Petition to be able to toggle the new HUGE damage numbers - Guild Wars Guru archive powered by Guild Wars Legacy

KurtBatz

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2006

Me/W

26 Oct 2006 at 18:25 - 1

Oh god....they look horrible.

They're BADLY distracting me from the game.

I absolutely HATE the new cartoony, oversized, bouncing, ridiculous damage numbers above enemies heads.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE for the love of god, give us a toggle option so we can turn them off!

Sign here if you agree with the option for a toggle.

Phoenix_Darkwater

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Australia

SoT

W/Me

26 Oct 2006 at 20:21 - 2

/sign
They look absolutely ridiculous, So distracting when your trying to play.

AuraofMana

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2005

Georgia, US

26 Oct 2006 at 20:21 - 3

/Not signed
I like to know what I just did.

the_jos

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Hard Mode Legion [HML]

N/

26 Oct 2006 at 20:30 - 4

The numbers are a bit too large in my opinion.
I'd like the old style more

/sign

Rawling

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

Me/E

26 Oct 2006 at 20:32 - 5

/signed

They look cool, but I think I might get a bit sick of them. Even if you like them, why /notsign for an OPTION?

????ng??R!

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

[all]

R/Me

26 Oct 2006 at 20:37 - 6

/sign /sign /sign /sign /sign /sign /sign /sign /sign /sign /sign x Infinity

i completle agree, i absolutly HATE the number popups. If they dont get rid of it soon it will be another reason for quiting GW for good. I cannot understand why they would change a perfectally good system for this one. it looks more like it belongs in a arcade style beat em up (Street Fighter anyone??). absolutle S**T!!!

I also hate the popup that tells you what skills/what ever has just hit you. ohh i was hit 4 times by quick shot, WHO CARE'S!!! I can see im taking dmg, my helth is going down ffs.

CHANGE IT BACK OR GIVE US THE OPTION TO TOGLE IT BACK TO THE ORIGANL SETTINGS.

Zuranthium

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2006

Los Angeles

Black Rose Gaming [BR]

26 Oct 2006 at 20:40 - 7

/signed times INFINITY.

These new numbers are driving me absolutely crazy. It's like I'm stuck in Super Mario World or something. The skill icons are annoying as well and I don't really love the idea of showing all the skills that are being used against you. It just doesn't make sense for a character to have that kind of prescience.

Malice Black

Site Legend

Join Date: Oct 2005

26 Oct 2006 at 20:41 - 8

I don't mind them but /signed..just to stop the bitching.

Never_Sober

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jul 2006

Clan Athmoren

Me/

26 Oct 2006 at 20:42 - 9

I totally agree....

I play on windowed mode, just cuz i can. the bigger numbers are more annoying than the dialogues windows....(had to turn those off too, since its repeated in the team chat)

Stark [ADW]

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Oct 2006

Ancient Destiny Weavers

W/

26 Oct 2006 at 20:47 - 10

/sign

I like them, but actually I would like an option to turn them off in case I change my mind.

leeky baby

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

Surrey University

Starting to play again... need a guild

W/E

26 Oct 2006 at 20:52 - 11

i hate the numbers sorry! but plz get them of my screen

/signed

A_Muppet

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

26 Oct 2006 at 20:55 - 12

So long as we can have an option between the new, larger style and the old style (the numbers fade into being far too high above the owner imo) I'm signing this.

Polgara Darshiva

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Cape Town, South Africa

Mind Sport SA [MSSA]

26 Oct 2006 at 21:17 - 13

/not signed

I kinda like it. Wouldn't mind an option for toggling between old and new styles though.

deyond driven

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

Our Titles Are [SiCK]

N/E

26 Oct 2006 at 21:21 - 14

/signed

would be usefull after your fed up with them, if your not allready

Not A Fifty Five

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

Creating guild

Mo/

26 Oct 2006 at 21:22 - 15

/not signed

Why bother? >.< Rly it just makes them bubbly. People wont like every aesthetic change anet makes, these one just happens to make some people think its dorky. Stick with it in a month, you prolly won't even notice it anymore.

