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View Planet Button Next to Warp To Button?
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Aldrith Shutaq
Atash e Sarum Vanguard
#1 - 2012-10-12 04:37:59 UTC
Fairly simple question about the design decisions that went into making the "selected item" window that is above most of our overviews.

When one selects a planet, why is the "View Planet" option, a button that makes a person's computer freeze and load a graphic-intensive industrial interface, right next to the "Warp To" option, a button commonly used by people trying to get away from things trying to kill them, right next to each other? Why is it made so easy to mis-click when your naked pod is out in the open after an intense fight, and load the Planetary Interaction interface instead of warping to safety?

This seems rather stupid to me, and it is an extremely simple thing to fix for the upcoming expansion. To anyone who has lost a ship or been podded because of crappy UI design, please stand with me on this one.

Aldrith Ter'neth Shutaq Newelle

Fleet Captain of the Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris

Divine Commodore of the 24th Imperial Crusade

Lord Consort of Lady Mitara Newelle, Champion of House Sarum and Holder of Damnidios Para'nashu
Karl Hobb
Imperial Margarine
#2 - 2012-10-12 04:43:33 UTC
tbh I've often wondered this myself...

A professional astro-bastard was not available so they sent me.
Aldrith Shutaq
Atash e Sarum Vanguard
#3 - 2012-10-12 06:49:55 UTC
It's not enough to wonder about it!

RABBLE!

Aldrith Ter'neth Shutaq Newelle

Fleet Captain of the Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris

Divine Commodore of the 24th Imperial Crusade

Lord Consort of Lady Mitara Newelle, Champion of House Sarum and Holder of Damnidios Para'nashu
TheSkeptic
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2012-10-12 07:36:33 UTC
Create a shortcut key for warp to... fixed.

...

Alice Saki
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#5 - 2012-10-12 07:39:23 UTC
^_^ Pretty planet are Pretty

I like to check them all out as I pass through system :)

FREEZE! Drop the LIKES AND WALK AWAY! - Currenly rebuilding gaming machine, I will Return.
Kinis Deren
Mosquito Squadron
D0GS OF WAR
#6 - 2012-10-12 07:48:13 UTC
Hehehehe, not long after starting to play last year, the need arose to evacuate the area in my pod. Instead of warping, as intended, I miss clicked and went into PI modeOops Since that experience, I have been far more careful where I click on the UIP
Jim Hazard
Fury Industry
#7 - 2012-10-12 07:50:57 UTC
Please also remove any other buttons there... make it so that there is only the warp to button because i might just click "align to" instead of "warp to" when i panic while getting killed.

Not being able to hit the right button surely is the games fault and not mine.
Shepard Wong Ogeko
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2012-10-12 09:05:41 UTC
In the future

Eve will only have one button

and it will do everything

we will call it


iEve
Alice Saki
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#9 - 2012-10-12 09:09:02 UTC
Shepard Wong Ogeko wrote:
In the future

Eve will only have one button

and it will do everything

we will call it


iEve


EASYMODE!!

Oh wait.... I made myself sad.

FREEZE! Drop the LIKES AND WALK AWAY! - Currenly rebuilding gaming machine, I will Return.
Darth Gustav
Sith Interstellar Tech Harvesting
#10 - 2012-10-12 09:10:19 UTC
Alice Saki wrote:
Shepard Wong Ogeko wrote:
In the future

Eve will only have one button

and it will do everything

we will call it


iEve


EASYMODE!!

Oh wait.... I made myself sad.

Easymode maybe, but one cargo cycle takes an hour!

Crap I just made myself sad too.

He who trolls trolls best when he who is trolled trolls the troller. -Darth Gustav's Axiom
Aldrith Shutaq
Atash e Sarum Vanguard
#11 - 2012-10-12 18:26:01 UTC
Jim Hazard wrote:
Please also remove any other buttons there... make it so that there is only the warp to button because i might just click "align to" instead of "warp to" when i panic while getting killed.

Not being able to hit the right button surely is the games fault and not mine.



There is a difference between hitting the align button and the PI button. The align button still affects your ship, while the PI button takes you to an interface completely unrelated to manuvering your ship. It's like putting the 'jump' button right next to the 'open menu' button in an FPS, except it's even more clunky because you are using your mouse instead of your keyboard to maneuver.

I can understand the sentiment that an effective player should have the skill to avoid pushing the wrong button, but it's still a damn silly design flaw. Nothing else on the Selected Items window causes your entire UI to change. An industrial player can take the extra effort and open PI through their right-click menu or the info screen.

Aldrith Ter'neth Shutaq Newelle

Fleet Captain of the Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris

Divine Commodore of the 24th Imperial Crusade

Lord Consort of Lady Mitara Newelle, Champion of House Sarum and Holder of Damnidios Para'nashu
Vokcel Jamagh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#12 - 2012-10-12 19:08:24 UTC
I support this. Also give us a button that you can either warp to the customs office, or access it. I hate right click the planet, warp to customs office... right click again, access customs office.
Carver DiGriz
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire
#13 - 2012-10-12 19:35:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Carver DiGriz
Also: Damned accelerator is too close to the brake pedal.

It does suck to pay attention, and I have definitely entered the PI screen when I needed to GTFO, but I like the harder parts of the game. Can't say working as intended, but it's a thing we can accommodate - and curse when we screw it up,so long as you blame yourself.
Sarah Schneider
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#14 - 2012-10-12 20:50:12 UTC
Confirmed that the view planet mode butan killed my ship once... but seeing I'm just bad at this game that might not be the primary cause.

"I'd rather have other players get shot by other players than not interacting with others" -CCP Soundwave
ShiftyMcFly's Second Cousin
Doomheim
#15 - 2012-10-12 21:03:42 UTC
I think we need a second button to manually confirm that we pressed the correct button the first time.
Ryhss
#16 - 2012-10-12 21:51:36 UTC
I thought it said PANIC button next to WARP button. It didn't, I'm sad now....

I just turned into an egg, did I level up? I spent an hour trying to salvage a wreck, when in local a guy said "Stop it, this is my Tempest, I was AFK"
Utremi Fasolasi
La Dolce Vita
#17 - 2012-10-13 15:15:57 UTC
Shepard Wong Ogeko wrote:
In the future

Eve will only have one button

and it will do everything

we will call it


iEve


Something like this?
Johan Civire
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#18 - 2012-10-14 02:37:24 UTC
uhm ok but i never hit that bottum not even in a heat of battle. I got my macro for it tbh,,
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#19 - 2012-10-14 02:37:52 UTC
Both let you view the planet up close Big smile

"Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff 

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Dankess
Dank's Isk Trader
#20 - 2012-10-14 07:06:55 UTC
In the heat of battle a slight missed click usually does not guarantee death, always annoying losing a ship as you stare at a pretty planet that just finished loading.

/sign petition to get this removed ( optional for people who actually use Planetary interaction)
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