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[Savior20061]

I dont understand you guys at all? The spy hud is RARELY needed. You shouldn't need to see your health all that often; how many times do you actually get hurt in a period of time that doesn't kill you? I realize that dropping and getting shot are about the only things, and those DON'T happen often enough to need a health bar the entire time. Having no hud is sexy; even a minimal hud is better than a full blown in your face hud. I like hardcore mode in MW2 because I find it easier to concentrate on the gameplay than spend half of my time looking for dots on the map. The same thing goes here.

Are you serious? So you never took a sniper shot to the shoulder or suffer a glancing blow from a grenade explosion and manage to get away? Ever? Of course you did. That's what the permanent healthbar is for.
I suppose you could argue that no huds are sexy, but then again Project Stealth is a video game, not the porn I'm looking at right now. You want sexy? Google Redtube.
Which is more distracting? A significant Hud or a Hud that's constantly blinking on and off? I never had any problems playing the Metroid Primes because of the Hud. The trip against Huds lately is partly based on immersion, but mostly its part of the superficial "graphics trip" and a way to distract from the faults of the game. For the love of creamed corn, leave them alone.

[Farley4Fan]

When you are playing a third person game it's hard to be immersed regardless of the HUD because you can see your character's ass.  Can you see your ass in real life when looking forward?  If so, well that's either awesome or terrible depending on your circumstances.

You either suck at running away, suck at shocking mercs, play against impossibly good mercs that never let you get away, or you are somehow annoyed by a bar.  I don't get it.

[I <3 U]

The spies health bar is actually way more important than the merc healthbar. I look at the spies way more than the mercs.

[Ion.67]

You either suck at running away, suck at shocking mercs, play against impossibly good mercs that never let you get away, or you are somehow annoyed by a bar.  I don't get it.

No, I just didn't play on the xbox where everybody sucks.

There are times when you get away. I don't care, I don't need to see the hud all of the time. If it is useless 90% of the time don't show it.

[Savior20061]

How is it useless? It's a healthbar, Ion. The idea of having it vanish for the spies is laughable. Are the players supposed to remember how much health they have until they get shot again? Are they supposed to remember how many objectives they have or what gadget they selected? Are they supposed to remember how many shots it takes for the SS to drain? Fuck that, man. If you hate Huds so much then take a black marker and scribble all over the edge of your monitor. You'll never see a Hud on your computer again.

[Farley4Fan]

You either suck at running away, suck at shocking mercs, play against impossibly good mercs that never let you get away, or you are somehow annoyed by a bar.  I don't get it.

No, I just didn't play on the xbox where everybody sucks.

There are times when you get away. I don't care, I don't need to see the hud all of the time. If it is useless 90% of the time don't show it.

You're cool.  I guess on PC every merc has nuke grenades and bullets the size of hippos and spies are 640 lbs a piece.  Why not just make it so that 1 bullet makes you get killed?  Since the spy is going to die anyway, why not just speed up the process? 

Most of the HUD is useless 90% of the time in most games.  You aren't going to be looking at it very often, it's a "heads up!" display.  You peak at it for a heads up.  You can't peak at the health bar when it's gone.  Der.

You said it's rarely needed.  But when it is needed, what if it's not there?  Bitching about a health bar is just finding stuff to bitch about.  Come on.

[Ion.67]

I'm not bitching; you are. It currently isn't there, you want it. I am defending it.

It is a fact that aiming on the xbox is not nearly as easy as on PC. Get over it. I play both, and definitely can tell the difference.

You don't need to peek at the health bar when it is full. You don't need to peak at the energy bar when it is full. In fact, I encourage the bars to stay up when they are not full. Just like they do. Get over it.

[Gawain]

this is getting ridiculous.

some serious hud/augmented reality suggestion: an easy way to see your mate's location.
could be implemented similarly to objective symbols.
another nice-to-have feature would be something like a navigation system for noobs leading them to the objectives under attack/to safe zones/etc till they know their way around.

[Farley4Fan]

I'm not bitching; you are. It currently isn't there, you want it. I am defending it.

It is a fact that aiming on the xbox is not nearly as easy as on PC. Get over it. I play both, and definitely can tell the difference.

You don't need to peek at the health bar when it is full. You don't need to peak at the energy bar when it is full. In fact, I encourage the bars to stay up when they are not full. Just like they do. Get over it.

Oh here we go.  Thanks for the heads up that it's easier to aim on PC, I had no idea!  (I also play both)  Der.  But you mean to tell us that it's rare that a spy can escape the evil clutches of a merc?  I seriously doubt that no matter how godlike mercs are on PC. 

You are just going with the flow on the sexuality side rather than the functionality side of things.  There is no point to having the bars dissapear.  Not one. 

As for the bitching thing, you pretty much started this stupid health bar debate.  "I don't get you guys, I hate health bars that are on all the time, bars are ugly, waah, wah, wah."  We are defending the old style HUD, and you are bitching about how sexy a freaking health bar is.  It's weird, and I'm done talking about this.  Total waste of time.

[tigaer]

Guys, I'm gonna end this right now by saying that the health bar will not fully disappear if you don't have full health. So everybody take a deep breath and discuss other things you wanna see changed in the HUD. I play CT too, and I'd get pissed if my health didn't show when it wasn't full.

[Savior20061]

Guys, I'm gonna end this right now by saying that the health bar will not fully disappear if you don't have full health. So everybody take a deep breath and discuss other things you wanna see changed in the HUD. I play CT too, and I'd get pissed if my health didn't show when it wasn't full.

Good to hear Tigear. You're merc display looks gorgeous by the way. Kinda like my ex-girlfriend during the prom. Bitch.....
Anyways, do you think the spy HUD needs a little something. I just think it needs something more.
EDIT: Of course! The healthbar, energy bar, and radar are all gone. Are you still making them.
Can you make it greener?

[tigaer]

Guys, I'm gonna end this right now by saying that the health bar will not fully disappear if you don't have full health. So everybody take a deep breath and discuss other things you wanna see changed in the HUD. I play CT too, and I'd get pissed if my health didn't show when it wasn't full.

Good to hear Tigear. You're merc display looks gorgeous by the way. Kinda like my ex-girlfriend during the prom. Bitch.....
Anyways, do you think the spy HUD needs a little something. I just think it needs something more.
EDIT: Of course! The healthbar, energy bar, and radar are all gone. Are you still making them.
Can you make it greener?

Thanks bro.

The radar and other assets are already made, they just aren't active in that current screenshot. And yes, I can make it greener. It looked fine on my laptop I was creating it on, but I saw it on my other PC and it was almost grey, my mistake.

[Gawain]

tigaer, plz tell me what sexy font you are using :D

[frvge]

AFAIK it's custom. But not 100% sure.

[I <3 U]

a bright neon green would be pretty cool actually for the spy hud =]