-| Thoughts on the 7-27 Monster update? |-

Please do not make this thread into a Flamewars thread which is just Target practice for the Mods. Friendly Opinion/View sharing please.

What are all of your opinions on the latest update?

In my personal opinion i like some of the changes such as the trade window being a little more scam proof and the guild roster updates but the other updates i dont feel were needed. Well i guess i could adjust to the new login screens...

However i really do not like the new UI. The poison/disease/bleeding colors are so different they dont really stand out. I see no reason also to have changed how the hp bars/energy bars/party bars look. As a Monk its now even harder to target your party. The effects and bars are also a little dull colored, its harder to see the names of the people you are fighting and i know i will have a problem playing late and night now. Also the new "rainbow effect" when seeing other people cast spells is not something i enjoy very much. Though i know some people who like it, its just making things harder to read in pvp...for example i didnt realize that a monk was using energy drain until i hovered my icon over it, since the icon itself was so hard to see with rainbow effects everywhere. Hmmmmmmmm.......Now that i think about it........this new ui kind of reminds me of World of Warcraft's ui .....especially the colors....... anyone else notice this? A-net trying to woo the WoW crowd

I know many people like the new UI. But if you are going to keep it at least please make there an option under F11 to go back to the old settings?

In my opinion as with most of a-nets updates the update has been bittersweet. Some things are good and some bad. The lag is not a huge problem, its just the rush to download the update. O well please also share your views with us

In summary i believe the update was well made except for the UI changes (Ew have u noticed the Hex Degen color? Its barftastic Dull Purple now Yuck.)

I like the UI changes - to each his/her own.

Yes to each his own....

Also with the discovery of the naked gw man i kinda like that update 2 Lots of fun abusing him tonight.

And i also really love the secondary profession changer in the temple of Balth now since even pvp chars can use it .

I like the trade window changes, hopefully this will help a lot of people.


I do not like the gui effects.. they're distracting.

I do not like the new and improved lag... impossible to get even a simple mission done now.

I did not like the sneaky hair changes.

I do not like how certain smite skills are only nerfed for weekend.. should be permanent ^^

I don't care for the new GUI either, it's not easy on the eyes at all. I considered turning my Party window off just because I didn't like looking at it, just got a general 'yuk' feeling when I did. Also don't care for everything fading to black and white after a death, can't tell which monsters are the bosses until after I'm rezzed.

I'd agree with Morgoth in that since we've had several UI changes since GW was released, that having an option to choose one would seem a viable option at this point.

There seems to be a slight delay now when clicking to zoom out on the map,...maybe this has to do with the new key binding thing?

Saw a bit of lag,...maybe due to everyone downloading the update,...seems to get less noticeable after some playtime.

I do like that we now have the ability to select software/hardware sound rendering and EAX.

shadowfell, can you post what you liked then?

I Agree with everything... The Borders around the party window players hurts my eyes.

The Casting Bar though nicely coloured makes it harder to see when someone starts casting.

Everything is dull and hard to see..

There should be an option "Classic" simple colors easy to see.

We should be able to customize elements of the UI colors rather than have them dictated to us. I didnt like the little triangle icon additions to some of the skills either, back when it happened. Totally unneccessary for me, and by and large, my UI philosophy is to have it as transparent visually during play as possible. Loud =/= better. Everyone is different so before implementing changes like these I also wish the customization option would be put into play as well.

I like most of the changes and I will get used to the ones I don't like.

I absolutely abhor the lag! I am in the field looking around, running 35-60 fps, decide to move and within 3-4 steps my fps has dropped to less than 1. Sure hope this clears up. Soon.

I think the party menu needs to be colored a bit more brightly, right now it's too dark.

I only mind the rainbow effect - it has to go.. or an option should be implemented which would allow us to go back to the old one

the new options screen is good.
switching 2nd for pvp char's is nice too.


i like the fact that they have NEVER nerfed 'iway' but find it necessary to nerf any other build that comes about... hmmmm a bit of sarcasm there?

anyway...seems like a huge download for minor graphic 'improvements'. maybe should have held off on the graphic stuff and just set up for the pvp event because of the serious lag everyone seems to be having.

did i mention that i dont like the fact that they try and puss every build except iway - simply amazing.. and yet it happens again!!!

would love to have seen some improvement to the economy/store/selling/buying ... not sure what i want but a perfect green that sells for 1k is not what i want..

bilbo

Im just skimming through. I do NOT LIKE THE HEX COLOR, Nor the green thing with long spell casts. Hexes are too lightish pink and i think it needs adjusting.

give us back the old UI. don't fix what's not broken~

Nice to see other people agreeing with my point ^_^. Yes please A-net give us back the old UI or give us an option to revert to "classic" This new one really hurts my eyes its not about adapting its just truthfully giving me an iffy feeling.

I liked the death effect and...
Nope, thats about it.
Im hoping for:
1. Mix and Match the new and old UI
2. Switch back and forth between UI
3. Completely revert back to old UI

All the bars, effects, fonts, and even some of the colours are a major step-down for me.

When a party member disconnected it was easier to tell since their lifebar was all greyed out on the party menu when they left. Now it's harder for me to make out with the color changes if they left or if they are just out of compass range.

The rest will take time getting used to... not as easy on the eyes, but meh.

From 30min experience with new UI, I like it quite a lot. Maybe the colours in the party window when you're dead or left the game are bit too similars but otherwise everything feels more beautiful.

But yes, option to change UI would be nice. Maybe manual colour adjustment or templates.

I love the new colors, one of my characters is an interrupt ranger.. and man it gets close sometimes to the point that I don't know if it succeeded, so I can't accurately form a strategy. The colors are very vivid and clear too!

OH GOD, THE PURPLE O.O

It burns ;_;