50% Marker on HP bars

Scavenger Rage

Scavenger Rage

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2006

Brazil

dTe - Do The Evolution

N/Mo

/no signed...

CMON! 50% out of 450 - 500 life is not all that hard to calculate!!!

And for the enemies, just make their HP bar a litle bigger then the default and you will see that it is easy as hell to notice when he is under 50%.

Lets try to focus on annoying things that NEED a fix like the chat system and let other stuff that can be done perfectly nowadays alone, at least for now.

Latter.

LifeInfusion

LifeInfusion

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

in the midline

E/Mo

Easy, useful idea.

Benefits users of :
15>50 weapons (just about everyone that uses collectors/rares/some greens)
shadow strike
Word of healing
Shroud of distress
moebius strike
Life Barrier (kind of)
blood drinker
taste of pain
final thrust
"you will die!"
serpent's quickness

Mostly benefits you when you are using skills on ENEMIES (key word here) that must be >50% or <50% health for the skill to work.
needling shot
brutal strike
gaze of contempt
deathly chill
flesh of my flesh (sort of)
Infuse Health (maybe)

Hand of Ruin

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2006

I like when people critisize/disagree when they actually have no real point.

However, I do agree showing exact hp may be too far, but a little tick on the hp bar? Please... find better things to try and argue about.

Shanaeri Rynale

Shanaeri Rynale

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

DVDF(Forums)

Me/N

It's a good idea, but only limit it to your own party. I would add an extra notch at 90% for eoe etc tho.

Oofus

Oofus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.

Cold Hard [CASH]

Few days old but caught my attention and deservers a resurgence.

/signed

Simple but brilliant idea, a little tic mark at the 50% point for all players.

Mars Dragonblade

Mars Dragonblade

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2006

Awesometon.

Ministry of Fate [MoF]

W/

Quote:
Totally signed, I'm fed up with using the Experience Bar as the marker... good idea eh?
Yeah it is, so I used it .



I used a ruler to get it as accurate as I possibly could and so far it's doin the trick for me.

Edit: Before you all start with the wammo jokes lol it's for Vermin farmin . I know what you lot are like...

B??x??44????1@$

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mars Dragonblade
Yeah it is, so I used it .



I used a ruler to get it as accurate as I possibly could and so far it's doin the trick for me.

Edit: Before you all start with the wammo jokes lol it's for Vermin farmin . I know what you lot are like...
Ever think that you could just use INFUSE HEALTH?

TheLordOfBlah

TheLordOfBlah

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

California

None

Mo/N

/signed 10X

Lampshade

Lampshade

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

USA

Xen of Onslaught

Take the number on the red bar.
divide it by two

that's 50%hp.

Ristaron

Ristaron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

Canada, eh?

Legion Of Valhalla

E/

Signed for halfway mark, because eyeballing too often robs you thanks to a lucky hit point, but definately not for hp display! That completely removes the edge that not knowing your opponent's health gives to the game.

Quote:
Originally Posted by B§x¿44¶»1@$
Ever think that you could just use INFUSE HEALTH?
Ever think you could use an English name?

floppinghog

floppinghog

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

pit of brimstone

Squad Six Six Six [ssss]

A/Me

how do you play guildwars if you cant visually cut a bar in half in your head with your eyes with the interface full customized if you really wanted a marker? are you lot that disabled?

skill pls.
no babying noobs

/not signed

Kool Pajamas

Kool Pajamas

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2005

Maryland

Mage Elites [MAGE]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lampshade
Take the number on the red bar.
divide it by two

that's 50%hp.
We're talking about ENEMY hp bar. Not our own. Well the original post is. Some people went off topic.


/signed

I cant count how many times I used Moebius strike thinking the enemy was below 50% only to find out (by the effect of the skill) that it wasnt.

Mars Dragonblade

Mars Dragonblade

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2006

Awesometon.

Ministry of Fate [MoF]

W/

Quote:
Ever think that you could just use INFUSE HEALTH?
Quote:
Take the number on the red bar.
divide it by two

that's 50%hp.
Firstly, I'm not using it for wanting to know what half of MY health is as Kool Pajamas stated, I can divide by two for pete's sake. It's for enemies, so I know when it's ok to use skills like final thrust, and certain necro skills that involve 50% hp to be more effective. Secondly, I don't always have Monk as my warrior's secondary profession depending on what I'm doing, so it still helps me no matter what I am, nor what character I'm using for that matter. And thirdly, Infuse Health? Come on use your head. As a warrior fighting on the front lines of battles the last thing I want is to lose half my health to heal someone else, that's the Monk's job, and also since I'm on the front lines I'll be taking a lot of damage and so my health is going down, Infuse health says "Lose half your current health", that won't help at all either.

Addone_Abaddon

Addone_Abaddon

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

Jersey, Channel Islands

Perfection Is Everything [PiE]

W/

/signedsignedsigned!!!

Addone_Abaddon

Addone_Abaddon

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

Jersey, Channel Islands

Perfection Is Everything [PiE]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lampshade
Take the number on the red bar.
divide it by two

that's 50%hp.
You can't do that when fighting enemies.

KiyaKoreena

KiyaKoreena

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

USA

Kirins of Holy Light

N/

/signed for the mark

Painbringer

Painbringer

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2006

Minnesota

Black Widows of Death

W/Mo

/signed

But only let you see your own percent

Below 50 % health weapons may get a alittle boost in value

countesscorpula

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

Gwen Is [EVIL]

N/

/signed


i agree with the marker, but not with the total HP display for the same reasons above

Agyar

Agyar

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2006

AUSSIE TROLLING CREW - CAPSLOCK CONSULTANT

[Dong]

Mo/

Good idea, in whatever form. Displaying the enemies HP as a direct number would out of the question, as stated earlier, but expressing it as a percentage wouldn't give anyone an advantage I think. The ability to view percentages of anyone's hp (self, party, target) would be the simplest solution I think to the whole issue, but putting markers on the bar would work also. The advantage of a percentage is that it's there all the time and there isn't any issue of 'if there's a mark for 50%, why not 75%/25%, then why not 80% for EoE etc etc'.

freekedoutfish

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2006

E/

Just have the colour of their healthbar change when they reach 50 or bellow. Sorted.

