Question on Blood Bags / Saline

[Majere]

Just thoughts

Why Blood types? to be honest it would be easier to just have blood. For me any many others it is easier to just die and run back to wherever you are, than to spend anytime trying to find the right blood type from someone.

Just seems if you can take blood from anyone than it would be much wider used in game

Next thing is why no self IV. If we are going to realism-ish as far as blood type than it makes no sense to make it even more useless because you cant IV yourself in any way.

[Shrapnel]

Dont bother with them myself as healthy status beats any other form of healing hands down, but when I did use them they were for myself and any friends who had my same blood type.
Get healthy status and you can pull 3/4 out of you in like 3 mins- but yea, saline and blood bags depend too much on grouping

[Lexta]

The answer of your question, is in the question itself. "Easier, easier easier". They don't want to make it easier! And i really don't think you would love to run from Solnichny to NW airfield instead of just get a bloodbag in your back ;)

I would really like to see like you give yourself a bloodbag. Maybe just try it, to hold it 1 meter over your head, whil the blood is dripping^^

[MIND ЯEWIND 2]

Yes,you are right.I think its way too much complicated in SA sometimes realism doesnt mean better or fun.
It should have stayed as in Mod! Simple and I like it.

[MacGyver]

get hydrated/energized/healthy status and have a friend take your own blood.

[Felix]

Personally I like the blood typing and use of blood and saline bags. I just wish you could take and use them on yourself. Doesn't seem to make much sense otherwise.

Edit: and I wish that blood typing kits were just a little more available.

[Aes`]

The problem is a lot of people never leave the coast, so it is actually easier for them to just die and run back to their stuff in many cases. Also i totally agree that keeping a constant healthy status is 100% better than bloodbags or saline kits, it only takes a few minutes to be healthy again after getting shot, will get you back on your feet if you get knocked out from blood loss, and is really easy to maintain with just the odd sodas and cans i find on my journey

[glazin (no sound)]

bro this is REAL LIFE...

oh and i think they screwed up the bloodbags/salines now... u cant do anything with them.

[Majere]

Right - My entire point. Nobody uses blood bags. I have never used one ever. It is always easier to die, and run back even if you are NWAF. Die til you spawn close and run there. So if they are useless why have them in game. Make it blood only. ANy blood will do and they become easier to use. The point of the post is nobody uses them.

and if you die, you have to find out your blood type all over again.

Saline is different story. We use them - why? because you can give them to anyone.

[plooschack]

My group use the blood bags. We are usually carrying one blood bag, filled earlier with our own blood.That's the sure method to wake us up, as epi-pens where rarely working for us... Saline is ok, but we don't always have enough to supply whole group.

[SENTAR]

saline is also less effective now dont forget that

[Majere]

understood but if you get 2 salines you pretty much are good to go.

[SENTAR]

Originally posted by Majere:

understood but if you get 2 salines you pretty much are good to go.

not really depends on your blood loss, statistically they have a much smaller effect than they did in previous versions

[Oleg Mongol]

Don't cry. The medical system is only going to become more complex. I've already turned to "Vampire Banditry" robbing live subjects of their loot and blood

[winniethepooh]

If you already find the medical system complicated.. well you will be very very sad when you'll see what is coming next... (cold, diseases, spread infections etc...)..

the " It is always easier to die, and run back" is really sad to hear for a game which goal is Survival... There is still no value to character.

[Majere]

What i am saying is, it is useless to try and find blood.

First if your alone - because you can not IV yourself - useless if you are alone.
Next the blood test kits are few and far between - so even if you have mates, you probably can not test them and yourself and find a match.
Holding up people on the road again is useless - unless you have tons of blood test kits, that blood is useless to you - and will most likely kill you -

So again. it is not complicated. and Easier to die and run back is a cold hard fact of the game because of all the issues i have brought up already, when removing blood types and making you able to self IV makes this all relevant again.