Morwen Lagann
Tyrathlion Interstellar
1525
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Posted - 2015.06.18 17:44:50 -
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Quote:Improve NPC and player ship distinction
We agree with much of the feedback that the subtle interior fill to indicate NPCs is simply not drastic enough, so weGÇÖre looking at other ways to make NPC brackets more clearly identifiable compared to player-controlled ships.
This is very, very simple: Fill the NPC icons with the same color as the outline. Solid white/grey for nonhostile, and solid red for hostile. Done.
As far as overview stuff goes... would love it if you guys could get sort-by-icon to work properly. It has never worked before, but with the icons for cruiser/battlecruiser and frigate/destroyer being distinct from one another it's even more obvious that it is broken.
Edit - first! \o\
Morwen Lagann
CEO, Tyrathlion Interstellar
Owner, The Golden Masque
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Morwen Lagann
Tyrathlion Interstellar
1527
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Posted - 2015.06.18 18:17:57 -
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CCP karkur wrote:Morwen Lagann wrote:As far as overview stuff goes... would love it if you guys could get sort-by-icon to work properly. It has never worked before, but with the icons for cruiser/battlecruiser and frigate/destroyer being distinct from one another it's even more obvious that it is broken.
Edit - first! \o\ It first sorts based on the icon's "flag" and backgrounds , so it will sort the list so your -10 contacts are grouped together and the -5 together, etc. And within those groups it will sort based on ship groups and categories. This is the sort of thing that falls under "completely not obvious or in any way visible to the player by any sensible means" - I doubt many (if any) players could have said that is how it worked before you posted that just now. That said, if that's how it works, it seems to me that while it might work intentionally in one manner to you guys, it's certainly not working in the manner the players intend or expect it to when we click on the header to sort by icon.
Which is why I'm mostly agreed w/ Casey here - we're looking at two different user requirements here, and so a toggle to turn the standings sort on/off within sort-by-icon would be nice. That said, I'd even go so far as to suggest properly splitting the two requirements from each other and add a standings column that could be used to sort in exactly the manner you describe. Don't need it to show anything, just the colortag for the entity.
Morwen Lagann
CEO, Tyrathlion Interstellar
Owner, The Golden Masque
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