Is this, like, an option that I'm missing or something?

Why is it that when I'm alone and I press, say Manaward or Titan's Shield, can I not see how fat the shield is? Can it not be there with, like, an extra yellow bit? Maybe an extra bar? Or just maybe a glow around the health bar that looks shieldy...

I dunno, seems weird that I have to guess how much shield I've got when I set TBN and it doesn't break. And yeah I can see it on the party list but when I'm playing alone I don't got no party list...