Gameplay: Damage Effects vs. Infantry

[Ragotag]

I'll cross-link to here, but essentially the idea is to have the character models react when shot and have degraded performance when damaged.

[Whalenator]

What do you mean by react? Flinch? Stunned? Thrown back?
I think it would add to the realistic side of gameplay, but this is a game. Not a simulator.
It might just detract from gameplay and contradict with the "fast pace" Planetside 2 keeps shooting for. Though minor things such as dilated reticules and waggling sights when shot would be acceptable.

[Warborn]

Reacting when shot sounds like it might interfere with your ability to fight back. And in a game where you die in a handful of bullets, I have to wonder at making it even more of a disadvantage for the enemy to get the first shot off.

As for damage effects, I dunno, I'm trying to think of a game that did that where it was a positive experience. I guess it's a feature some people like for the sake of realism, but I think in a more arcade-style shooter like Planetside it might not be well-received.

[Garem]

With shields playing such a major role, flinching wouldn't make sense for the first shots anyways. That's the point of shields- and armor, at that.

Not crazy about this idea at all, although not game breaking either.