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Originally Posted by PaperMario
I'm liking most of the changes overall, just not a fan of the shields system. Great to see that Zone is being worked on though  |
Updated the original post to include the vote kicking system, but yes, I did draw the idea from Halo. The thing is that Zone is a futuristic server but the fighting is done in the same style as modern servers (such as Era with the health system and such), so it's pretty important to change gameplay dynamics to something more futuristic to keep things interesting. Shielding would definitely fall under futuristic and would hopefully change gameplay enough to make fighting more fun and tactical.
Mind you, a 10 second timer is pretty long so it's not like you regain your shields immediately. Also, if you're hurt with even one bullet while your shields are regenerating they will immediately stop regenerating until you go another 10 seconds without getting hurt. This number is of course adjustable but it seems like it would work right.
Even Call of Duty and Gears of War use a type of health-regeneration system so it all falls under a similar category.