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Hello, I would like ti tell few things(ESPECIALLY BAD ONES) about new release...

first of all, thanks for release

but this new(beta map) it is totally unusable, many(all) people in my corporation, and many other in our alliance complain about that and about how they miss "dotlan" with it's map and it's feature of making waypoints and navigation, and here is why it is unusable in my opinion

this beta map is not "visually friendly" I mean it is hard to see your final destination if you want tot make a route more thank 5 jumps away from the system where you located to your destination system
here we have eve map - eve map
here we have dotlan map - dotlan map

eve map is visually "hostile" to a player, reasons :
1 - system names shown dimmed and as you zoomin(zoomout) system name change it's opacity, thus making EXTREMELY difficult perception of information(system name), player need yo focus his vision REALLY very hard to read system names, and if you point on a system it's name shown without opacity correction, pure white colour on the black background, YES! this is how it suppose to be, not only highlighted system should be "white", but all system should have clear white names, so it is easy to read and perceive information! I don't mention the worst scenario when player zooming out and names completely disappear from the map when you see approx 15-20 systems around(+- 3-5 systems away from you if you in the centre, this is NIGHTMARE!

2 - if we look at dotlan map and eve beta map(even if in the "abstract" mode) we can see nice flat view lines linking the systems on dotlan, which is very clear for perception, that mostly straight connecting adjacent systems without intersections with each other and names of the systems doesn't slides over each other(which is a SERIOUS problem, which we can see on the eve beta map) this making fast navigation TOTALLY unusable! ok i can perceive 3d images, but the problem of eve map that names are dim and intersections are sliding on each other making difficult to see CLEAR way connecting systems

3 - the route! when you creating the route it is show in dotted line, and here is why it is bad idea instead of showing the route e.g. in solid line which is differs in colour from your current region(security status) if i'm in hises space it is ok, it is nice contrasted red line between blue, and green systems, but most players live in nullsec system where everything on the map has black and red pattern and when you see this red dotted line in nullsec space, it is a NIGHTMARE it almost merges with map background making difficult to distinct your route and lines connecting adjacent systems + this dimmed solar systems names, TERRIBLE!

4 - the filter menu, represented by colour wheel, it is very "heavy" I mean it is very hard to use it when you need to get fast intell about jumps, kills, etc... and here is why:
a) menu itself disappear each time when you move pointer out the menu zone, this is INSANE !!!!! it should be at least as standard menu e.g. when player right clicking on the spot and see list of actions and it won't disappear until played makes his choice
b) the hierarchy how filters located - player need to click on slide down sub menus than scroll, than click, etc, etc... this is very SLOWPOKE, i mean it is REALLY slowing down the time of getting intell and combining with constantly disappearing filter menu if player occasionally moved pointer outside the the menu bar, and here is how i see it, as a comfortable organic way - player should be able to drag and pin each intell parameter to the border of the map thus creating his own intell set and than just be able to click on the checkbox near desirable pinned parameter, and the map should change appearance, showing intell from currently checked filter, here is the proposed idea on the picture - alternative map intell in the left bottom corner we have pinned favourite intell filters, which could give fast intell information by checking appropriate checkbox
c) this "circles", i mean when you select an intell about DED, Jumps, Assets, etc. you see colour circles showing intensity and numeric value, BUT, this circles they have the one major problem they didn't show any intell information until you pointed on it, e.g. you zoomed out star map, you see 10 circles(filter - players in the system past 24h), BUT !!! to see actual number of players you need to point on each circle and only then you will see the numerical value representing intell information, this making intell VERY SLOW, you need to click-check each 10 circles, and it there is 20-30 circles??? intel information SHOULD be instantly visual, e.g. - circle and number inside it, ad nice and clear , not dimmed or opacity adjusted number like dimmed names of solar system from section 1

p.s. may be i forgot something but this is what I see as a problem and how it should be in my humble opinion how to improve our beloved EVE

The new market graph is much to dark and lacking contrast to the window background.

Also the vertical scale, wtf?

Why on earth can it show negative prices instead of having 0 as lowest price?

