Colored heatlh bars for mezzed teammates

[Murkweave]

When a character is mezzed in some fashion, have the health bar change color (to purple maybe, possibly different colors for different mez) in the team or league window so that those teammates with Clear Mind type powers don't need to wait for someone to call out "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" in chat they may be too busy to watch for.

Edited October 17, 2021 by Murkweave

[Communistpenguin]

Sounds good to me

[Mr Pierce]

LOVE this idea!!!

[Ston]

What a simple and excellent solution to this problem 👏

[ZacKing]

I like this idea!  I would say that Clear Mind recharges so fast it's not hard to keep it on every teammate though.

[Greycat]

Aside from maybe "give alternate color options" (since I don't know how colorblind folks might see any selected color - though I'd expect just the change to be a clue,) nice and straightforward idea.

[Glacier Peak]

This is a swell suggestion. I also support Greycat's added option for folks who have vision impairment. 

[Wavicle]

This is a great idea.

[TraumaTrain]

I dig this idea. It is super good. My suggestion is instead of a color change, have a sad face (or something) appear above the mezzed individuals.  Much more noticeable.

[Wavicle]

Just now, TraumaTrain said:

I dig this idea. It is super good. My suggestion is instead of a color change, have a sad face (or something) appear above the mezzed individuals.  Much more noticeable.

Maybe both something on the character themself, and also some thing in the team window?

[Marbing]

Maybe a different symbol appears based on the type of mez? Otherwise, love this idea and don’t know why it wasn’t thought of sooner!

Edited October 27, 2021 by th0ughtGun

[Daniel_R]

In 17 years, I've -never- seen this suggested for the game, and now it seems like such an obvious thing to put in.

 

Nicely, done, Murkweave.

[srmalloy]

14 hours ago, TraumaTrain said:

I dig this idea. It is super good. My suggestion is instead of a color change, have a sad face (or something) appear above the mezzed individuals.  Much more noticeable.

Much more noticeable... as long as they're spread out; in the kaleidoscope of other effects on a team interspersed with NPC mobs? Not so much. I've got screenshots where you can barely tell the heroes from the NPCs in the glare of all the SFX; adding more visual tinsel to the characters isn't going to make it easier to spot the mezzed ones. The suggestion of making the HP bar in the team window change color is going to be much easier to make out during a fight.

[Doomguide2005]

15 hours ago, srmalloy said:

Much more noticeable... as long as they're spread out; in the kaleidoscope of other effects on a team interspersed with NPC mobs? Not so much. I've got screenshots where you can barely tell the heroes from the NPCs in the glare of all the SFX; adding more visual tinsel to the characters isn't going to make it easier to spot the mezzed ones. The suggestion of making the HP bar in the team window change color is going to be much easier to make out during a fight.

Yep, I want to say there are visual effects for various mez conditions ... at least for some of them.  But I've been unable to log in long enough that I'm unsure at this point.  Ditto for an icon showing up in your buff/debuff icon ... I  think.  Damn I need to get back online!  Something large(r) and obvious would be a great addition.

[Wavicle]

I wish I could like this again...

[Arbegla]

I second, third, and fourth this idea. If there was a way to tell the difference between the various mez'es that would be even better, as some mez'es (sleep, and fear specifically) don't require a full Clear Mind to remove, just a heal.

[Wavicle]

@Number Six Let me guess, you guys already thought of this and it's in Page 3? 😜