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Damage Mod Icon Revamp for user Friendliness
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Diddles Mcphee
The Casual Killers
#1 - 2012-04-01 05:26:36 UTC
Colour code or change the damage mod icons so they're visually different!!! I'll admit to putting a mag stab on my tempest... I'll admit it, but at least I didn't put Republic fleet gyrostabs on my Erebus...

Red for projectile

Blue or Green for hybrid

Yellow for lasers.

It's a simple fix that would make sorting through the hanger and fitting in a hurry alot easier.

Not sure if this has been brought up before, I did a search of the forums, but nothing came up. If it has, give it some love anyway!!!
Plaude Pollard
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2012-04-01 10:01:47 UTC
Supported. The current icons are impossible to distinguish between. Color-coding them for our convenience will make it easier to fit the right modules (and they only need to be color-coded to match the factions' T1-hull color (yellow for Amarr, red for Minmatar, green for Gallente...)). Now, what with Mining Laser Upgrades, Gas Harvester Upgrades and Ice Harvester Upgrades? Shouldn't they need color-coding too since they use the same icon as gyrostabs and mag field stabs?

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Nalha Saldana
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2012-04-01 10:37:21 UTC
They should have totally different looking icons, doesnt make sense that they would look the same.
Josef Stylin
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2012-04-01 20:50:22 UTC
+1
Caldari Citizen345893746
Doomheim
#5 - 2012-04-01 21:59:41 UTC
i have several thousand items in a staiton, i list by type, problem solved.
Nalha Saldana
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2012-04-02 06:15:36 UTC
Theres a reason why things like this happends, the icons should really change.
http://eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=12842852
Diddles Mcphee
The Casual Killers
#7 - 2012-04-03 18:22:34 UTC
Something could be said for pilots being more careful when fitting mods, but it's hard to blame the pilot when the mods all look exactly the same!

This should be a relatively easy and quick fix, and it's one of those things that the majority of EVE players would benefit from.

Give this thread some love!
Diddles Mcphee
The Casual Killers
#8 - 2012-04-03 18:36:27 UTC
Caldari Citizen345893746 wrote:
i have several thousand items in a staiton, i list by type, problem solved.


This is a solution if there are different types of items in between those mods, which is not always the case. I sorted my hanger by type, and my gyrostabs and magstabs ended up right beside eachother. If you don't sort your hanger all of the time, and happen to drop something in there, it can mess things up.

Also, depending on how large your hanger window is, the items can end up directly above/below eachother.

I agree that sorting can help minimize the problem, but I also think that a visual difference would help even more.