I've nearly lost a ship because this Feature was removed

+1

Great Idea,

It's simple and Effective...

If it's an Activation Module it should have a Green Pulse/Timer on it showing if it's on and running or if it's off.
Thus people can like most things in eve, walk away if need be to use the restroom or do something else when waiting.

+1 OP

Yea it was neat while it lasted.

Funny how this 'it's a feature' was so quickly removed, when it actually was a good one.

And a liked one at that, whether intended or not.

This is a repost of an old-forum thread. When submitted to CCP support, I was told that it seems like a good idea, and they like it, but they want more forum support or something before they went through with it. Many supports later, nothing happened.

After the Incursion 1.6 patch introducing the new UI framework, I was very pleased to see that they changed the way Cloaking Devices were shown in the HUD. Activated cloaks had a full module timer around them, essentially a white circle highlighting them and making it much easier to see when they were active.

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/9646/cloakcircle.jpg

When I first saw this, I was very pleased. Cloaks are an important thing to be able to see at a glance, and since they are basically the only active module without a timer you have to stare at it for a second or two to see if it is softly pulsing green or not. With the full module timer circle around it, you can see whether your cloak is on or not from across the room, or in an instant's glance -- a measurable improvement to usability with no drawbacks.

Thus, it was with consternation that I saw the patch notes for 1.6.1 include a fix for "the module highlighting for Covert Ops Cloaking Device II (and similar)". I'd mistakenly assumed that it was an intentional change by some enterprising dev that thought of the fix to something that had only annoyed me a couple seconds at a time, never long enough to actually think of suggesting the change.

At the behest of CCP Arcade from CCP Customer Support, I bring to you the proposition/suggestion/petition/demand that CCP bring this bugFeature back with the next patch. It comes across to me as one of those small polishes that really make a a good UI come together. With all the work CCP is planning to do in improving the UI in upcoming months, I'd be sorry to see something this easy fall by the wayside.

What do YOU think?

TL;DR CCP MADE A NICE CHANGE THEN REMOVED IT AGAIN, PLEASE BRING IT BACK KTHX

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seems like kind of a waste of effort to me.

how can it really be a waste of effort, if the work has already been done and can be taken from version control and thus applied rather quickly most likley?

YES!

done this many times. get up to go to the bathroom or something, get to the door and cant remeber if i cloaked or not. turn around and squint at my computer trying to see if its flashing or not. lol

I also support some other notification, especially on a forced decloak. Something like:

!!!PROXIMITY ALERT - CLOAK FAILURE!!!

As a popup in the area where you usually get notifications on being jammed.