Dersen Lowery
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Posted - 2015.07.13 18:50:55 -
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If you're trying to get a message across to CCP, it might be worth stepping back and looking at what they're trying to do, then make your argument relative to that.
Let's say that CCP knows full well that color + shape is more easily resolved than shape alone. Let's say that CCP knows that color draws the eye. As numerous posters have correctly asserted, these are not obscure or esoteric truths. So where are they putting color? Increasingly, in the viewport. The NEOCOM is desaturated because they want it to essentially disappear when you're not looking at it, but be accessible to peripheral vision (which is color-blind) when you need it. In other words, their changes make sense if you assume that you're mostly looking at the viewport and bringing up and dismissing windows as necessary.
Once you see that, the counter-argument becomes obvious: there are lots of people who play the interface while zoomed out so far that the viewport is essentially black and white (because of the tactical overlay). If you're one of those people, then changes that de-emphasize the part of the game that you want to pay attention to, while drawing your attention to parts of the game that you don't pay attention to, will be annoying and counterproductive.
If that sounds like you, maybe you could try approaching CCP that way. Instead of calling them idiots, ask them how they will accommodate the way you play the game. Because it's true that right now pretty much any power player has so many windows up that they can barely see the space around them.
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Dersen Lowery
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Posted - 2015.07.13 19:02:46 -
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Jenshae Chiroptera wrote:Dersen Lowery wrote:... The NEOCOM is desaturated because they want it to essentially disappear when you're not looking at it, ... As interesting a concept as that is. Practically, the user interface is slower and more annoying to interact with. Note that I am asking for a *toggle* to be able to turn on colour. (This means that for everyone else the UI will look exactly as it does now.)
I know, and what I'm trying to say is that it might be useful to explain the reason for your suggestion is that you disagree with the direction CCP wants to go. You want the UI up in your face, at least optionally.
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