divide number streams

With the recent update we now see mana/energy gains and losses floating in combat, which is helpful imo, but it would make it easier to keep track of what's going on if the one column of numbers we're used to was dividid into 2, one above the left side of a portrait, the other above the right.

2 ways to do this:

1. Left side shows hitpoint gains and losses, right side shows mana and energy gains and losses.

2. Left side shows all gains in life/mana/energy, right side all losses.

Yes, I suggested the 1st option somewhere else, I think it was a mana/energy counter thread. It would cut down on the train wrecks of numbers.

While I can see how these numbers might be helpful to see if a particular item is working as it should, how are they helpful normally? I find the status bars on the right to be much more useful.

Originally Posted by Vaht

While I can see how these numbers might be helpful to see if a particular item is working as it should, how are they helpful normally? I find the status bars on the right to be much more useful.

They are helpful the way floating hp numbers are helpful. You can make more accurate assumptions on the strength of certain effects, like how strong is an enemy's mana leech or "Ok, +40 mana fills about 1/5 of my group members mana bar."

The bars can go up through both the effects of gems/runes/auras/everything else displayed by the floating numbers, in addition to standard combat regeneration rates. This would not only help isolate the effects of the aforementioned gems/runes/auras/everything else in order to more accurately assess their efficiency, but would also help to pinpoint a character's exact combat regeneration rates for hp/mana/energy.