Infantry Health

[ArcticPrism]

Since SOE seems to be trying to make Planetside 2 more appealing to mainstream fps gamers, do you think they'll replace the health bars with that "I'm bleeding to death and can't see but if I sit behind this crate for a few seconds I'll be back to full strength." mechanic that seems to be taking over the genre? I certainly hope not.

[krnasaur]

with the medic and engi classes i doubt it.

[NCLynx]

Originally Posted by krnasaur

with the medic and engi classes i doubt it.

I hope it's not like Battlefield medics though. Med crate down n heal alllll day long.

[BlazingSun]

I hope they don't remove the health bars. I also hate it when the screen gets all red and you can't see a thing anymore.

I'd say yes to auto healing though, but nothing game breaking. Maybe a 20 second countdown from the last time you took damage, before the healing starts and then 20 seconds to heal you from 1 to 100.

[moosepoop]

the mechanic of bad company 2 is very slow regeneration and musch faster healing from a medic.

there should be self regernation but at maybe 1 to 2 hp per second, with implants enhancing the ability.

[basti]

Please no self regen at all. Please let self healing be restricted to a very few classes (med amp actually, everyone should have a few one time use medkits).

Otherwise this would turn into "look around a corner, shoot 3 bullets, retreat, heal, repeat"-side

[moosepoop]

planetside has self regen implant. youre overreacting. if you are stranded and stuck at 5 hp and have to limp back to base its frustrating.

a 1hp per second regen that takes 3 minutes to fully heal is perfectly fine.

[Rbstr]

Healing where you can just crouch behind cover then pop back out again is no good. You need to have some kind of medic intervention to really get healthy again.

BC2 does that fairly well, you barely regenerate any health at all on your own. I wouldn't mind something akin to the original Halo, where you have a shield instead of armor, basically..once the shield is down you hit HP that doesn't regen. But the shield can if you hide for a while.

There need to be lasting effects for getting shot to a certain point, if you're down to 5% you shouldn't have a way to get back to 100% w/o a medic.

I like the idea that medikits are temporary...boost HP by 25 for 30secs or something but then you die if you're below 25 when it wears off.

[moosepoop]

planetside already has that. its the pshield and the shield on nc maxes.

[Rarntogo]

Originally Posted by moosepoop

planetside has self regen implant. youre overreacting. if you are stranded and stuck at 5 hp and have to limp back to base its frustrating.

a 1hp per second regen that takes 3 minutes to fully heal is perfectly fine.

If I'm stranded somewhere with 5 HP I'm dropping a grenade at my feet and re-spawning somewhere else. Is dying all that bad?

[Gandhi]

Originally Posted by Rarntogo

If I'm stranded somewhere with 5 HP I'm dropping a grenade at my feet and re-spawning somewhere else. Is dying all that bad?

Dude, it is when you're going for a mega kill streak!

[Rarntogo]

Originally Posted by Gandhi

Dude, it is when you're going for a mega kill streak!

LOL!
*smashes head on desk*

[2coolforu]

No regenerating health, what use would medics be? Let's have classic health bars please :o)

[Bags]

Originally Posted by KornDemon

I hope they don't remove the health bars. I also hate it when the screen gets all red and you can't see a thing anymore.

I'd say yes to auto healing though, but nothing game breaking. Maybe a 20 second countdown from the last time you took damage, before the healing starts and then 20 seconds to heal you from 1 to 100.

Matt has confirmed no blood splatter on your screen:

Q: Can you confirm that there will not be face blood splatters ala Call of Duty?

Matt: you guys don't like the strawberry jam???

[moosepoop]

Originally Posted by 2coolforu

No regenerating health, what use would medics be? Let's have classic health bars please :o)

this is the 21st century. maybe you should go back to playing doom 2.