 | No way to see armor left on shield?(1) | Category: WizardFebruary-26-2014 3:37 PM PST (9 years ago)  |
| Alright so just to get a few of the responses out of the way, i know you can hover over your health bare to see the armor of your shield Now what i am looking for, is a way to see the status of the shield while in combat without having to mouse over your health bar, i'v heard from the beta people talking about a white layer on top of their health globe, but i can't seem to see this effect, neither find an option that enables it. Also props to blizzard for the shields, love the idea about defense from a magic shield instead of toughness on a wizard | ||
 | No way to see armor left on shield?(6) | February-27-2014 8:11 AM PST (9 years ago) |
Again if anyone from blizzard happens to read this, please add a feature that helps with this problem :P Oh, I've actually wanted to talk about this for a while and hadn't found a good opportunity. :) We really like the idea of having a shield indicator on the UI (myself included, and you can bet I gave some sad puppy dog eyes when I noticed it was removed as I'm over-paranoid about dying and generally run a lot of shielding abilities). However, the version we had on the PTR/Beta wasn't really fulfilling our needs, primarily because of health scaling. To clarify, there were cases where, because the amount of shield provided could be so small in relation to your overall health pool, the shield graphic was hard to see. The first iteration, where the shield graphic completely covered your health globe, was less than ideal because you couldn't tell how much health you had remaining under your shields. The small curved bar on the right side of the globe was better, but scaling issues persisted. In short, it's a UI update we want to revisit in the future, but it wasn't up to our quality standards. When it comes time, we want to make sure what results is smooth, easy to read, and makes sense. | ||
