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Arkyk
Viper Heavy Industries
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Posted - 2009.04.02 22:16:00 -
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Perfect post by the OP, and I agree with it completely.
I'd say the UI is my biggest issue with the game. Half of the annoyance is figuring out the 10 clicks you need to get anything done, and the other half is having to always do 10 clicks over and over and over and over . . .
The UI is so menu driven, it could practically be a console game.
Next up would be as you would say, the "non-standard" ways they have of presenting information. The great thing about the EvE devs is that they're always working on with something new and interesting; The bad thing about the EvE devs is that they are always working on something new and interesting. I think it would be great if sometimes they would just put all future plans for new stuff on hold and go fix/polish up all the things that are broken/erroneous/contradictory in the game they already have.
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Arkyk
Viper Heavy Industries
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Posted - 2009.04.03 02:22:00 -
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Originally by: Zeba The powers of the troll are pretty darn amazing too.
Troll != someone who disagrees.
And while I agree with CCP that an addon system like WoW is not the right fit for EvE, I have to think it's rather a shame, since (arguably) one of the great things about WoW addons was that quite frequently Blizzard would go "Woah, that's much better than the crap we have now." and steal it for their own. Some (most, really) of the major improvements to the WoW UI originally came from addons.
Perhaps it would be more constructive for someone (who obviously has a lot more time on hand than me) to photoshop up some interface screenshots to show the kinds of things they'd like to see. See if that sparks any "Oohs" and "Ahhs" from the masses.
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Arkyk
Viper Heavy Industries
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Posted - 2009.04.03 15:24:00 -
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Edited by: Arkyk on 03/04/2009 15:26:33
Originally by: Crumplecorn That EVE's UI looks like a cut down version of Windows is why I like it so much.
Whoever wrote that should stick to consoles maybe?
Oddly enough, consoles tend to use menus because of the lack of a quick pointing device.
It's one of the main reasons I (and I'm sure others) dislike ports from console to the PC. Take Oblivion, for example. Terrible UI for a mouse and keyboard; perfect for a console. They just re-mapped the controller buttons to keyboard buttons and called it good. Want to drop an item? Scroll to it in the list and hit backspace (and it took me an astonishingly long time to figure even that out, actually, but perhaps that one is on me.).
I'm sure the lack of drag and drop makes Oblivion "hardcore" and weeds out the "WoW kiddies" though.
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Arkyk
Viper Heavy Industries
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Posted - 2009.04.08 22:25:00 -
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Originally by: Mors Magne However, I'd much rather CCP spent their time developing Walking In Stations.
It's Walking In Stations that will really draw even more punters in, methinks.
For some reason, I have this vision of me continuously right-clicking my character to select "Step Forward" . . .
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Arkyk
Viper Heavy Industries
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Posted - 2009.04.16 05:15:00 -
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Originally by: Katarlia Simov Use it, or don't.
The third option, of course, is bringing up the issues to the people who are in a position to fix them. Hence, the thread . . .
I still stand by my earlier suggestion that someone who is fed up with the UI (and much more talented than me at photoshop) should create some sample screens of how they'd like it to be. That would definitely be the most constructive thing a player could do.
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Arkyk
Viper Heavy Industries
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Posted - 2009.04.16 14:29:00 -
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Originally by: Clair Bear It's not the eye candy
Never said it was. =)
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Arkyk
Viper Heavy Industries
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Posted - 2009.04.16 16:02:00 -
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Originally by: ohoh7 Just play the game or do what mom used to say....If you don't have anything good to say don't say it at all.
If that was the case, nothing would ever change.
Quote: And you're still playing right? They must be doing something right
Well, yes. That has been stated time and time again.
Just because we like the game doesn't mean we have to turn a blind eye to its shortcomings. The "love everything about it or leave" sentiment is a false dichotomy, and completely unrealistic. Under that logic, no one would ever file a bug report . . .
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