low hp --> sound alarm

[niko18]

Like title says it will be really nice an helpfull to associate a sound when you reach and X% of your full hp. So you can concentrate your attention on your gameplay without looking everething 3-5 seconds on your hp bar. It will make the game more confortable and more sophisticated

Something like Zelda but without keeping the sound all the time, just one reproduction without repeat on

ps. Sorry for my bad english , i hope you understand my idea.

[Hutoth]

There's already one such alarm that sounds when party member health drops to a certain level: "DING"


and seriously now, I think your suggestion might be worthwhile, so long as it could be toggled on or off via UI settings.

[Alrik_Fassbauer]

I was doing a quest with a hireling yesterday.

I heard a "ding" each time my character or my hireling died (the resurrection shrine wasn't too far away, though).

It's be nice if this "ding" sound alarm could be combined with an own alias script in the chat window so that its sound will appear each time one of the player's specified criteria are met.

[niko18]

yes i mean self alarm, so you can self health when healer can't

[cdbd3rd]

Like title says it will be really nice an helpfull to associate a sound when you reach X% of your full hp. So you can concentrate your attention on your gameplay without looking everething 3-5 seconds on your hp bar. It will make the game more confortable and more sophisticated

Something like Zelda but without keeping the sound all the time, just one reproduction without repeat on

ps. Sorry for my bad english , i hope you undestand my idea.

(One small edit to your OP to help make it understood.)


I was thinking something like Gauntlet: "Horc Barbarian needs food!"
j/k^

A one-time tone or something would be cool. And made toggle'able, yes.

[niko18]

(One small edit to your OP to help make it understood.)


I was thinking something like Gauntlet: "Horc Barbarian needs food!"
j/k^

A one-time tone or something would be cool. And made toggle'able, yes.

Lol thank you for your correction , edited first post , thx again ^^

Hope they will consider our suggestion

[mobrien316]

I was thinking something like Gauntlet: "Horc Barbarian needs food!"
j/k^

Elf shot the food!

[Uska]

No

[donblas]

No

Can't fault your flawless reasoning!

Personally I like the idea - provided that it is a personal alarm, not party wide.

[Quarterling]

No

Explain why?

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I like the idea, but two things:

1. You should be able to toggle percentage of when the sound plays in your options.
2. By default the sound is set to off.

[Uska]

Explain why?

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I like the idea, but two things:

1. You should be able to toggle percentage of when the sound plays in your options.
2. By default the sound is set to off.

It's one more step toward being a cheesy video game I want steps away from that not towards it

[Quarterling]

It's one more step toward being a cheesy video game I want steps away from that not towards it

Opinions.

Some people think that this would be useful. If Turbine makes it off by default, then it's not hurting anybody. Win/win situation.

[Uska]

Opinions.

Some people think that this would be useful. If Turbine makes it off by default, then it's not hurting anybody. Win/win situation.

no as it would take dev time to do and likely bug out a thousand more things taking even more time just to have something not really needed.

[Talias006]

It's one more step toward being a cheesy video game I want steps away from that not towards it

Yeah, back in the day, those subtle alarms in Gauntlet were cool for the first couple games.
Afterwards it's just annoying.

[Crazeee]

Awwww
I was hoping to see a sugestion for a warning bell if someone with low max-HP joins your party.

[Vordax]

Awwww
I was hoping to see a sugestion for a warning bell if someone with low max-HP joins your party.

Sort of like this?

Vordax

[Impaqt]

Move your health bar so its easier to see?

[niko18]

Move your health bar so its easier to see?

omg what a genius .
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Anyways i confirm it will be great if added with the on/off option.

For people who say it will be noisy ---> could disable it from options.

Don't matter if it is a bell, a bomb sound the important thing is that you notice. Maybe they can add some custom voice (wailing/laments) for race/class. It will be helpfull and i will make the game more dynamic.

[Enoach]

First I don't see a disadvantage to this feature as long as it can be toggled.

But here is why I think this is a nice to have and not a must have - Please DEVs keep working on the must haves like bug fixes and Druids:

1. Position of your Health bar can help prevent this
2. What is considered Low Health? Different builds and character level will have varied definitions. This will require a calculation based on what? a percentage? So if 25% is determined to be low health an 80 HP character receives the bell when 20HP are left, while a 600HP will get the bell at 150 HP left.

Keep in mind Low health for the 80HP character may actually be at 40 HP or 50%. This could mean needing the ability to customize what low health means on a character by character basis.

[AZgreentea]

Isnt there already a visual effect for this? I seem to remember a visual cue when you have taken both a critical hit (i.e. bypassed fortification) and if you health suddenly drops below a certain point (i.e. you take a lot of damage that leave you alive but low on HP).

I'm not completely clear in this, since I have never taken the time to determine its source. The only one I have any confidence in is the visual queue for the critical hit.