EVE General Discussion

I can't think of a single MMO that avoids the problem of large fights becoming a clusterfuck of sparkly multicoloured fairydust explosions that, and only with extensive knowledge of game mechanics, one can barely keep track of. In my opinion it turns what could be a cool looking, readable fight between two or more large groups of players into photon soup.

EVE does a pretty good job of making many abilities invisble, which also ties in well with the fact that these abilities are not magic. However, fleet fights often devolve into photon soup clusters of bubbles. I suggest making these bubbles into simple 2d grey rings that only appear when the UI is turned on, and also is visible as an effect above the health bars, with it's own icon.