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tenub Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2010 1:27 pm Posts: 683 Location: Atlanta, GA Steam Gamer Name: 10ub	Please! UI Functionality/Logic Before Aesthetics I'm sure this has been posted before, but you seriously need to fire your entire UI department. The majority of their functionality choices have been completely illogical and terrible. The design is very nice though, but I'd rather have solid magenta boxes with green outlines with this functionality than a sleek looking illogical steaming pile of you know what. Once you rehire an actual UI department, make sure changes are made to be similar to the below concepts, but more importantly make customization of loadouts as close to the last screenshot as possible. Then I could enjoy selecting an entire loadout in under 2 seconds as opposed to wasting 15 seconds doing so in the current state of loadout customization. _________________ Last edited by tenub on Wed May 09, 2012 2:14 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Wed May 09, 2012 5:23 am

sfxer Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:38 pm Posts: 1328	Re: Please! Of note: those were fake screens doctored on reddit, but they resemble the Quakelive UI and they are perfect for this game. Especially the simple crosshair selection options. Sick of the xbox menus and multiple screen headache to change anything. Lack of customization is really bad in 2012. Get with the program. _________________ -- LgN\|sfxer - Team Legion - #Legion on irc.tribalwar.com - http://www.the-legion.net --
Wed May 09, 2012 5:25 am

Pkunk Joined: Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:42 am Posts: 351	Re: Please! sfxer wrote: Of note: those were fake screens doctored on reddit, but they resemble the Quakelive UI and they are perfect for this game. Especially the simple crosshair selection options. Sick of the xbox menus and multiple screen headache to change anything. Lack of customization is really bad in 2012. Get with the program. Don't worry. New UI will be available with the next patch for a small price of 800 gold or a token amount of 120k xp. But to be honest; todays gamers prefer the xbox style UI just as much as they prefer spamming automatics so it is working as intended.
Wed May 09, 2012 5:38 am

meimei Joined: Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:29 am Posts: 946	Re: Please! dam i saw the screenies and got excited^^
Wed May 09, 2012 5:44 am

Icedaemon Joined: Sun Feb 26, 2012 4:30 am Posts: 221	Re: Please! False statement Pkunk. Console gamers might prefer the gimped, basic and clunky UI on account of being used to consoles, inferior platforms in most ways outside than on the year of their release and possibly the year after and not all-around superior even then. The current menus are not atrocious by my standards, but they could definitely stand to be more user-friendly.
Wed May 09, 2012 5:51 am

DibbzTheLoner Joined: Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:30 am Posts: 1616 Location: Australia Steam Gamer Name: Dibbz	Re: Please! Please! give this thread a decent title. But yes, these UI changes would be nice to have. _________________ This signature is green. I like the colour green. Wait, why are you still reading? It should be obvious that this signature is pointless and just here to be green. Stop reading already! You're procrastinating too much!
Wed May 09, 2012 7:21 am

BlueSmiley Joined: Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:49 pm Posts: 22 Location: Belgium	Re: Please! Change the title of this topic so more people will come and check this out. Anyway, I think they should hire you... Perfect UI. Good freakin' job mate. _________________ Booo! That's off-topic!
Wed May 09, 2012 8:26 am

supern00b Joined: Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:24 am Posts: 551 Location: New Zealand	Re: Please! DibbzTheLoner wrote: Please! give this thread a decent title. But yes, these UI changes would be nice to have. Should have multiple UI choices in settings. 1 just plain text no pictures even. current one and pictured one. also edit the title. Please! _________________ Joined: Tue 12 Jul, 2011 4:24 am Left: Wed 05 Mar, 2013 9:35 pm Posts in 2013: 1 I always edit for typos.
Wed May 09, 2012 9:18 am

tenub Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2010 1:27 pm Posts: 683 Location: Atlanta, GA Steam Gamer Name: 10ub	Re: Please! BlueSmiley wrote: Change the title of this topic so more people will come and check this out. Anyway, I think they should hire you... Perfect UI. Good freakin' job mate. No one here created those mockups. I simply posted them and take no credit. _________________
Wed May 09, 2012 1:46 pm

