Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I've been PvEing a' plenty, and I've found a few minor quirks that make it sort of obtuse at times.
Not difficult,
not unfun,
just slightly obtuse.

One of such things is how, on the overview, you have no indication of an enemy being within lock-on range.

It wouldn't in any way make the game 'easier', it'd just make it a smoother experience. Maybe just slightly 'emphasize' the enemy icon, somehow, if they're within lock-on range? Maybe grey-out the area around their icon, or maybe just brighten the icon a bit if they're within lock-on range.

That's all.

Edit: By the by, some people prefer knowing the full name of the ship they're fighting/prefer not having half of their screen blocked out by the overview, so it'd help in either case.

but the fitting screen tells you what your lock range is ... and the overview tells you what range they are at ... how is this obtuse?

Doesn't the tactical overlay already do this?

Htfu,adapt ect ect ... Btw the tactical overlay just got an overhaul, its now much more usefull than it previously was.

Guys. Stop telling him how stupid the idea is.

I just LOGGED IN. What he's asking for is indeed part of the tactical overlay, it shows your lock range as a red dashed line, your optimal range as a solid red circle, and your falloff as a semitransparent one.

What more could you possibly want?

And brackets do this.

I dont mind it as long as it doesn't make overview icons harder to read.

Two words

Tactical Overlay.

I don't know, man, when I look through the thread and see a lot of people pointing out the same thing: that the information you're wanting is already there in a format easier than trying to read some new color, flash, or icon on the overview, I'm not sure that the problem is with the community. Call me crazy....

Edit: As an aside, after reading this thread earlier today, I logged in to call up the tactical readout, and it really is easier to tell what's inside that dashed red circle than it is to try and pick out some new bling on the overview. It really would be a waste of dev time to work in whatever flags would be necessary to put something into the overview, when it's as simple as clicking a little circle to get a full bore graphical cue that fills your screen.

Hey! :D

Yeah, I don't comment on too many of these threads, though I'm constantly reading them, because I'm a high sec carebear, know it, and due to my temperament and RL, that's all I really care to be. I log in every three or four days on average, run a couple of missions, and then go away for awhile again. It's nice, relaxing, and I get to see pretty imitation space pictures. That's good enough for me!

That said, some of the ideas that come up are either so good that it's worth chiming in on them, or they're so....hmmm....well, I just kind of have to stick my head in and go, "Wait, what?"

Anyway, as I edited, I went in and turned on tactical today because I just haven't used it in awhile. That red dashed circle is really cool. Add in that any module that has range that I put my cursor over shows its optimal and falloff, and that's just an incredible improvement right there, and pretty much everything the OP is asking for in a format that's even easier to read and make note of than the overview.

But hey, he's had classes. If so, all I can say is that explains so much in the realm of computer gaming the past few years if that's the sort of thing they're teaching. And yes, I'm being a bit snarky. Facing qualifying exams will do that to you.

Oh? Please do explain how adding yet more information to the single most information saturated window of the game is a QOL improvement to everyone in the game that isn't a highsec carebear?