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Nym Doe
Bear Bones Brigade
The Bastards.
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Posted - 2015.06.02 22:59:08 -
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As a 2003 player..
I have multiple accounts/toons across most areas of new eden. I have a healthy PVP record and a healthy PVE wallet. I'm a wormholer, pirate, fw runner, hisec carebear and (in previous times) a nullsec player
The issue with the icons is that the previous incarnation excelled in it's simplicity - is the ship bigger than me or smaller than me. i.e do I engage or do I run. I don't need to differentiate to this degree over the ship class when a split decision is required, nor do I need the additional brain bleed that comes with learning new icons. If it's not helping, it's a hindrance and unnecessary chaff.
However.
Change is a good thing - but polling the user base is also a good thing. To me, a simple solution to understand the usability now that it has hit tranquility is to provide the option to turn it off and gather statistics. To a degree, you are not interested in the numbers that turn it off straight away as this could easily be bittervet syndrome. Equally, you're not interested in the stats of people that live with the new icons, as these may be new players that don't know different. The player base stats that you should be most interested in is those that try it for a few days, and then turn it off in favour of the old icons. This will tell you much more than sifting through simple rage on the forums.
My other issue with the icons, while I'm here, is that they appear too much like a cartoon to fit in with the immersion of EVE. The drones as an example don't 'feel' right with everything else that is going on onscreen. |
Nym Doe
Bear Bones Brigade
The Bastards.
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Posted - 2015.06.04 11:40:37 -
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So,
Being playing pretty much solidly since icon-gate was released, determined to give it the best shot, the best benefit of the doubt possible.
Firstly, I'd like to thank the art department for conceptually trying to improve the game for all of our benefit.
In reality, however, it just hasn't worked - the icons dilute to such a degree the immediacy of the information the old icons provided to a point that makes the game that much worse to play.
Please revert.
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Nym Doe
Bear Bones Brigade
The Bastards.
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Posted - 2015.06.16 07:56:36 -
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On the off chance that the slowing down of posts on this thread is misinterpreted as 'getting used to the new icons', here is yet another post requesting the roll back to the previous set.
For all the reasons I can no longer be bothered to type out. |
Nym Doe
Bear Bones Brigade
The Bastards.
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Posted - 2015.06.16 17:48:10 -
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CCP Claymore wrote:Quote:
are you going to reinstate the old icons, even if only as a temporary measure?
The simple answer at the moment is no. Without going into too much detail as the blog will cover it, we have ideas to simplify the current system from the feedback on this thread and discussions from the CSM.
You have got to be ******* kidding me.
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Nym Doe
Bear Bones Brigade
The Bastards.
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Posted - 2015.06.18 19:47:08 -
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Awful awful awful blog and missing the point entirely.
"Improving playerGÇÖs situational awareness and reaction times in combat."
Not addressed in next steps and this is the biggest issue.
Well done for paying no attention to what the players actually are asking for. The old icons back.
That devblog squeals like a bag of pigs. |
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