Vic Jefferson
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Posted - 2016.02.12 18:26:31 -
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CCP Turtlepower wrote:First of all, thanks for all the feedback. We canGÇÖt answer everyoneGÇÿs questions and concerns, but rest assured we are actively monitoring the forums.
This one, I am going to have to take your word for, because your actions speak to a slightly different tune.
I understand that on paper, you want EvE to look and feel its best, to really shine, and want the UI to bring that to the forefront. Honestly your job is hard, because everyone is going to want the UI to feel or work slightly different, whereas no one is going to complain about shiny new ship effects or graphics; it's easy to be well received in graphics as they can only get better.
However in practice, you haven't really paid attention, or it seems that you are signaling that you are not paying attention to users. I turned the new map off and never looked back. Whenever new players ask about how to use the map, I immediately tell them to check the box, as the old map is more functional and easy to use, and most of the time, they too never look back. The box is the one thing that keeps me able to use the map and play the game. When the box goes, that ability goes too. Echoing others, the UI changes that have been pushed are more suited to making nice videos than getting information from the screen into a human brain.
Please do not forget that you are making a UI for the players, not for your own art project. The fact that the check boxes are there make the game playable for many of us - if you mechanically want to remove the old cameras code from the game, sure, but make sure another form of the classic camera mode is implemented in another way in its entirety.
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Posted - 2016.02.16 17:36:42 -
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Morwen Lagann wrote:I've said it before (likely in this thread) and I'll say it again.
If you're working on the UI in EVE, look, we get it. You want it to look pretty like the rest of the game. That's cool.
But you're doing so at the expense of core functionality, every. Goddamn. Time.
The beta starmap. Still missing core functionality from the original map.
Beta camera. Still missing core functionality from the original camera.
This new d-scan animation? Outright removes core functionality from the tool.
Function over form. Function over form. Function over form. Repeat it until it sinks in, or this cycle of UI tweaks followed by supernovas of player rage will not end.
What a good post!
Do not remove the old camera.
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