Goonhub
06-27-2021, 10:32 PM
On Discord, we briefly spitballed that any strenuous activity could advance your Shock or Cardiac Failure by 1, or trigger Cardiac Arrest once both are at the last stage. Maybe raise both to 5 stages to compensate, so you could at least walk somewhere and self-heal.
Strenuous activity being anything from attempting to hit/shove/grab someone, being hit and receiving damage (!), sprinting and similar stuff. This'll mean that once you hit even shallow crit, you'll very rapidly go into Cardiac Arrest if you just keep fighting.
Alternatively, going into Shock could reduce Stamina Regeneration by 70%. To give you a chance, you could have a 10 (?) second buff called "Adrenaline Surge" or similar, that indicates you'll still have normal Stamina Regeneration for a few seconds. Once the buff runs out, the Shock debuff hits. This would allow you to stay and fight for a forseeable amount of time, or give you the indicator that you should probably run away now.
Strenuous activity being anything from attempting to hit/shove/grab someone, being hit and receiving damage (!), sprinting and similar stuff. This'll mean that once you hit even shallow crit, you'll very rapidly go into Cardiac Arrest if you just keep fighting.
Alternatively, going into Shock could reduce Stamina Regeneration by 70%. To give you a chance, you could have a 10 (?) second buff called "Adrenaline Surge" or similar, that indicates you'll still have normal Stamina Regeneration for a few seconds. Once the buff runs out, the Shock debuff hits. This would allow you to stay and fight for a forseeable amount of time, or give you the indicator that you should probably run away now.