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New dev blog: Little improvements: Making the world a little better pt.2

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Aurum Gallente
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#221 - 2012-01-12 14:28:06 UTC  |  Edited by: Aurum Gallente
Does any DEV saw null sec player's screen? Players use local chat to see how many friends and foes in current system. IT IS NOT PRIMARY FUNCTION OF LOCAL CHAT. Local chat serves for local chatting, We all need new window were we can see statistics of local population. Does it impossible to make something like

____________________________
excellent\good standing: 16 bodies
____________________________
neutral standing: 5 bodies
____________________________
bad standing: 10 bodies
____________________________
your corporation\fleet\militia (optional)

And then you can do many good things with it like red blink of corner when bad standing jumping in and pink one when this guy jumping out, etc.

I will say it again. We need local chat to talk in current system. We don't need boosting it's secondary functions. This function must have it's own window.

And I hate this ugly window of local chat on my screen that takes 1/4 of screen's space but I have to do this because I don't have simple automatic calculator that will calculate number of foes.
Wolfcan
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#222 - 2012-01-12 14:29:17 UTC
Compact icons in chat and local. For the love of god thankyou. I'm a total minimalist when it comes to the UI. Thanks
Pierced Brosmen
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#223 - 2012-01-12 14:56:59 UTC
Very good changes indeed.

one question about the watchlist though. Could it be made possible to select a player's ship simply by clicking the character in the watchlist, the same way you can select a drone in space by clicking it in the Drones window?

Reason I would like this is for example when you are in a large fleet and have an assigned anchor in watchlist, it would be nice to easily be able to select that ship so you could see where it is in relation to yourself and the rest of the fleet (lets you know if you have broken out of the orbit for example).

With the current watchlist I have to lock the anchor in order to see where he is.
Terrorfrodo
Interbus Universal
#224 - 2012-01-12 15:09:18 UTC
Massive improvements! Shocked

I hope though that when I shift-click on a module that is already running, this only switches the overheat status and does NOT switch on the overheating while turning off the module at the end of the cycle. That would be pretty deadly *g*

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John McCreedy
Eve Defence Force
#225 - 2012-01-12 15:18:31 UTC
Good improvements but can't you/won't you add a symbol that indicates when someone is afk. There are other MMOs that if you haven't moved, panned your camera or written anything in chat, you're marked as being AFK. For a CEO, Director or FC, this would be invaluable.

13 years and counting. Eve Defence Force is recruiting.

Tullus
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#226 - 2012-01-12 15:51:01 UTC
Is it possible to save some space on the UI for those of us who don't use local by removing the chat box and bar from local completely and just have it function as a watch list of sorts?

I don't chat in local. I've no desire to see what people are saying in local. I soley use local as a means of gathering intel about who's in the system with me. (which I think should be on a time lag, but whatever.)


ISquishWorms
#227 - 2012-01-12 15:52:47 UTC  |  Edited by: ISquishWorms
Just wanted to say thank you CCP Punkturis & the CCP Team(s) that are working on these changes they might be small but they make a massive difference and make the game so much more enjoyable to play.

Keep up the good work. Smile

Oh and my fav from this list of changes is the compact local.

‘No, this isn't it at all. Make it more... psssshhhh’.

Alx Warlord
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#228 - 2012-01-12 16:06:32 UTC
CCP! You are doing great!!! Awesome improvements!!!
TOTALHELLD3ATH
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#229 - 2012-01-12 17:24:15 UTC
Awesome stuff.

One thing that would make the condensed chat list even more awesome is ability to sort the chat window first on standings. (IE all your war targets, reds, neuts, blues, copies, ect.....)

Nothing worse than scanning a system with 120 pilots looking for WTS and having to scroll local to do so. Or from the carebear's perspective having to constantly scroll up and down to see if a WT jumpned in or logged on in system.

