Alastar Frost
EVE University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2011.12.13 16:48:00 -
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One little thing i would like to see is the following:
The addition of the broadcast symbols (need shield, need armor ...) to the watchlist is very nice, but at this point not really usable. If a player does not clear his own broadcasts by broadcasting something senseless (like "in position"), the symbols never go away. so there is no way of telling how old they are without going through the broadcast history, which makes the whole feature kind of useless. To change that, the following additions:
1. Clear the watchlist symbols when the broadcast histroy is cleared in the fleet window (there is a button for that).
2. give the watchlist a dedicated button to clear all the symbols, maybe more than one to clear specific groups like logi requests, align and warp commands ...
3. add a (configurable) timer symbol in addition to the broadcasts. Like a little circle that empties or a little bar. The length of the timer should be configurable. After timeout, the timer and the symbol are cleared. This would give the age of the symbols at one look and clear them automatically after a time. The timers should be configurable for groups (logi, align/warp, ...)
This additions would save pilots depending on those information a lot of time for looking up the stuff in the broadcast history, which can be cluttered for large fleets/move very fast. You were able to see the important broadcasts of your watchlist at one look and how old they are. You would see the timers renewed when the broadcast is repeated, giving more usability to the watchlist.
Maybe the watchlist could also be improved with the ability to put some buttons into each line (some people may not want them, others will crave for them). Like a "lock target" button for logis. Also, the options of the broadcasts in the history should be available via right click on the symbol, like seeing the align command from the fc in the watchlist and using rightclick in the watchlist on the symbol to do so.
In this way, the watchlist could become for fleet members what the overview is now for enemys, the control center of all your decisions. Right now it is the fleet window and the broadcast history, which are not optimal for that. |