EVE General Discussion

Ok, this redacting of the "Stargate" text from the name is ********. Who's bright idea was this?
The texts are mixing and you have to do a split-second double-take to confirm that's it's really a stargate - not a person, not anything else.

Prefix it back to what it was before please. Stargates need to stand out.

And you guys don't just Right click and select your destinations..... Why?

You'll still do split second double-back to confirm, even when sorted by icons.
The sorting is almost always in a state of flux.

When this first came out, I gave it a test run on the benefit of doubt. Now I've changed my mind.
Trading width with breaking a UI aspect on the assumption there isn't a problem is flawed judgement on the part of CCP.

Here's one that came up just now:
Fortunately my only other fleet member was an alt, but if other players were in it, and people didn't know that "in position" meant "in position at some celestial" as contrasted with "at location" which means "at location in a system", and probably even if they did, they could think I was in Hek, not in Eystur at the Hek gate.

I sympathise with the view that putting the type name in the name is cumbersome, but I can't think of any other situation where some things have the same name as other things (in this case gates having the same name as systems) without something to tell them apart. Such name-sharing in general has great potential to cause confusion in unforseen ways.

Trying to see if the forum is done going full ****** on me:

Image of broadcast messages in the log: Link

Problematic Broadcasts:
At location: "NAME is at location SYSTEM". Name of broadcast implies a location within system would be relevant, ie, "NAME is at (the) DESTINATION_SYSTEM stargate in SYSTEM."
In position: "NAME is in position at DESTINATION_SYSTEM". With current stargate naming system, this broadcast implies the person is in the system, not at the stargate to the system. "NAME is in position at DESTINATION_SYSTEM stargate (in SYSTEM)" would be better.
Jump: "Jump DESTINATION_SYSTEM". Considering the original use for this broadcast was for ships with jumpdrives (otherwise, you wouldn't be able to broadcast celestials), this is a highly confusing broadcast after this change. Needs to make it clear that it is referring to a celestial and not a system, or otherwise there are going to be some very annoyed FCs out there.
Warp: "Warp DESTINATION_SYSTEM". Um... you can't warp to a system. Enough said, really.
Align: "Align DESTINATION_SYSTEM". As above, you can't align to a system.
Target: "Target DESTINATION_SYSTEM (OBJECT_TYPE)". This one's probably the only one that's even close to reasonable because it still displays that it is referring to a stargate.

Derped slightly and forgot to mention that that screenshot was taken on Sisi - just in case the text-fading on the overview didn't give it away.

I like the change. I support the possibility of surrounding names with () or [] or ** or something of the sort to make the sorting whiners happy.

I think the person who's mythical FC doesn't keep the type column up on overview is a nutjob...
"Primary is Alphonse, secondary is Bob" -- "They're both velators, wtf?" -- "Sorry, I only sort alphabetically when I FC and dont look at the ship type..."

...and If your fleet mates can't find the name you called in an alphabetical column of everything, what does it matter? They're useless anyway.

Really folks - the TYPE column is where TYPE is identified. You don't see "Harbinger (Fredbob)" or "Battlecruiser (Fredbob)" in the name column do you? Do you call your character "Gallente (SuperNerdFellow)"? No.

Quit moaning about a positive, useful and clutter-removing change just because your cheese got moved. HTFU

(...and sort by distance like the normal people! - Anything on top is the nearest threat )

Off topic posts removed. Please stay on topic and polite, thank you.