Research for Overwatch medkits

What type of mechanic is it?

• Economy mechanic

What does it do?

• Small medkits restore 75hp – 10s respawn

• Large medkits restore 250hp – 15s respawn

• Located around maps

• Consumed instantly upon touch

• Cannot restore more than maximum health pool

• Cannot restore armor

What’s it for?

• to provide more ways of healing yourself then just the team’s support (busy with someone else or dead)

• keep players in the action longer

• allows different heroes to be played, instead of multiple healers always being needed so the team has enough healing.

• Provides healing to player who can’t yet healed because of their location, aka a sniper who is far away or a player who is behind enemy lines and would be too risky for the healer to help them.

What would happen if it was taken out of the game?

• A lack of variation with the heroes played, multiple healers would always have to be needed resulting in some heroes never seeing play.

• Players would be dying more frequently, meaning more down time for the players

• Players are never forced to move from their position to get health.

• Who will heal the healers.

Links to the information needed for the assignment

• http://2p.com/42599492_1/overwatch-health-pack-locations-for-all-maps-by-jaminnoob.htm

• http://overwatch.gamepedia.com/Health_Pack

• http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20744895205