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Change VISR cooldown mechanic to mitigate players' "wait for recharge" behavor #38

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BinToss opened this issue Sep 1, 2022 · 0 comments
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BinToss commented Sep 1, 2022

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
VISR's battery prevents players from simply keeping it on all the time, but it also encourages players to stop what they're doing until the battery recharges.

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Overhaul - change VISR from "toggle w/ battery" to "single pulse w/ cooldown" e.g. H5's Artemis Tracking System

Changing the mechanics to "pulse" out from the player's location similar like Halo 5's Artemis Tracking System with a short cooldown would force players to be less reliant on the ability; they should be less likely to stop whatever they're doing until the battery is recharched.
Vanilla Halo: CE suffers from this battery recharge issue as well, but to a lesser degree due to the vanilla game being brighter than SPV3, even on Truth And Reconciliation. Even in T&R's case, the night vision ability would recharge fast enough for players to use it again shortly after it's been fully drained.

Tweak - faster recharge

This makes the battery mechanic almost pointless and more of a "flavor" feature rather than a gameplay balancer.
We might as well just...

Tweak - remove VISR/flashlight/night-vision battery drain

nuff said

Alternative - Irregulator Skull

Armor power is redirected from energy shields to keep battery-operated accessories functioning after their batteries are fully drained.
This is potentially deadly in flood-occupied areas.

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