[Suggestion] Sanity Meter, please read h1z1

Please, please read the whole post before judging

What if we had something like a Sanity Meter, where if one of your stats is under 25%, then your sanity drops by 1% every 4 minutes. So if all of your 4 stats are under 25%, the drop would be 1% per minute. Then, if you stay above these parameters (25%) in all four stats, your sanity goes back to normal.

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  Does it make sense? Yes! If you're low on the Hydration stat, it makes sense for Sanity to drop since delirium is one of the symptoms of severe dehydration

  
  

  If you're low on the Stamina stat , it implies that you're exercising physical effort beyond fatigue, thus exposing your mind to lots of stress.

  
  

  If you're low on the Energy stat, it means you're hungry. Maybe loss of Sanity isn't a direct symptom of the lack of food, but a consequence of being afraid you'll starve to death

  
  

  The Health stat is in the same boat as the Energy one. Being in a low state of health for a prolonged period of time during the apocalypse is sure to eat at someone's nerves

  
  

Does this seem like just another stat you'll have to worry about? Not quite

You see, the Sanity stat wouldn't really make the game much more difficult, since you can easily survive on blackberries even, if you don't have better resources. Even if you're a lone wolf, food and water is easy enough to come by. I don't think any of us were under 25% in a single stat for a whole hour, and that would only drain the Sanity bar by 15%. You'd have to be below 25% in ALL stats for a whole hour before your sanity dropped to 40%.

So what does Sanity (or Insanity) bring to the table?

Well, it depends entirely on the community (and the devs, should they look at the idea), but my thoughts are something along the following lines. Also, notice that each one of these will actively affect the player's game experience by changing their perception of the world.

note that the further down the rabbit hole, you also retain the symptoms from the lower states of insanity

100-80% No effects. You're just stressed

80-60% What's that noise?! You sometimes (rarely) hear footsteps behind you

60-50% Did you see that? You sometimes (very rarely) see a silhouette in the distance, before it disappears

50-30% You have a slight difficulty when aiming

30-20% You sometimes (very rarely) hear a gunshot nearby, or maybe an arrow whooshing. Was it really there, though? Also, you may confuse Purified, Stale and Dirty Water

20-10% That cooked Deer Steak you found in the refrigerator was actually rotten, too bad you can't tell the difference anymore. Also, you can sometimes hear other players (along with the microphone text). Maybe it's a short sound clip like "Friendly?" or "Have Berries?"

<10% Shit has gotten dark. You experience everything from before, but way more often.

Well, what do you think?

Submitted January 22, 2015 at 01:22AM by Thurmut http://ift.tt/1Jgkfx6 h1z1