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Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
October 09 2011 12:14 GMT
#1
On Igromir 2011 (like GamesCom, but in Russia) we haven't seen anything new, but one small thing is red health bars over enemy units and buildings.

Also, Kerrigan's face is a bit nicer now, maybe.

tyCe
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia2542 Posts
October 09 2011 12:17 GMT
#2
That's a great feature for players and viewers alike. Blizzard's learning something from League of Legends
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CatNzHat
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1599 Posts
October 09 2011 12:21 GMT
#3
OMG I freaking love that!!!!

so helpful when micro with/against melee units, will make targetfire stutter step a bit cleaner.

This would also help spectators a ton, where you could have the health bar colors match that of the players colors or something, allowing people to both clearly see who's units are who's, and what health they have. I think this might have an impact on ZvZ at some levels of play if they implement it in WoL.
Senx
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Sweden5901 Posts
October 09 2011 12:22 GMT
#4
Looks good. Now we only need some new good mp units and remove the bad ones.
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PrideNeverDie
Profile Joined November 2010
United States319 Posts
October 09 2011 12:24 GMT
#5
thank you blizzard
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Crushgroove
Profile Joined July 2010
United States793 Posts
October 09 2011 12:25 GMT
#6
I like this... my only question is, what about the visual aid of color? I hope its a setting you can turn on or off... For me its easier to know which unit to target based on a rapid glance and just seeing red.

I don't exactly count the boxes or assess which bar is more "half full" than another, but one red and one orange is easy... if they're all red, that kinda goes out the window.
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ROOTheognis
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
United States4482 Posts
October 09 2011 12:25 GMT
#7
Wow... When did HotS preview come out? Man I must've been living under a rock recently @_@
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MockHamill
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden1798 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-09 12:26:19
October 09 2011 12:25 GMT
#8
Do people really play with health bars on? They clutter up the screen so much and make everything looks ugly so I turned the off a long time ago. Maybe if they made them smaller and less ugly I would turn them on again.
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
October 09 2011 12:25 GMT
#9
On October 09 2011 21:25 Crushgroove wrote:
I like this... my only question is, what about the visual aid of color? I hope its a setting you can turn on or off... For me its easier to know which unit to target based on a rapid glance and just seeing red.

I don't exactly count the boxes or assess which bar is more "half full" than another, but one red and one orange is easy... if they're all red, that kinda goes out the window.

It's closer to orange, I think.
FeyFey
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany10114 Posts
October 09 2011 12:28 GMT
#10
oh no, i hope it will be an option x3 I like the healtbars in green for good red for dead. But generally i can distinct the units of the players, so i don't understand the complaints anyway. But knowing Blizzard it probably won't as they like same things for everyone.
butchji
Profile Joined September 2009
Germany1531 Posts
October 09 2011 12:31 GMT
#11
On October 09 2011 21:25 MockHamill wrote:
Do people really play with health bars on? They clutter up the screen so much and make everything looks ugly so I turned the off a long time ago. Maybe if they made them smaller and less ugly I would turn them on again.


When you want to win games you might want to consider turning them on. If you want to enjoy graphics keep it off.
DisaFear
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Australia4074 Posts
October 09 2011 12:33 GMT
#12
Hm, that's pretty good
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Logros
Profile Joined September 2010
Netherlands9913 Posts
October 09 2011 12:34 GMT
#13
On October 09 2011 21:25 MockHamill wrote:
Do people really play with health bars on? They clutter up the screen so much and make everything looks ugly so I turned the off a long time ago. Maybe if they made them smaller and less ugly I would turn them on again.

You pretty much need them on if you're playing yourself. How else are you going to know which units to focus down that are on low health?
sunnata
Profile Joined February 2008
Russian Federation228 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-09 12:37:57
October 09 2011 12:36 GMT
#14
Can't they do it in the next patch though? Looks like really minor change to make..
Only way to know the future is to make it.
tnud
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Sweden2233 Posts
October 09 2011 12:41 GMT
#15
On October 09 2011 21:36 sunnata wrote:
Can't they do it in the next patch though? Looks like really minor change to make..

I highly suspect they are keeping quite a few of these small changes for HotS. It's most likely going to be a bigger change then most realise
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Destructicon
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
4713 Posts
October 09 2011 12:42 GMT
#16
I don't like red HP bars, green has been the norm for years, why change it?
I guess it is personal preference but in that case let it be an option somewhere in the gameplay menu.

Also, have you guys considered that this might just be only available in the zerg campaign?
It could just be a small cosmetic change to get you into the zerg mood while you still have regular green HP bars in multiplayer.
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Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
October 09 2011 12:43 GMT
#17
On October 09 2011 21:42 Destructicon wrote:
I don't like red HP bars, green has been the norm for years, why change it?
I guess it is personal preference but in that case let it be an option somewhere in the gameplay menu.

Also, have you guys considered that this might just be only available in the zerg campaign?
It could just be a small cosmetic change to get you into the zerg mood while you still have regular green HP bars in multiplayer.

It can be customizable, like show hp bars always or only with ALT.
InFi.asc
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany518 Posts
October 09 2011 12:44 GMT
#18
i like it a lot.
should be nice for mirrors especially
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XenoX101
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia729 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-09 12:46:19
October 09 2011 12:45 GMT
#19
Red also means health in most RPGs, and it's not used for any of the other bars (blue for shield, purple for energy) so it makes sense to use it for enemy units. If they used more colours then I'd disagree, but green & red works well.
Neste
Profile Joined August 2011
Finland23 Posts
October 09 2011 12:46 GMT
#20
I really hope it's optional.

I don't understand people that can't "read" the hp bars.. wow
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