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They seem to be designed mostly for an aesthetics aspect.
While on paper they look quite good, they look ingame far too similar. Drone type indicators are far too cryptic, but thats not the main problem, because that can be learned. The type indicator in the top right corner will be too small ingame.
In general I would add more asymmetrical features to the icons to distinguish them easier. Cruiser and frigate look almost the same, a little bit stretch does not help there.

Welp, there are NPC Titan and capital icons. Capital PvE confirmed/ Sleeper dreadnoughts.

I like the change, especially for structures and iconless objects.

I would need to test it for a few hours, but the ship icons might be difficult to distinguish. I did like the old squary ones, but I'm sure there is some way to improve this! I also think the capsule icon should remain as it is.

For the icons in the "Existing Icons" image, I have to say I like most of those, in particular items that where all the same or simply didn't have an icon (asteroids and cloud icons god yes! <3). However, I think the sentry gun icon should remain the same (plus the new icon distinguising them, that's neat) as they convey the idea of a gun better than the new one you are proposing. I also think that the new customs office icon brings nothing new and should remain as it is, as it's more simple.

And finally, as a wormholer, please let the wormhole icon as it is. It fits with the stargate and jump bridge icons, it's very iconic, easy to distinguish and don't really like the new wormhole icon you are proposing. It's blurry and less "clean".

I'm usually very supportive of CCP new stuff.
But this time I have to say it - it's c&@p. Once I opened that devblog I was "could you f-kin not?!"

Sorry but it is - you're trying to reinvent the wheel when the wheel works just fine.
Personally I find the current icons to be superbly efficient (especially since you introduced those overlays).
But this is just noise - a lot of noise, very frustrating. Me no likey.

But as we all know, first step in the change process is denial/revolt so...
(BUT I still think it's too much and there's no need for it - especially when a lot of us wont distinguish between them anyways because 3 sq pixels...)

lol the drone icons look like one of the ccp teams had a space invader session ahahahaha i almost died laughing if drones look like that i dont think eve will be so painful as too many people would be laughing there ships into self destruction lol

I've been waiting for this ever since the update that included the ISIS feature. Being able to identify a ship simply from its on-screen icon will be nice.

On Ship Group Icons:
It seems CCP is a) priorizing pretty over function and b) is working with large icons in the design process and then apply them to the overview and squeeze them into 12x12 pixels. The result can be seen in the picture linked in the devblog... all icons look more or less the same.

Please start the design process with the 12x12 pixel matrix (or whatever size it is), make sure that you have working icons that are easily discernable and then start making them pretty for usage in a large symbol. Alternatively and probably easier: Use different symbols for the overview and ISIS (and related views with large symbols). That way you could use very simple icons for the overview and small pictures elsewhre.

Also there's no need to reinvent the wheel: Tactical Symbols.

On Drone Icons:
Frankly, drone icons for the overview (and brackets) are hardly needed. In large engagements you remove drones from the overview anyway. Also the new icons use a lot more pixels than the old icons, which means that (almost) my whole screen will turn red (with brackets on) when a group of carriers deploy drones - no, thank you.

I'd suggest to make it way more simple. Stay with the old icon for standard S/M/L drones. Consider extra icons for Sentries, Fighters and Fighter Bombers, but make them much smaller than what you have now (make them comparable in size to the standard drone icon). And an extra icon to show the subtype of S/M/L drones is needed neither, imho. Logistics drones (when active) are easily recognizable by the "repair beams", for example. And if you intend to go with the "+ in the upper right corner to identify NPCs" idea, you'll get bad results if you also intend to use the upper right corner to have a sub type icon. (And don't forget that you already have an icon based on standings, which is actually important.)

On Icons for Structures:
We already have icons for various structures, why not use them?
The new icons neither look good nor do they seem to be functional. And please don't try to show size by just making the icon bigger. Instead slightly modify the icon, for example by adding a line or a point to show size tiers. Check the picture I linked for examples: Tactical Symbols

General Issues:
More icons in the overview does not neccessarily means more information. There is information overload, which is actually a real problem in the real world in areas where lots of information needs to be processed fast. If you go through with your idea to add icons to everything, please at least make it optional to use them. Atm I'm a little worried that the sheer number and size of the suggested icons will make the game nearly unplayable in certain situations... like large fleet battles with literally huindreds of drones on the grid.

The screenshot looks fantastic - just not sure how practical it will be

I pity the poor bot developers who have to adjust to these changes ... NOT!

I have trouble distinguishing today, between some overview ship types, based purely on their bracket shapes. This counts as an improvement. But a triangle icon is... close to the same problem with a different shape. We demand they be as small as possible, to maximize amount of info packed into our overview lists.

As much as I like triangles, (they scream "this is a spaceship game!") - I think we need some additional shape variation. Consider rotating some of these triangles.