Furoth
Black Avarice
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Posted - 2012.12.05 10:29:00 -
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Haven't had a chance to go over everything yet, still scratching the surface but i like the update in general.
The new intro theme is nice. Hope you payed that guy well, he did a good job.
The salvage drones are a cool idea. They are good, buggy for now but they do the job. Maybe too well.
The mining frigs are cool too. I grabbed one 2 minutes after i logged in. I don't know exactly where i will use it but it's cool to have for the rare places only a frigate can go. And it looks like an industry ship should.
Thank god for persistant windows. Should i say it again? Thank god for persistant windows. And the buttons. Life just got much easier. Thank you!
The new target icons are a letdown. It's a good idea. I like the ability to see which ship is hitting me the hardest but the red rings are bloody HUGE. They should be 25% the size they are now. With 5 or 6 ships, there isn't much of a problem but when you have 25 targets or more, it becomes screen clutter. Screen realestate is destroyed here. Totally defeats the purpose of having them when everything is a big red smear on the screen. Good idea but useless in the current state. :(
The 4 small arrows around every ship seem to serve no purpose other than to clutter the view. Unless there is a purpose to them i haven't encountered yet, i'd say remove them.
The target list top of screen is too big. I used to be able to fit 10 or 11 targets across the top of the screen, now i only have 5 or 6 (forgot to count actually) but, it's crowded out now. I'm also getting some issues with a second row not sorting out properly. For instance, i've had 2 wrecks left while salvaging and instead of being side to side, they were one under the other. The full circle health bars should also be half circle like your ship shows at the bottom. Simply for consistancy. I think i'd recognise things better this way. As full circles it takes me a little longer to 'read' than before. It still needs a bit of work imho.
Like all the new sounds too. It adds more atmosphere. I like the old warp and jump sounds better. This new one is more like a constant wind noise. Not the best way to go but it comes with a bunch of new stuff, like station atmosphere and the map, and planets so it's pretty good overall.
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