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How many of you prefer the old Locked Target display over the new one?
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LT Alter
Ryba.
White Squall.
#1 - 2012-12-04 22:12:03 UTC
Just curious as I find the new one, while it may look cooler it just doesn't display information well enough. I have to look REALLY closely for a few seconds to notice exactly what my target has for shield armor or hull. It doesn't have that ability to glance at it like the old one. If anything I hope CCP implements the option to use the old version if you want to.

Thoughts on this?
Myfanwy Heimdal
Heimdal Freight and Manufacture Inc
#2 - 2012-12-04 22:19:08 UTC
When I first saw this this evening I thought that I was being jumped by something utterly different so I warped out of my ratting belt. When I realised that we had an 'improvement' and went back in.

I have to admit to feeling the same as you. It looks nice but it's not so clear as before.

Also the selected target in the main screen looks as if it's been altered for Windows 8 finger push select with a big round red wossit to press.

I expect that I will get used to them but I don't like to squint and peer at the screen when I should do is just to glance at it.

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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#3 - 2012-12-04 22:20:26 UTC
The new one is pretty neat, but I will always have the old one to heart (and tattoo) haha

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Arabian Mistress
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2012-12-04 22:23:19 UTC
Chribba wrote:
The new one is pretty neat, but I will always have the old one to heart (and tattoo) haha


The new UI clutters the screen and is not practical. Do you write in circles? No. Humans write in lines because its easiest to understand and look at, or maybe people write in circles in Iceland.



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Geoscape
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2012-12-04 22:26:17 UTC
I very much prefer the old locked target hp bars.
Flying logistics is downright painful with the new hp bars, its difficult to quickly see which targets need reps.

The new hp bars have no advantages over the old ones except that it saves a bit of vertical screen real estate.
Pohbis
Neo T.E.C.H.
#6 - 2012-12-04 22:35:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Pohbis
Chribba wrote:
The new one is pretty neat, but I will always have the old one to heart (and tattoo) haha
Neat and not functional.

CCP must know this as well. I for one seriously doubt anyone there would dare to suggest they start using something similar for the Tournament UI, 'cause; "it's so neat and functional".
Lysa Riay
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2012-12-04 22:37:12 UTC
Squares over mega-sized pizzas

and silence over buzzes, plops & ...

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Hand the UI over to those that use it!

Could Klang take the (now rotting) pizzas & the launcher out as they leave the building plz.
Vertisce Soritenshi
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2012-12-04 22:39:33 UTC
I love the new UI. It's a massive improvement over the old one. I like the information given to me on the new UI and I like the way it is presented. Thanks CCP. This was a good improvement!

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Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#9 - 2012-12-04 22:44:05 UTC
I actually preferred the segmented circle HP display over the current layered arc display. I am willing to cope with change if that change will produce some benefit, some will give this new target information display some time before passing judgement.

It did occur to me that a segmented circle HP display could be part of the target reticle in the HUD.

My only gripe about the current display is the extreme separation between targets and the icons representing the modules active on that target. Oh, and that the target reticle is drawn over the target instead of bordering it, so even though I have the camera zoomed in to take advantage of tracking camera mode I still can't see the target unless I use CTRL+F9 to hide the UI.

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Angsty Teenager
Broski North
#10 - 2012-12-04 22:44:35 UTC
Vertisce Soritenshi wrote:
I love the new UI. It's a massive improvement over the old one. I like the information given to me on the new UI and I like the way it is presented. Thanks CCP. This was a good improvement!


Oh really? Like what? The smaller damage bars that you have to squint to see? The larger amount of screen space the targeting UI takes up? Or is the combat logs that scroll off the screen in literally a tenth of a second if you're getting shot by more than 3 people?

This UI is completely unusuable for anybody that actually PVP's.
Fractal Muse
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2012-12-04 22:47:47 UTC
I totally prefer the new one.

It is so much better.

You'll get used to it. The way I see it, if you found the old bars giving you information quickly then once you get used to this one you'll be getting information super fast!
LT Alter
Ryba.
White Squall.
#12 - 2012-12-04 22:48:28 UTC
I see some people like it while a majority does not, if anything I feel CCP should release an option to return to the old version or at least have something similar to it. I hate to think what it is like for my friend who is over 50 years old that plays this game and PVP's regularity just how hard it is to see what his target's status is. That is unless he invites him to fleet so he can add him to watchlist so he can actually tell...
ilammy
Amarr Empire
#13 - 2012-12-04 22:48:34 UTC
Geoscape wrote:
The new hp bars have no advantages over the old ones except that it saves a bit of vertical screen real estate.
Nope, this vertical space is now occupied by the icons of modules that are active on the target.
Zarian Uphius
Adversity.
Psychotic Tendencies.
#14 - 2012-12-04 22:49:35 UTC
i hate it
LT Alter
Ryba.
White Squall.
#15 - 2012-12-04 22:50:24 UTC
Fractal Muse wrote:
I totally prefer the new one.

It is so much better.

You'll get used to it. The way I see it, if you found the old bars giving you information quickly then once you get used to this one you'll be getting information super fast!


I have been using the new one all day, it is not a case of I feel it looks dumb. It is too small, and the bars are way to small. I can't tell what my opponents status is on his armor shield and hull. It is a problem for me and other people like me.
Conrad Makbure
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2012-12-04 22:52:05 UTC
The new one hands down, it takes some adjustment from the old, but an improvement nonetheless.
LT Alter
Ryba.
White Squall.
#17 - 2012-12-04 22:54:44 UTC
Conrad Makbure wrote:
The new one hands down, it takes some adjustment from the old, but an improvement nonetheless.


If they improved it's visibility in some way I would be happy with it. It is not that I'm a cold bitter vet who needs eve to never change. There is just a problem with the new one that simply put needs to be fixed.
Destru Kaneda
Arzad Police Department
#18 - 2012-12-04 22:55:05 UTC
The first proposal was a million times better, but apparently people hated it so we got this instead. Personally I believe they should have stuck with the original vision, because now we have a camel.

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Codie Dunier
Doomheim
#19 - 2012-12-04 22:55:41 UTC
I actually think the new Target UI gives me more information quickly than the old one did. The old lines didn't seem to be very accurate, in my opinion. The new one looks a lot better.
Tyberius Franklin
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2012-12-04 22:56:04 UTC
LT Alter wrote:
Fractal Muse wrote:
I totally prefer the new one.

It is so much better.

You'll get used to it. The way I see it, if you found the old bars giving you information quickly then once you get used to this one you'll be getting information super fast!


I have been using the new one all day, it is not a case of I feel it looks dumb. It is too small, and the bars are way to small. I can't tell what my opponents status is on his armor shield and hull. It is a problem for me and other people like me.

Never had this issue in looking at screenshots, but I wonder if using it live makes a difference.
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