The Sprint Metre

Hey there!

I have a concept for a new sprint metre that I've been thinking about. I think the current one is fine as it is, so really I'm just making this to get some feedback on it. I know there are more important things the team should be worried about.

Maybe instead of decreasing the mana bar, you can get negative effects. When the metre runs out, you'll start off with a slight slowness effect. If you continue running, you'll start getting a weakness effect. If you really wanna keep running, you'll get a mining fatigue effect (Your weapons become much slower).

Here's basically what I mean:
[:::Sprint:::] - Slowness I

Once [:::Sprint:::] becomes fully greyed, the metre will start going back up (If you continue running), except now with a different message.

[:::SlowDown:::] - This is displayed instead of [:::Sprint:::] once the player has ran for long enough and continues to run. But instead of the metre going right-left, it goes left-right. The higher the metre is, the more drastic the effects will be.

[:::SlowDown:::] - Slowness II and Weakness I
[:::SlowDown:::] - Slowness II, Weakness II, and Mining Fatigue I
[:::SlowDown:::] - Slowness III, Weakness II, and Mining Fatigue II
[:::SlowDown:::] - Slowness IV, Weakness III, Mining Fatigue III, and Blindness I

Again, this is all just a concept. This should not be a priority among the team, but I just wanted to share my thoughts.

 

This really just seems like it would be too difficult to implement and wouldnt really do much. There already are ways to tell a player to stop running. The sprint bar changes from a bright green to red and grey, clearly showing that you need to stop running and let the sprint bar regenerate. The sprint system is fine as it is

 

It's interesting to consider at least.