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Cloaking Circle (redux)
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Mag's
Azn Empire
#21 - 2011-10-16 12:13:26 UTC
Yea it was neat while it lasted.

Funny how this 'it's a feature' was so quickly removed, when it actually was a good one.

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Fleet-Up.com
Keep It Simple Software Group
#22 - 2011-10-16 12:18:39 UTC
/support

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Iam Widdershins
Project Nemesis
#23 - 2011-10-23 10:28:06 UTC
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Anshio Tamark
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#24 - 2011-10-23 11:58:45 UTC
Mag's wrote:
Yea it was neat while it lasted.

Funny how this 'it's a feature' was so quickly removed, when it actually was a good one.

And a liked one at that, whether intended or not.
Iam Widdershins
Project Nemesis
#25 - 2011-10-23 12:29:56 UTC
Anshio Tamark wrote:
Mag's wrote:
Yea it was neat while it lasted.

Funny how this 'it's a feature' was so quickly removed, when it actually was a good one.

And a liked one at that, whether intended or not.

Well in this case, CCP actually did 'oops' this bug, then didn't manage to 're-oops' it and declare it a feature as we would have liked.

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Herman Klaus
Touched By Klaus
#26 - 2011-10-26 02:37:25 UTC
++11
Sinooko
Tharumec
Gespenster Kompanie
#27 - 2011-10-26 03:18:37 UTC
+1
Ribaldry
#28 - 2011-10-27 02:37:10 UTC
+1

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Apollo Gabriel
Kill'em all. Let Bob sort'em out.
Ushra'Khan
#29 - 2011-10-27 02:39:27 UTC
Iam Widdershins wrote:
This is a repost of an old-forum thread. When submitted to CCP support, I was told that it seems like a good idea, and they like it, but they want more forum support or something before they went through with it. Many supports later, nothing happened.

After the Incursion 1.6 patch introducing the new UI framework, I was very pleased to see that they changed the way Cloaking Devices were shown in the HUD. Activated cloaks had a full module timer around them, essentially a white circle highlighting them and making it much easier to see when they were active.

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/9646/cloakcircle.jpg

When I first saw this, I was very pleased. Cloaks are an important thing to be able to see at a glance, and since they are basically the only active module without a timer you have to stare at it for a second or two to see if it is softly pulsing green or not. With the full module timer circle around it, you can see whether your cloak is on or not from across the room, or in an instant's glance -- a measurable improvement to usability with no drawbacks.

Thus, it was with consternation that I saw the patch notes for 1.6.1 include a fix for "the module highlighting for Covert Ops Cloaking Device II (and similar)". I'd mistakenly assumed that it was an intentional change by some enterprising dev that thought of the fix to something that had only annoyed me a couple seconds at a time, never long enough to actually think of suggesting the change.

At the behest of CCP Arcade from CCP Customer Support, I bring to you the proposition/suggestion/petition/demand that CCP bring this bugFeature back with the next patch. It comes across to me as one of those small polishes that really make a a good UI come together. With all the work CCP is planning to do in improving the UI in upcoming months, I'd be sorry to see something this easy fall by the wayside.

What do YOU think?

TL;DR CCP MADE A NICE CHANGE THEN REMOVED IT AGAIN, PLEASE BRING IT BACK KTHX

Comment, support, check out the sister thread.



I too thought it was intentional and loved it.
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Barbara Nichole
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#30 - 2011-10-27 04:18:41 UTC
seems like kind of a waste of effort to me.

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Iam Widdershins
Project Nemesis
#31 - 2011-11-03 15:43:04 UTC
Bumpage~

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Xenial Jesse Taalo
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#32 - 2011-11-04 11:08:09 UTC
+1
Iam Widdershins
Project Nemesis
#33 - 2011-11-08 12:46:06 UTC
I have fond memories of riding bumper cars as a lad.

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Andreus Ixiris
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#34 - 2011-11-14 10:43:05 UTC
Bump for truth.

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Ingvar Angst
Nasty Pope Holding Corp
#35 - 2011-11-14 13:12:18 UTC
This "bug" was one of the better new "little" features they've implemented into the game... then they killed it. It made me sad.

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Neo Agricola
Gallente Federation
#36 - 2011-11-15 13:39:59 UTC
++1

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Emiko Luan
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#37 - 2011-11-16 06:28:29 UTC
+1 here too, I've forgotten my cloak a couple times, thankfully not fatally...

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Stellar Pilgrimage
#38 - 2011-11-16 06:59:11 UTC
the support: I give it.
Pelador Rova
No Luck Corp
Kenshin Shogunate.
#39 - 2011-11-16 07:08:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Pelador Rova
+?

Sorry my support is cloaked, once the UI is changed you might be able to monitor the value, erm .... again.
Pelador Rova
No Luck Corp
Kenshin Shogunate.
#40 - 2011-11-16 07:15:31 UTC
Barbara Nichole wrote:
seems like kind of a waste of effort to me.


how can it really be a waste of effort, if the work has already been done and can be taken from version control and thus applied rather quickly most likley?
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