RTSFirebat

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mars Dragonblade
Yeah it is, so I used it .



I used a ruler to get it as accurate as I possibly could and so far it's doin the trick for me.

Edit: Before you all start with the wammo jokes lol it's for Vermin farmin . I know what you lot are like...
Hey that's not a bad idea, I'll think I'll use that myself in the meantime.

Anyways simple and easy idea, and would be really helpful.

/signed

Omnidragon42

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Pantheon of Shadows [dei]

W/A

/Signed
Then I could take the tape off my monitor.

gwfreak

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Sep 2006

There was 25%, 50%, 75% markers on enemy health bar during E4E 2004 preview.

I don't know what happened as to why health bar changed since then. My only answer is that it was "cheating" when executing final thrust for example. This answer was always ok to me when using such skills. But who cares if someone is "cheating", lets get the old health bar back!

/SIGNED.

Mathias Deathwater

Mathias Deathwater

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

In a maze of twisty passages, all alike

Fifteen Over Fifty

This is actually a really great idea. In a game like Guild Wars that rewards precision, anything that limits guesswork is a great thing IMO. Anet is even taking a step in this direction with their recent update of the morale boost counter.

/signed

Dahl

Dahl

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Ontario, Canada

Exalted Legionnaires [ExL]

/signed

I don't see how anything bad can come from this.

I came up with an idea a few months ago about a full ruler on the bars with larger ticks for 10, 20, 30 etc to 90. Cause there's skills like Unsuspecting strike and Light of Deliverance etc.

Dahl

Dahl

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

Ontario, Canada

Exalted Legionnaires [ExL]

Quote:
Originally Posted by gwfreak
There was 25%, 50%, 75% markers on enemy health bar during E4E 2004 preview.

I don't know what happened as to why health bar changed since then. My only answer is that it was "cheating" when executing final thrust for example. This answer was always ok to me when using such skills. But who cares if someone is "cheating", lets get the old health bar back!

/SIGNED.
It escapes me how it can be considered cheating to know when to use final thrust. As mentioned before, Guild Wars rewards precision. I would actually love the idea of the health bar with the 50% mark MOSTLY because of skills like this. I might actually USE the skill if there were markers.

Dalimoor_Kalkire

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

[DoA] - The Darknights of Ascalon

R/

/signed - Tired of hitting them with needling shot and realizing they were at, oh, 52% HP 0_o

Alt F Four

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

RSPT

N/A

/Signed

Especially good for us Blood Necros.

Jesse

Jesse

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

New York

Vanquishing Memories [VM]

Mo/Me

/signed for knowlege of your oppenents % of health

fenix

fenix

Major-General Awesome

Join Date: Aug 2005

Aussie Trolling Crew HQ - Event Organiser and IRC Tiger

Ex Talionis [Law], Trinity of the Ascended [ToA] ????????????????&#

W/

Yeah, this should be put in, an excellent idea

/signed

Cataclysm

Cataclysm

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Lost Dynasty [SEEK]

W/Mo

Maybe a Skull overlaid on the Health bar at 50% and crossbones added at 25% like the marks for assassins only on the other side so it doent interfere

plasmasword

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

/signed. Many GW skills use hp %'s.
[skill=big]Word of Healing[/skill]
[skill=big]Zealous Benediction[/skill]
[skill=big]Light of Deliverance[/skill]
[skill=big]"Never Give Up!"[/skill]
[skill=big]"Never Surrender!"[/skill]

Griffonclaw

Griffonclaw

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/

/signed

A Little triangle in the maddle of each bar to indicate the halfway point would not get in the way but it would make it so much easier to tell at a glance.

Scroz

Scroz

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

/signed it's a handy little mark that'll make it a little less frustrating

falling demon

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

dunno

Dawn's Omen {Leader}

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by RTSFirebat
Hey that's not a bad idea, I'll think I'll use that myself in the meantime.

Anyways simple and easy idea, and would be really helpful.

/signed
yeah, i use it too, best way is to use awaken the blood + BiP, thats 49.5% sacrifice (if you press F before, it selects you, and shows your hp bar at the top, which is the same place as everybody you target) which leaves your hp at only slightly above 50%.

Enix

Enix

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2005

I am in a transitional period.

GRE

/signorlated

I asked for this a long time ago... for christmas.

prodigy ming

prodigy ming

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

/signed
I was just having trouble with this. great idea.

Flabber Babble

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Defenders of Claro

R/Mo

/signed

I dont have a sharp enough sense of precision to visually determine the 50% mark. (3 three syllable words in one sentence... w00t)

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

How do you say...? Eh... Well, I'm not typing that '/signed' thing I rate threads... ahem...

Well a vertical line would be a problem that would interfere with tex over the bar.
Just make a small triangle in the middle botton of the bar to point the spot:
___________________
E/Mo The Emo PvE
_________/\_________

HP bar turning other color, like yllow would be a proble, since that would be another color change, and we already have two (Poison/Illness and bleeding/mesmer degen)

Not A Fifty Five

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

Creating guild

Mo/

/signed

Finally a good suggestion . And please, anyone who says only a noob cant tell 50% on a bar is just being an annoying ass and they know it, so cut the ^&*( please thanks. There are plenty of times when I really really want to zealous benedict at what looks like 49% but I don't know.