Adrenaline?

[Sgt. Boomer]

Reno - yah, I guess I‘ve crossed the line from “suggestion” to “idle musings”, but thanks for responding anyway.

I’ll agree with Punisher about no psychological effects- going berserk or cowering or whatever- but what I was trying to get at was the physical effects of adrenaline. I guess “morale system” was kind of misleading.

I was thinking about dynamic crosshairs that gets larger or smaller, or sniper scopes and iron sights that “sway” faster or slower. As it is, the targeting system (IS or Xhair) in most games changes based on stance, and sometimes other factors like wounds , movement, etc.

I’m afraid I don’t know anything about programming, it just seemed to me that if a bullet/explosion could cause the health statistic to be lowered, which in turn could make the targeting system harder, and stance could make it harder too, then perhaps you could do the same thing with an adrenaline statistic- as a physical response to danger causing physical reactions, like hands shaking- that would also make it harder to aim.

As I said, I like anything that adds to the challenge of getting a hit (recoil, IS, “sway” rather than just point and click. It would certainly make it harder to hit the enemy once you came under fire. But if you just started squeezing off rounds in the enemy direction you could start to lower your adrenaline and raise their’s until finally you could get a good aimed shot.

Obviously MG’s would become extremely important, and it would force players to use more realistic squad tactics: fire and maneuver and retreating rather than fighting to the last man, which is what usually ends up happening in DoD, etc. That would lower the overall body count in a game, which obviously some players wouldn’t like. But for me, I think it would feel more like WWII, rather than Quake in period costume, which is how some games feel. (*cough* BF’42 *cough*)

I guess it\'s a matter of taste.8)