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Drone UI Window: Preset Buttons
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Syd Unknown
#1 - 2014-08-17 14:10:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Syd Unknown
I think I have great idea for the drones UI.

At the moment you can move all your drones in some kind of dropdown folder, but this isnt working smooth and its a lot of clicking and dragging, especially if you want to launch mixed drones with the right damage type on the fly (for example: 2 Gecko's 2 Hammerheads, and 1 Hobgoblin) when you also have Infiltrators, Acolytes, Valkyries and Warriors in your dronebay.

My idea is to have "Preset Buttons"
For example 5 buttons on top of your drone window that you can adjust to your likings.
You would be able to rightclick on each button and load one of your saved presets to that button.
Now that Button will launch the setup you pre-selected, and it will do so until you load another preset on that button.

For Example you could set:

button 1 to launch 2 Gecko's 2 Hammerheads, 1 Hobgoblin
button 2 to launch 2 Gecko's 2 Valkyries, 1 Warrior
button 3 to launch 2 Gecko's 2 Infiltrators, 1 Acolyte
Button 4 to launch 5 Hammerheads.
Button 5 to launch 5 Valkyries.

When you press button 4 it will try to launch the Hammerheads, if for any reason you have only 2 hammerheads, it will just launch the 2, but at least it will launch the drones you want.

This will make the folders absolete and will provide much easier gameplay.
no more dragging and dropping drones in folders, no more lots of rightclicking to manage them in a fight.
Fer'isam K'ahn
SAS Veterinarians
#2 - 2014-08-17 14:20:04 UTC
Aehm, No

You would mess up existing presets and would have to reformat all those 'buttons' every time you change drones in your drone bay. As current, drones are saved for their grouping if moved to the hangar and the drag and drop options easily allow for dragging drones quickly cross groups and so forth.

Some drone UI improvements are needed, this is not one of them.
Syd Unknown
#3 - 2014-08-17 14:35:42 UTC
Fer'isam K'ahn wrote:
Aehm, No

You would mess up existing presets and would have to reformat all those 'buttons' every time you change drones in your drone bay. As current, drones are saved for their grouping if moved to the hangar and the drag and drop options easily allow for dragging drones quickly cross groups and so forth.

Some drone UI improvements are needed, this is not one of them.



Well you can always use it as an addition.
Keep how it currently works AND add the preset buttons for more options.
That way you can keep dragging and clicking like you want, and I can use the presets I like.
Fer'isam K'ahn
SAS Veterinarians
#4 - 2014-08-17 14:42:09 UTC
But you realize that you are trying to implement a feature that is only profitable for very limited application in cases where the drone bay is big enough to encompass all possible drones (for that situation) and very specific situations in the first place which would account for such a feature to be of any use at all - just to save 2 clicks ?!

Due to the limitations and opposing work/cluttering of the UI I said 'No'.
Syd Unknown
#5 - 2014-08-17 14:47:10 UTC
Fer'isam K'ahn wrote:
But you realize that you are trying to implement a feature that is only profitable for very limited application in cases where the drone bay is big enough to encompass all possible drones (for that situation) and very specific situations in the first place which would account for such a feature to be of any use at all - just to save 2 clicks ?!

Due to the limitations and opposing work/cluttering of the UI I said 'No'.



Limited for you maybe, not for a lot of other players in eve.
I fly a lot of drone ships in PVP and I always fly with 3 races of drones in all sizes.
In a fight I have to quickly deploy the right race and size in a split second.

Since you find this useless I assume you have little to no pvp experience with drones in combat.
You obviously are some kind of lvl 4 mission runner that only uses 1 type of drone.
So move on and go troll some of your fellow missionrunners in another topic.

kbye
w3ak3stl1nk
Hedion University
#6 - 2014-08-17 15:15:56 UTC
Someone got offended from constructive criticism ... All I see is me me me you stupid mission runner I pvp master ... Good laughs here

Is that my two cents or yours?
Madbuster73
State War Academy
Caldari State
#7 - 2014-08-18 20:27:15 UTC
Syd Unknown wrote:
I think I have great idea for the drones UI.

At the moment you can move all your drones in some kind of dropdown folder, but this isnt working smooth and its a lot of clicking and dragging, especially if you want to launch mixed drones with the right damage type on the fly (for example: 2 Gecko's 2 Hammerheads, and 1 Hobgoblin) when you also have Infiltrators, Acolytes, Valkyries and Warriors in your dronebay.

My idea is to have "Preset Buttons"
For example 5 buttons on top of your drone window that you can adjust to your likings.
You would be able to rightclick on each button and load one of your saved presets to that button.
Now that Button will launch the setup you pre-selected, and it will do so until you load another preset on that button.

For Example you could set:

button 1 to launch 2 Gecko's 2 Hammerheads, 1 Hobgoblin
button 2 to launch 2 Gecko's 2 Valkyries, 1 Warrior
button 3 to launch 2 Gecko's 2 Infiltrators, 1 Acolyte
Button 4 to launch 5 Hammerheads.
Button 5 to launch 5 Valkyries.

When you press button 4 it will try to launch the Hammerheads, if for any reason you have only 2 hammerheads, it will just launch the 2, but at least it will launch the drones you want.

This will make the folders absolete and will provide much easier gameplay.
no more dragging and dropping drones in folders, no more lots of rightclicking to manage them in a fight.



I like the idea!! +1