EPTAll I want to know is what the unit is and how much hp/mp/ep it has. I'm not bothered about looking at unit model which I've seen a million times before.
Always show health bars is annoying as hell. - Page 3
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Lennon
United Kingdom2275 Posts
All I want to know is what the unit is and how much hp/mp/ep it has. I'm not bothered about looking at unit model which I've seen a million times before. | ||
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Keitzer
United States2509 Posts
On July 20 2010 07:17 Famehunter wrote: Well how about this then: ![[image loading]](http://i25.tinypic.com/i6ide8.png) This was taken from just a random youtube video. It could be much much worse. But if you insist I can add milions of pictures similar to this because it's basically what we get to see when we wanna watch some pro replays... um.... what... how is that annoying you can clearly see all the units to "focus em down"? its all preference, thread unnecessary ... your argument is invalid. (and by pref. i mean you can have normal: hold alt - selected: all selected who - or Always: always show) no other options should be added/removed | ||
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Von
United States363 Posts
For a spectator this gets in the way of the enjoyment of the sport. It's also really amateur looking to always leave them on. The best commentators select the units that need the health bars shown during the match. and show them as they need to be shown. . | ||
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yoden
United States64 Posts
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Abraxas514
Canada475 Posts
1) Instantly seeing the rate that damage is being done to your army/taken by the opposing army 2) Being able to micro around the damaged units without loosing sight of #1. You just get used to having the bars on your screen. It would be nice however, for transparency on the full HP bars, and some kind of coloring for enemy health bars. | ||
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HOLYCOWBATMAN
Canada51 Posts
On July 20 2010 06:51 -orb- wrote: It's fine the way it is... I hope they don't change it. Grats on making a custom game with 200/200 out of ghosts and putting all the ghosts on top of supply depots... Really realistic scenario you got goin there agree 100% They are fine as they are. The ONLY time it is a little bit confusing is in ZvZ mass ling battles but even without them its confusing so....... Watching a battle without health bars is almost not worth it, you have no indication of what is going on. | ||
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Uranium
United States1077 Posts
However I wish there was a way to only show health bars on damaged units. Undamaged units' health bars would not show. This would convey exactly as much information as now but take up much less space most of the time. It also would show you immediately which of your units was under attack. | ||
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Abraxas514
Canada475 Posts
Thanks to the 2 guys above me for making clear why health bars are crucially important to a real-time strategy game  | ||
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Famehunter
Canada586 Posts
On July 20 2010 07:33 Uranium wrote: I play with always show healthbars on because I come from a DotA background and I am very micro centric. However I wish there was a way to only show health bars on damaged units. Undamaged units' health bars would not show. This would convey exactly as much information as now but take up much less space most of the time. It also would show you immediately which of your units was under attack. This. I would prolly also inverse the health bars to dmg taken instead. so the bigger the bar, the closer the unit is to death and so units with only a few bruises would not clutter too much of the screen as only a few squares of dmg would be showing up. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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Torture
Canada221 Posts
A whole lot of the comments in this thread missed the key point the OP was making... COMMENTATED REPLAYS! Not his own personal matches. So saying stupid crap like "you can turn them off stop bitching hurr de durrr" just shows you didn't read the OP at all and are just blindly commenting. Heres to hoping for one of those new hammers to kick some butt in here. Quoted because people still don't seem to have read the OP. In game, yes they're helpful. In commentated matches they distract from the action. Sure there's a case for showing them but why not just select the important units for the viewers. | ||
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Roggay
Switzerland6320 Posts
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Dance.jhu
United States292 Posts
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metasonic
United States115 Posts
On July 20 2010 07:29 Abraxas514 wrote: If you've played WC3 or DOTA, you realize how important health bars are for 2 things: 1) Instantly seeing the rate that damage is being done to your army/taken by the opposing army 2) Being able to micro around the damaged units without loosing sight of #1. You just get used to having the bars on your screen. It would be nice however, for transparency on the full HP bars, and some kind of coloring for enemy health bars. Yes, coming from those games, I can't stand not having health bars on for exactly this reason. Also, does anyone else think that it's EASIER to see what's going on with health bars? Especially with something like lings on creep, it's easier to get a sense of how many units there are by the number of health bars rather than trying to figure out what's actually in those blobs of color. | ||
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Brazen[six]
Canada203 Posts
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eu.xen
Germany352 Posts
I mean, if you have a key to activate that, it is obvious people will do other actions while pressing it, so there shouldn't be any conflicting binds present | ||
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Tsagacity
United States2124 Posts
On July 20 2010 06:30 tipakee wrote: A key difference between your practice games and VODs is that a lot of them are shown in significantly lower quality, especially with live streams.I know i have a low post count but i would like to point out that you play how you practice. I use Vods and replays as a tool to improve my play so i don't think you should use differing settings for games or replays, thus healthbars should remain on. | ||
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HubertFelix
France631 Posts
It's quite off topic, but you should really give it a try for ~1 week of ladder games. I was like you at the beginning of the beta and now it's just to natural I couldn't even obs a game without it. | ||
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Thoreezhea1
United States532 Posts
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Synwave
United States2803 Posts
This thread is about commented replays/vods. Its been said by me, by others, quoted by others a number of times on every page and people are still completely derailing by not having read the OP or responding to it in anyway. Moderate this shit please. There was even a moderator in here mentioning that its about VODS | ||
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