New bandage time is ridicolous

[Frappete]

Got hitted, runned for a 1 second for real to take some sort of cover in a open field, start bandage myself and died at 99% of bandage.

[Lorem Ipsum]

Happened to me too. If I don't have enough time to bandage myself, just make it so I die.

The lack of a 'time till death' indicator has always bugged me. Sometimes I can go for 20 seconds without bandaging and sometimes it's less than 5. Let me know so I can get into cover if possible.

[CT101st]

As i only play medic, the short timer now is a complete waste of time for a medic carrying 20 bandages, by the time i get to you, you’re either bandaging yourself or dead. It definitely needs to be how it was.

[Chef]

You all must have been experiencing critical hits or something. I have had ample time to bandage myself as well as allow a medic to wrap me up as well.

[tortuga]

Agree, the old first aid kit was better , the new doesn't give you time to find cover and if you get shot and stay there to apply the band, well you will get shot the second time before you can apply it and die anyway. And Big Chef you are one out of five here, not good odds. Haven't played a lot yet so....maybe if you are behind cover and can drop down and apply the bandage right then maybe ok, there is time.

[Chef]

Originally posted by tortuga:

Agree, the old first aid kit was better , the new doesn't give you time to find cover and if you get shot and stay there to apply the band, well you will get shot the second time before you can apply it and die anyway. And Big Chef you are one out of five, not good odds.

HA! No, 1 in 5 isn't great!
I did bleed out a few times but thought little of it. But as I said I did have ample time to bandage myself on many occasions. I will pay closer attention to the bandage timer this evening.
Cheers

[Barley_Mob]

If I bled out, I didn't really pay it much heed either, thought I just took too long. Would be interesting if we could see some data on the bleed out timing pre and post update. TBH, previously I felt it lasted a bit too long...you could still run around like a maniac for a spell before wrapping yourself up. last night, I definitely bandaged myself successfully several times, as well as waited for a medic to do so. Perhaps, once we get used to it, the shock of the change will wear off and we will all go full Bear Grylls...improvise, adapt, overcome.

While I feel that it should have been shortened previously, I'll take more care to notice how long it takes when I play again...luckily, I feel tweaking the timer won't be that much of any issue for the coders and they will adjust if necessary.

There ya go Chef, I guess it's 1.5 - 5 now