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Please do keep in mind that your mileage may vary greatly on this issue; displays will differ in quality, brightness, and chroma from player to player, compounded by the fact that color acuity (the ability of the eye to distinguish between colors) also varies between players, and a small but significant portion of the population has genetically degraded color acuity (colorblindness).

CCP: Thank you for taking a look at the readability of interface elements in bright environments.

Alliance: Brothers of Tangra
From: Hom3Bas3
Sent: 2014-10-14 22:31:00

Hey Folks,

As you are all well aware, change is coming to Εve this November and December. CCP has announced their latest release, Phoebe, and there are many ways in which space ownership will be affected. I strongly suggest reading the patch notes here: http://community.eveonline.com/news/...-november-4th/

Brothers of Tangra started nearly two years ago with the express goal of providing the best service to our customers, and we are quite proud of what we have accomplished so far. The changes in the upcoming release have forced us to make some tough decisions on how to continue on providing top quality service. The conclusion that we reached is that for B0T and its customers to prosper in Phoebe, a few infrastructure-related changes would have to be made. To dissuade any would-be harassers, a more active force will have to be present to protect the area and its inhabitants. While the idea of a Brothers of Tangra led militia is appealing, we do not think it is enough to combat the most organized combatants. To that end we have enlisted the help of our friends in Legion of xXDeathXx to protect the space and those calling it their home.

There will be a slight, though completely unavoidable, hiccup in services depending on where you currently live. The regions of Kalevala, Оuter Passage‚ and Cоbаlt Edgе will need to be transferred to Legion of xXDeathXx sovereigntу ѕo that everything is settled for the November 4th release. The level of service you experience will not be affected‚ and neither the renter’s agreement nоr the rаtе. This is merelу a way to ѕafeguard against future changes with a more hands-on captain manning the tiller. Renters in Malpais and Spire will remain under Brothers of Tangra‚ thоught still protected, аs will any systеms in the aforementioned regions where sovereigntу upgradeѕ cannot be interrupted (I.e. beacon systems‚ jammers systems, and capital building systems).

During this periоd, which will be very grаdual ovеr the coming weeks, уou can feel free to contact the ѕame Brothers of Tangra contacts that you have now‚ оr the Legion of xXDeаthXx contacts listеd below – both are on the same page.

Triksa
IceArctik
cylin ceres

Thank уou for your underѕtanding in this matter. We are excited to enter this next phase with you. Again if you have any questions‚ dо not hesitаtе to ask.

Cheers,
BOTEXE

Yep, that is why I posted.

I'm not looking forward to an uglier UI just because some people have crappy displays with contrast turned to 11.

The only thing that worries me a tiny bit is the brighter nebulae... I trust the art team, but they didn't seem to need to be brightened did they?

Adding my signature to "The nebula are too bright!"

Or perhaps it's "The text it too light!"

Really I think there should be bright and dark areas of space. I think it spices things up and adds some variety to the game. What others are saying is spot on though.

Anything with white text/lines/status symbols should have like a black glow/outline to it to you can read it no matter what is in the background.

https://i.imgur.com/Z6NP8zV.png

That, I think, would solve the problem of not being able to read things. Granted some people may still hate the brightness, but that's a personal preference vs a bug/problem with the game.

Also, I don't know if the gas clouds are counted as part of the nebula (I don't think they are being discussed here) but OH MY F-@!# GOD you want to talk about bright? THOSE are the things that need to be toned down.

Thanks. I just hope it's not the same old "Ok we looked at your pictures... now go away." thing we're so used to for stuff like this. Some actual follow through would be really nice.

No, the reaction was more along the lines of "these pictures are great, they illustrate problems we've already been working on solving!"

That said, I don't believe that this issue is being treated as something that requires an emergency fix (which would take time away from other planned development), so it may be a while before there's a resolution.

Thanks. I just hope it's not the same old "Ok we looked at your pictures... now go away." thing we're so used to for stuff like this. Some actual follow through would be really nice.