Make it so...
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#230 - 2012-01-12 17:27:52 UTC  |  Edited by: Ranger 1
Celebris Nexterra wrote:
This might be the best thing ever.


No. French string bikini's and Ben and Jerry's Ice cream are tied for the title of "best thing ever", but this is a close runner up.

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eFFektzG
Nonconsensual PvP
#231 - 2012-01-12 17:40:34 UTC
This is great! Big smile There's only one thing that could have made this any better Idea A video with CCP Punkturis presenting these awesome improvements to us! <3
Hung TuLo
Running with Dogs
Out of the Blue.
#232 - 2012-01-12 17:51:03 UTC
Nirnaeth Ornoediad wrote:
Zagdul wrote:
Look mom! I'm famous.



Every time Zagdul updates his portrait he shows more skin. That doesn't count as providing content to your alliance mates, you know.



Ya, but its good for FA advertisement :)

"In space all warriors are cold warriors" ---  General Chang  Star Trek VI

staafsak
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#233 - 2012-01-12 18:26:29 UTC  |  Edited by: staafsak
I've got a idea about Corp/Alliance;


Give us more logo's/Symbols to choose!



Would like to see if this will get in considering by CCP ;)


Thank you,

Kind greetings from The Netherlands





EDIT: Some bit of credit's to me is allowed! ;)
Wun NgoWen
Unforeseen Consequences.
Valkyrie Alliance
#234 - 2012-01-12 18:32:35 UTC
Logibro +5 \o/
Bienator II
madmen of the skies
#235 - 2012-01-12 18:58:22 UTC
CCP Punkturis wrote:
Salpun wrote:
CCP Punkturis wrote:


no not yet - sorry!

posting this accidentally in the dev blog is going to hunt us for a loooong tiiiiime Blink

So when? at least edit the dev blog so you do not get asked 1000 times about it on this thread.Twisted


I don't know! and I'm not going to edit other people's dev blogs Smile

you can do that. its like ninja salvaging. Don't think its against the EULA :)

how to fix eve: 1) remove ECM 2) rename dampeners to ECM 3) add new anti-drone ewar for caldari 4) give offgrid boosters ongrid combat value

Imigo Montoya
BreadFleet
Triglavian Outlaws and Sobornost Troika
#236 - 2012-01-12 19:09:01 UTC
Yeah baby! Awesome changes, awesome direction for CCP.
Berakh
Perkone
Caldari State
#237 - 2012-01-12 19:28:28 UTC
Can we have abit of love for the lowsec dwellers amongst us and get sec status also visible in the new local listing?

Also much love for the expanded and moveable people in watchlist, confirming more than 15 would be even more better though
Defier Orilis
Defiance Eden Initiative
#238 - 2012-01-12 20:36:22 UTC
EVE felt like gravel, now it's going to be smooth as marble. Thx.

Frothgar
State War Academy
Caldari State
#239 - 2012-01-12 20:49:10 UTC
Would it be possible to either separate tabs on my watch list into different windows, or add static objects like corp bookmarks to my UI/Overview?

My frustration is that its difficult to sort relevant information of my overview when lots of things are happening.

An example would be when fighting in fleets, often its necessary to sort by distance from you, when the amount of people on grid goes up, it makes it very difficult to sort necessary align points, which being sorted by distance are immediately dropped off my list towards the bottom.

I'd like the option of creating a separate Overview (Not a tab to switch between) or being able to prioritize certain types of objects on my UI/Overview which would remain at the top regardless of how I sorted the remainder of my overview.

EG . I see Planets, and Stargates and even corp bookmarks at the top of my Overview, arranged alphabetically regardless of which celestial I'm closest to, meanwhile ships which are on grid with me are sorted by distance and remain below my priority overview items.

I know that would be a tall order, but <3 if its even remotely possible.
KrakizBad
Section 8.
#240 - 2012-01-12 22:00:51 UTC
Watch list, overload and local changes = <3.

Can you do a UI of like 80% next?