Test Server Feedback

The icons above the cap are the bar... The "really out of place bar" is a redaction in the screenshot, it's not actually in the game.

Can I please encourage everyone to actually log into Sisi and *try* the change before commenting on it based on a screenshot? For instance the poster above who stated that you can't see numbers, can't see who's targeting you, etc. You can see all of those things, just not from a static image of the most basic way of displaying the bar.

Sooner the better and with an example of the direction you are going to take it included please.
Cloak status and warp inhibited by a bubble needs to be included on the list
using a circle timer would look better then a bar timer.
Having the stack be movable would also be nice

For anyone interested, here is an unedited screenshot of the debuff icons in action. Looks quite nice, and is rather functional. Would post one with a timer, but would need a second person for that, and sadly asking for someone to use hostile ewar on the test server is like pulling teeth.

That would assume I have alt accounts. I do not. Either way, looks like a rather nice function overall.

i like it.

however, PLEASE think twice before you introduce yet another context menu via a new feature. Everybody tries to get rid of them, replace them with other concepts and you guyes add them volunteerly to a computer game..

Also, if the "time bar" was dropped for a circular time bar that surrounded the effect icon to show you the cycle of that item individually (similar to modules in the HUD) that would be the best thing ever.

That + a simple number telling you how many Webs/Neuts etc were being applied similar to how the number of guns in a group is displayed would be EPIC

This. All of this and MOAR!

I'm pretty sure that's what he meant and he also understands how difficult it is which is why he used the term "automagically".
Would it ever be conceivable for this concept if the player base liked it?

Working the new Incursions in a fleet yesterday, we noticed that the NPC-applied debuffs seemed to get stuck "on". The overview would correctly show who was applying what debuffs to you, but once they stopped (everything on the field was dead), the debuff bar was still merrily reporting that I was webbed, scrammed, painted, and neuted. I forget what the tooltips reported in that case though.

Also, the tooltip's identification of the NPCs was really poor. Like, not at all "Tama" or "Auga" or whatever, but some nonsense like "#name234". I wish I'd kept better notes. I'll look again tonight.

And finally, the tooltips sometimes wrapped, which was jarring. This may have been caused by weird long NPC names. In any case, can you look at tweaking the tooltip box to be a little bit wider to avoid wrapping?

MDD

Highlighting does not necessarily mean selecting.
I believe Horatius Caul is alluding to making the pilots who are using the module to be in some way highlighted (easier to discern).

If pilot who is being pointed or webbed may not want to lock the target who is aggressing. The name, distance, radial velocity, etc is many times just as, if not more important. If a pilot is able to click on the EWAR effecting his ship and then is able to look at his overview to see which pilot(s) is using said module on him he could use that information to make a faster more informed decision in the heat of battle. The pilot(s) could also be highlighted in space (change in colour/flashing of their Icon/brackets).

Example:

Pilot sees he has become warp disrupted in a fleet fight. He knows he cannot warp out, but due to the number of ship on field it is hard pin point down who he needs to get range from.

He can immediately click on the new piece of UI to see the where the pilot is in relation to him.

Seeing where he in relation to him and his distance he is able to alter his course and pulse his MWD to pull range.


I am not suggesting Ctrl+ Click locking functionality is not a big help to pilots but in terms of issues with the current UI finding pilots in your overview gives you more information especially in situation when the incoming aggression is preventing you from locking the target due to it being ECM or you out of range of the person/ they are using damps.

There are many ways you choose to allow players to identify pilots better using the overview. I suggested an example of the previous post that I made in this thread.