Test Server Feedback

One important point of note - unlike previous threads where we've courted feedback, it is unlikely that every response made in this thread will get a reply. That being said, please trust that we are reading all of the posts presented as we asked, and that feedback will be taken on board and discussed internally, it's just a time constraint thing.

my eveclient freezes and hangs for few minutes whe using beta map. i dont like this idea perhaps if would be possible to merge probe scanning window with map window this could work but otherwise no

my negative feedback
- functionality of new map is terrible. i want keep the flattened map and 3d map makes evrything complicated
- probe window cannot be merged with beta map window so i cant control probes effectively . have to switch window evrytime i reposition probes
- lags lags lags the new map makes sort of disruption which cause my client to freeze and makes game unplayable for minute or two

solution
- trash beta map . apply the functions of beta map to old map. keep it functionality but throw in the fixed features. currently map is more complicating probing especially in wormhole

I had the same issue, getting 1 fps while zoomed in but this patch seems to have fixed it.

Quality of Life:

• Add 'Favorites' section before 'Recent' section in 'Color by' filters.
• As pilot I have several favorites in those filters: my fleet members, systems with most kills, systems with most jumps, etc. I like to have quick access to them, but 'Recent' is not usable for this because firstly it's too short, and secondly it gets quickly garbaged when I have to do specific search with more rare filters. Sometimes I have to do this. So separate list of 'favorites' and ability to 'star' any filter could be helpful.
• Not very helpful picture just to get bonus points: http://i.imgur.com/lNFJVd2.png

Missing functionality:

* Jump range in capital ships does not show up.

Quality of Life

• Increase how close the zoom-in works at the solar system level, to a range where individual moons around a planet can be readily distinguished.
• Being able to verify the location of POSes, or set off grid bookmarks between moons (now that simply flying off grid is non-trivial) is far easier when full zoom allows you to see the geometry of moons/stations at the same planet relative to each other. New map does not zoom as close as the old.
• Move the text (name) popups farther away from the object to avoid covering up nearby objects, or allow them to be turned off/modified with settings.
• This is actually tied into the previous problem. Mouseover a station at full zoom and the name popup probably blocks off half the moons at that planet, even worse if you get 3+ name popups at once. (I will note that this is currently a problem with the UI in many places, multiple objects close together end up unable to be seen because of the popup's close proximity).

Quality of Life Improvement Requests:

in abstract view, the size of the solar system is too big compared to distances between stars, which can be very confusing when waypoint-pathing, especially for newer players, because the path doesn't end at the star but at the stargate. For larger or more populated systems this creates a lot of clutter as there may be 4-5 other stars inside the depiction of the solar system. Also this can make "current location" seem closer to some other system than the solar system you're actually in. Not to mention this makes the "current location" shift around in relation to the universe as you zoom in.
I love how you can zoom from universe view into the solar system, but that functionality would still be there and as useful (which is rarely) if one had to zoom in more for the solar system depiction to become evident. Best would be if at a lower zoom level (e.g. seeing more than current constellation) the solar system view would disappear and your current system would be only the star with pathing starting from the center

The format is thus:

Missing Functionality
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Statistics are harder to read like currently active players/jumps/so on example in the screenshot.

Average_Pilots_in_Space

When zoomed out the map is hard to read in 3d and flat. Screenshot shows the example. This is with highest settings possible. Non the less, it´s hard to see the connections between systems. Security status seems to be the best way to actually see something on the map.

Beta_Map


Quality of Life Improvement Requests
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Create a filter that allows players to combine several things. Up to 3 would be ideal to make the map data really useful. Until now I put my data into a separate matrix to combine the stuff for useful data. For example

Average pilots in space+security status+jumps. This allows me to find roaming gangs easier. Because one piece of the data wont tell me anything useful.
Another example would be: Jumps/hour+ships destroyed+pods destroyed. Combine these in a pipe system and look on two connecting gates and you will be able to figure out potential gatecamps. This is all possible right now but you need to combine all the data by yourself, put up a matrix and slowly work through space. When I could create filters the whole switching filter things becomes obsolete leading into a huge QoL. The above examples are just two of many and everyone who is slightly familiar with database stuff will agree I guess. There are so many lovely combinations one can use and there are some third party tools or in my case a collection of self made matrix sheets that will do the job but everytime I think "WHY OH WHY I have to switch between filters all the time to get a single useful data out of the sheer mass of data available to me?


Last but not least, thanks for the thread. :)

Burn it, burn it with fire.
Stuff must be fast, provide useful information and not full of colors.
Perfect example -> Dotlan.
Do it this way

Missing Functionality:

-map: change the offset of the map center with the offset you can select in the display and graphics options ("Ship View Camera Settings) this is annoying for me because my EVE-Client is stretched over two screens when I do exploration. This splits the map in half with the new map, while in the old map it was movet to the side when an offset was chosen. also when zooming, it still uses the middle of the window, not the currently selected window or the position of the cursor

- map: in fullscreen mode, it is easy for the map menu to be covered by windows. With the number of windows open in the client during exploration (local chat, second chat window, probe scanner, dscan, overview, hacking window, selected item, drone bay, it can be hard to change an existing layout. It would be nice if the menu could be detached form the map, since it isn't to hard to find some space on the screen for it, just not necessartily where it is by default.

- probe scanner window: a star map button in the probe scanner window would make switching between the two maps easier.




Quality of life:

- map: the stars in the background are confusing, when the map in the foreground is relatively faint and fuzzy, removing them would make for a clearer picture, both in the star and system map.

- map: it is hard to see the connections between systems at times, since the lines are faint and fuzzy.

- map: in the abstract star map layout, it would be nice if the map was locked , and couldn't be rotated or angled. since that adds no functionality (zoom and move left, right, up, down still should be enabled)

-probe scanner window: the thin line with their strong colors can be straining the eyes when looking at them for a while. the way this was solved in the old map, while not looking as good was easier to focus on and look at. also it is a bit hard to tell at a glance which line belongs to which siganture.

-map: for some filters (like Average pilots in space in the last 30 minutes or Jumps in the last hour, etc.) it is hard (impossible) to tell the difference between for example 1 pilot and 10 pilots in system, or 100 jumps and 10. for exploration, this can make a big difference and with the different color scheme used in the old map it was much easier to see. Also in the new map, systems that don't have pilots in the or have no jump are almost invisible, while they are exactly where i want to go when i explore. IN these settings the connections between systems are very faint and the background is more prominent than they are. this desperately needs some fixing, because it severely hinders pilots fomr planning journeys in the in game map.

- probe scanner window: switching between anomalies shown and hidden takes an extra klick now. IDK if this is something other pilots use a lot but for me it is annoying, since i turn them on and off during explo trips when i'm looking for ghost sites.

- map: the dscan and scanner probe spheres have unnecessary fluff textures that are confusing, especially when combined with a large number of signatures.

- dscan: the name of the selected preset should be shown, so you don't have to scroll through the list to check. also adding a no preset selectedv option would be great.


all in all, due to some issues (like the visibility issues with some filters in the map, the background, the map not getting the offset...) I don't think the map is ready to fully replace the old one, but significant improvements have been made from the first iteration, so not all is lost :)