his shields are gone. I should go help him.'
The 'lost shields' thing gets lost in a fight. And if you have 2 of the same class, you don't know who it is. Not that you can actively help them anyway...
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 04:02
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echo2zero wrote...
supertitan wrote...
Yes. I want this so badly. My only concern is would it make it to easy? As long as your squad stays close together it's not really needed.
I don't know if it would make it easier, but it would be sweet if only for people who work as a team and want to support each other. I know there are some great team-players out there who don't use mics. I'd like to be able to at least know they're status if they're out of sight. Sometimes people just get in bad situations.
I enjoy hunter mode because of this. Having full situational awareness is the most powerful thing you could have. Not only for you, but for your team. If I KNOW someone is about to step into a firestorm it's nice to follow them in or support them if they are being hammered.
I agree with those points you're making. I don't use mics either. Depending on the situation if some wants to play hero let them get killed. Something that I've started recently is have two people go one way and two go another, this way you can heal and cover fire.
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 04:12
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It would be cool to tie this in with consumables and bleed timer too. Maybe include an indicator of how much they have. Whenever I see someone not using their rockets or medi-gel it might be because they HAVE none. To have a persistent indicator with their gear would help prioritize downed teammates. The bleed timer would be helpful as well.
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 04:13
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It would be nice but in sp it took the place of where the powers are showed in mp. And you dnt want to clutter up the screen anymore so where would you put them. I like the idea just don't see how to implement it. You can't pause to use powers and some people may use the power icons for their cool downs and not the circle by the crosshairs ( tv size to small, not HD ect ). That's just me but I do like this idea
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 04:19
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Lord Chun wrote...
It would be nice but in sp it took the place of where the powers are showed in mp. And you dnt want to clutter up the screen anymore so where would you put them. I like the idea just don't see how to implement it. You can't pause to use powers and some people may use the power icons for their cool downs and not the circle by the crosshairs ( tv size to small, not HD ect ). That's just me but I do like this idea
I was thinking about that as well. Not much screen space, but I think there could be a solution to it. I personally wouldn't mind sacrificing/minimizing the kill indicator for this.
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 04:32
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@ echo maybe there but that wouldn't me much space. I dnt really watch that myself but would it be enough for three different indicators. Maybe something in the kill feed that says ( name ) at fifty percent health but that would be redundant on gold as u get your shield almost one shoted all the time. This is a tricky one because you could do it at the top of the screen on consoles but not PCs but that adds to screen clutter on the console. PCs on the left of screen as the screen shots I've seen of their HUD is different from ours on consoles but not sure.
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 04:44
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I think it would be. I'm not thinking anything detailed. People cue on
colors, so doing a green to red shift on two shaped indicators with a
portait and tag would work. The ones in the pic aren't massive...
colors, so doing a green to red shift on two shaped indicators with a
portait and tag would work. The ones in the pic aren't massive...
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 04:48
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That from ME2 PC? Something like that would be nice but that's only two what about the third person
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 04:52
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I was just trying to show the size/style. Yes that's ME2. They would EASILY fit all 3 on the right of the screen where the kill indicator is.
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 06:42
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yeah they could do it i see you point
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 06:45
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I actually like that my friends can't see how close to death I often get. It would ruin their perception of me as an immortal god.
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 06:47
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It'd be really handy for a Geth Engineer trying to heal teammates with his turret.
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 06:48
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I would like to see a medic class sentiel with maybe some kind of tech scan for teammate. Maybe even give a small health buff with it.
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 06:48
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Not immortal just a salarian:whistle:jotun04 wrote...
I actually like that my friends can't see how close to death I often get. It would ruin their perception of me as an immortal god.
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 08:45
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Tokenusername wrote...
I would like to see a medic class sentiel with maybe some kind of tech scan for teammate. Maybe even give a small health buff with it.
Yes. This.
I'd totally give up the ability to shoot if I could take control of the Justicar's bubble and direct it's strongest point and location....
Maybe have the skill tree split between damage protection and healing.
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 09:35
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I think it's a good idea - I'd like to see it (yes vote, +1)
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 09:47
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I think it's a neat idea but I'd be happy with something as basic as a visual representation of the countdown animation when a squadmate is down. That way I can see how much time I have left and if I can clear x many enemies or need to run in quickly for a fast revive. (You know, that "press x button" when you're down screen.)
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Posté 19 juin 2012 - 09:58
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I would like it! It's useful for you and for your teammates especially for people who doesn't use the mic.
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Posté 20 juin 2012 - 04:55
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Xenmir wrote...
I think it's a neat idea but I'd be happy with something as basic as a visual representation of the countdown animation when a squadmate is down. That way I can see how much time I have left and if I can clear x many enemies or need to run in quickly for a fast revive. (You know, that "press x button" when you're down screen.)
I'd love it if they added at least that.
I guess we'll have to settle for having to...TALK to each other. Quite a terrible prospect in a game with randoms.
I had a kid last night yelling at his mom about the car she was getting. He went AFK to look the car up mid-mission. No joke. I started my own party just to not hear him screaming about how he would be driving it and that she was smoking crack. Nothing as jarring as a team being quiet the entire mission and suddenly blowing up your speakers with yelling halfway through.
Lovely.