And the market seems to often chose a total useless scaling for the price.

Example:
http://i.imgur.com/RS5FOSa.png


Seriously CCP a market graph has a zero as bottom price and nothing else, never...

Also what are those crude scale numbers? Have we recently burried the decimal system in europe?

What happened to the drifters spawning in Wormholes? I don't see any patch notes regarding mechanics changes related to Drifters/Avengers?

Ours warped off and were nowhere to be found.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Anna

Ouch. Pod fully ganked. Pirate implants lost.

you're right though and here's how I look at it. A map is two things. A pretty picture and/OR a source of information. Its hard to be both, especially in a 3D sense. Im reminded of those 3D topographical maps of real life places and how difficult they can be to parse by eye.

A pretty map is good, if what you want to do is see the universe in pretty colors. I think that's okay. A simplified map, however, is best if navigation is your foremost concern and time is of the essence.

I still use the old map because it gives a blend of these last two points.




Pff, so is alts.

First I would like to commend and thank the development team and the company for many year of interest and entertainment. Though I may not agree with some of it, I thank you very much for your efforts and wish you well in your future endeavors. May the will of your minds remain steadfast to the future of your desires.

I, along with some others here, do not normally post. In fact you might find less than a hand full of posts for me. I am of the opinion that reading through many pages of posts does not server a large purpose for me. I do read some of the release notes, but not all of them I admit.

By in large the modifications to your game have not broken some basic functions that we have accepted as the core game. I remember the removal of the music player, I date back to 2004. I did not like it, but it did not cause too much of a problem to find another player and listen to my music. I know there was a radio web site you could listen to the original EVE music, there were some nice compositions.

In reference to the removal of the In Game Browser though, I truly feel that you have taken out a significant tool, some of the integrations people will not see for quite some time. Suffice to say, it is my opinion I do not agree nor like the removal of the In Game Browser.

As I understand there is something that can interface with Chrome, however I have not investigated this and nor will I at this point. I have often found third party tools to have potential issues that could be exploited, and due to the nature of the culture you have built upon that in itself gives me pause.

Well wishes to all, may you have the stamina to sustain your ship

Phuzzy

I've got some remarks about how you could make the market grahps a lil less cumbersome to use:

1) Once you've pushed the slider to show a year, remember that setting as the default for the next thing you look for on the market. Right now I keep on sliding it to show an entire year. (The previous graph remembered its timesetting too)

2) Make the numbers on the y-axis snap to "normal" numbers, like multiple's of 1000 isks, or 1M isks etc. The current linearised distribution makes the graph more difficult to read and understand. (I preferred the old graphs on this point.)

3) Increase the contrast of the grid in the background

4) Increase the contrast on the dots and lines. They're really fuzzy right now.

Which you are entitled to, just a we are entitled the believe you are wrong.
The new market graphs leave a lot to be desired.
1GB was very good for some thing, that can't be replicated in an out of game browser, without having a professional coder in your corp.
Yes CCP removes features, then leave the gap to be filled by players making 3rd party apps. Nice cheap way for CCP to not provide options for players - Crest overall is a bug ridden nuisance. Pretty soon you won't need to login at all to play eve, that would reduce server load and possibly get rid of the terribad TIDI.

Citadels - Aren't even comparable to a pos - Less functionality in many cases, for higher prices with less to no mobility.

Can we have a toggle to disable the price history animation?

NVM - just found out the interface has 2 wheeltoggles...

I want to know when the Crimson Harvest YC118 skins will be added to the drop tables of the sites if not there already.
Done quite a lot of them so far and only Cold Irons.

On another note, SOOO MANY damn skins being made and stuff..........

WHERE THE HELL ARE THE APPAREL, such as the Men's 'Curate' Coat (white/gold) at? you can get the boots and pants to match it.

Its not the only missing Apparel out there either.

But seriously, if nobody is getting them yet where/when are the Crimson Harvest skins coming to TQ?

Very good graphics! But, I'm colorblind, and I see nothing! Please more contrast

p.s. Sorry for my English.