Health bars over enemies at all time.

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The_Paw wrote:

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leroyyrogers wrote:

Notwithstanding all these summons, it's a pretty standard feature by now to have health bars, no? Just my 2 cents.

You bring up a point here which I'd like to address (though it's somewhat off-topic, for which I apologise).

Just because a particular feature is "pretty much standard" in the majority of games doesn't mean that it's a good thing. I've read comments related to the fact that humans are the only race and that other games have elves and dwarves and that sort of stuff. Again, it's one of those "pretty much standard" things in other games.

Those things (other races, constantly visbile health bar, more inventory space in your stash, etc) don't make those games any better. It doesn't make them anymore unique and it certainly doesn't make them anymore enjoyable. POE has some truly interesting aspects (like the passive skill tree) and it is those things that mke the game great to play.

Please, GGG, don't just follow "convention" simply because there are some players who think you should. People who want to play an RGP that follows all of the current "conventions" (many of which are down-right BAD) should look to some current Blizzard titles.

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TYRI_ wrote:

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The_Paw wrote:

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leroyyrogers wrote:

Notwithstanding all these summons, it's a pretty standard feature by now to have health bars, no? Just my 2 cents.

You bring up a point here which I'd like to address (though it's somewhat off-topic, for which I apologise).

Just because a particular feature is "pretty much standard" in the majority of games doesn't mean that it's a good thing. I've read comments related to the fact that humans are the only race and that other games have elves and dwarves and that sort of stuff. Again, it's one of those "pretty much standard" things in other games.

Those things (other races, constantly visbile health bar, more inventory space in your stash, etc) don't make those games any better. It doesn't make them anymore unique and it certainly doesn't make them anymore enjoyable. POE has some truly interesting aspects (like the passive skill tree) and it is those things that mke the game great to play.

Please, GGG, don't just follow "convention" simply because there are some players who think you should. People who want to play an RGP that follows all of the current "conventions" (many of which are down-right BAD) should look to some current Blizzard titles.

So... even players that WANT this option shouldn't be able to toggle it on, just because YOU don't like the idea? I don't even...

Let's just say I'm glad you're not on the dev team for this game.

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The_Paw wrote:

All I said was that following all of the current conventions isn't necessarily a good thing.

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I never said anything about liking or not liking the idea. All I said was that following all of the current conventions isn't necessarily a good thing. I never said that the idea of a constant health bar was a bad idea. I said there are some "conventions" in place which are bad, but I didn't say which ones.

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The_Paw wrote:

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leroyyrogers wrote:

Notwithstanding all these summons, it's a pretty standard feature by now to have health bars, no? Just my 2 cents.

You bring up a point here which I'd like to address (though it's somewhat off-topic, for which I apologise).

Just because a particular feature is "pretty much standard" in the majority of games doesn't mean that it's a good thing. I've read comments related to the fact that humans are the only race and that other games have elves and dwarves and that sort of stuff. Again, it's one of those "pretty much standard" things in other games.

Those things (other races, constantly visbile health bar, more inventory space in your stash, etc) don't make those games any better. It doesn't make them anymore unique and it certainly doesn't make them anymore enjoyable. POE has some truly interesting aspects (like the passive skill tree) and it is those things that mke the game great to play.

Please, GGG, don't just follow "convention" simply because there are some players who think you should. People who want to play an RGP that follows all of the current "conventions" (many of which are down-right BAD) should look to some current Blizzard titles.