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tenub

Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2010 1:27 pm
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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Please! UI Functionality/Logic Before Aesthetics

I'm sure this has been posted before, but you seriously need to fire your entire UI department. The majority of their functionality choices have been completely illogical and terrible. The design is very nice though, but I'd rather have solid magenta boxes with green outlines with this functionality than a sleek looking illogical steaming pile of you know what. Once you rehire an actual UI department, make sure changes are made to be similar to the below concepts, but more importantly make customization of loadouts as close to the last screenshot as possible. Then I could enjoy selecting an entire loadout in under 2 seconds as opposed to wasting 15 seconds doing so in the current state of loadout customization.

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Last edited by tenub on Wed May 09, 2012 2:14 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Wed May 09, 2012 5:23 am

sfxer

Joined: Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:38 pm
Posts: 1328

Re: Please!

Of note: those were fake screens doctored on reddit, but they resemble the Quakelive UI and they are perfect for this game. Especially the simple crosshair selection options.

Sick of the xbox menus and multiple screen headache to change anything. Lack of customization is really bad in 2012. Get with the program.

_________________
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Wed May 09, 2012 5:25 am

Pkunk

Joined: Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:42 am
Posts: 351

Re: Please!

sfxer wrote:

Don't worry. New UI will be available with the next patch for a small price of 800 gold or a token amount of 120k xp.

But to be honest; todays gamers prefer the xbox style UI just as much as they prefer spamming automatics so it is working as intended.

Wed May 09, 2012 5:38 am

meimei

Joined: Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:29 am
Posts: 946

Re: Please!

dam i saw the screenies and got excited^^

Wed May 09, 2012 5:44 am

Icedaemon

Joined: Sun Feb 26, 2012 4:30 am
Posts: 221

Re: Please!

False statement Pkunk. Console gamers might prefer the gimped, basic and clunky UI on account of being used to consoles, inferior platforms in most ways outside than on the year of their release and possibly the year after and not all-around superior even then. The current menus are not atrocious by my standards, but they could definitely stand to be more user-friendly.

Wed May 09, 2012 5:51 am

DibbzTheLoner

Joined: Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:30 am
Posts: 1616
Location: Australia
Steam Gamer Name: Dibbz

Re: Please!

Please! give this thread a decent title. :roll:

But yes, these UI changes would be nice to have.

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This signature is green. I like the colour green.
Wait, why are you still reading? It should be obvious that this signature is pointless and just here to be green.
Stop reading already! You're procrastinating too much!

Wed May 09, 2012 7:21 am

BlueSmiley

Joined: Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:49 pm
Posts: 22
Location: Belgium

Re: Please!

Change the title of this topic so more people will come and check this out.
Anyway, I think they should hire you...

Perfect UI. Good freakin' job mate.

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Booo! That's off-topic!

Wed May 09, 2012 8:26 am

supern00b

Joined: Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:24 am
Posts: 551
Location: New Zealand

Re: Please!

DibbzTheLoner wrote:

Please! give this thread a decent title. :roll:

But yes, these UI changes would be nice to have.

Should have multiple UI choices in settings.
1 just plain text no pictures even.
current one and pictured one.

also edit the title. Please!

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I always edit for typos.

Wed May 09, 2012 9:18 am

tenub

Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2010 1:27 pm
Posts: 683
Location: Atlanta, GA
Steam Gamer Name: 10ub

Re: Please!

BlueSmiley wrote:

Change the title of this topic so more people will come and check this out.
Anyway, I think they should hire you...

Perfect UI. Good freakin' job mate.

No one here created those mockups. I simply posted them and take no credit.

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Wed May 09, 2012 1:46 pm

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