El Geo wrote:
New UI could work for assets and corp assets tab, i dare say it might actually make these two easier to use, especially as corp assets search tab can't be organized by jumps.
What we have atm, the old system was hands down better, im using the new system becuase i have to. In english speaking countries there is a saying KISS, keep it simple stupid.
CQ yeah feel the same, actually like it but theres no use in it so again, never use it.
i personally feel that CCP have now fallen into the trap that they have to update all the graphics to make eve better, You don't have to.
I know a bunch of folks who use second computers that are sub par for second account (i use an old single core computer for a trading account who rarely ever leaves station and when they do its pretty much an autopilot somewhere thing, i dont need amazing or even average graphics on it, i'd be happy with untextured polygons, i feel the same sometimes with pvp, i rarely look at the textures and prefer to have everything low 'just incase of any potential lag')
My father and brothers have all but stopped playing, my 2 sisters aren't interested anymore becuase the content got old (no amount of shiny graphics will bring people like this back) and tonnes of people ive met over the years ive played havent been online since xmas just passed, a few have come back said oh it looks nice, played for a few hours and havent been seen again.
Content and functionality over shiny graphics and rebalancing.
anyway getting too tldr
In all fairness, the people that give shiny graphics and the people that mutilated the UI are two different groups. There's no reason to concentrate your efforts when you have enough people. You can only put so many people working on the same project. There comes a point where throwing more money/people at it just doesn't help. The opportunity costs aren't crystal clear (unless they had a dev blog saying "Hey, we cancelled X to do Y"). Realistically speaking, it's doubtful that upgrading the graphics came at an opportunity cost of content or functionality.
Also, you don't need cutting edge graphics, but when they get dated enough, it starts to matter. There's a reason Dwarf Fortress, in it's infinite awesomeness, isn't a major game with hundreds of thousands of players. When graphics get poor enough, people that WOULD play decide not to. Upgraded graphics won't bring back people that don't like the game, but merely help bring aboard players that would have skipped it before.