Beat_Go_Stick

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

26 Oct 2006 at 21:22 - 16

Quote:

Originally Posted by AuraofMana

/Not signed
I like to know what I just did.

*boggles*

You don't have to use it. A toggle means you can choose what size you want them. No need to come crap on a thread just because you don't want others to be happy.

/signed

Arcanis the Omnipotent

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

Nova Alliance

Me/

26 Oct 2006 at 21:26 - 17

God yes.

/signed

The screen usually cluttered enough without these huge distracting numbers.

teenchi

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

PST

Heros of Titans Realm [HotR]

W/Mo

26 Oct 2006 at 21:27 - 18

Quote:

I don't mind them but /signed..just to stop the bitching.

/signed

It would be nice to switch from classic to new or turn them off. They weren't terrible but I was distracted at first. I'm sure I will find a way to glaze over and turn them off.

ficticious_force

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

London

Boom Antics (BaB)

Me/N

26 Oct 2006 at 21:28 - 19

/signed
I hate the numbers makes it very difficult in HOH when its all "going on". Please ANET give us an option to turn it off or on.

SkyHiRider

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

26 Oct 2006 at 21:34 - 20

/signed omg heard that the numbers are from world of warcraft omfg where is this game going to?

DFrost

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Ultima Thule

Legacy of Echovald [Echo]

P/

26 Oct 2006 at 21:38 - 21

It looked cool for the first two minutes, then it looked silly for the next five minutes. Since then it has been just annoying.

/signed with letters as huuuuuuge as the numbers themselves.

Refyused

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

26 Oct 2006 at 21:38 - 22

/signed

Did cartoon network buy a large share in ANet?

Sofonisba

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Tucson, AZ

The Black Hand Gang [BHG] and The Black Helm Gang [BHeG]

26 Oct 2006 at 22:08 - 23

/signed

They are too big, distracting, and obtrusive. Was the purpose of it for vanity's sake? Cause I don't need it. It's what health bars are for. If some people need to see it in billboard size, ok, but save the option to have it little again.

Caleb

Nil nisi malis terrori.

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/Me

26 Oct 2006 at 23:15 - 24

/signed

Those numbers are too large even on a 24 inch monitor.

Articubone

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

Venatio Illuminata [VEIL]

Mo/

26 Oct 2006 at 23:24 - 25

/signed.

They simply are just TOO large.

manitoba1073

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

ManitobaShipyards Refit and Repair Station

(SFC)Star Fleet Command,(TDE)The Daggerfall elite,(SOoM)Secret order of Magi

26 Oct 2006 at 23:45 - 26

super /signed

LuckyGiant

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

New Zealand

Retired :)

26 Oct 2006 at 23:51 - 27

/signed

Just us an option to turn them off, monking is giving me a headache, its a nightmare, but my warrior is loving them

chicks boy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

No guild

A/E

26 Oct 2006 at 23:55 - 28

/sign

I dont care, if it makes people to stop whining about this then i sign.

Gimme Money Plzkthx

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

26 Oct 2006 at 23:56 - 29

/signed

Ima_Poundyou

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

A F O

W/Mo

27 Oct 2006 at 01:25 - 30

/signed, as many times as possible.

The new numbers give it a cartoonish-feel as has been stated, and clutter up the screen drastically when running a MM or other multi-hit build.

Those who like it would be able to keep it, those who don't could revert back to the original. What's there to lose?

Cyclades of Knossos

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2006

UK

SNOW (GoW)

W/

27 Oct 2006 at 01:37 - 31

/signed

Jesus, if I wanted to play WoW I'd be playing frickin' WoW. Put it back to the way it was.

Silas Verdeii

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Vancouver, Canada

Warrior Druids of Silvari

27 Oct 2006 at 01:48 - 32

/signed
I actually like them but can see how they could get old and or be annoying for others. Generally i'm all for customization of the interfaces and therefore if there was a way to select which one you would see, that would be awesome. however if that's not possible and it's a one or the other situation then i really couldn't care less. Either way i'll get used to it.

Gorebrex

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

27 Oct 2006 at 02:36 - 33

/signed till I get carpal tunnel! Theyre awful! Looks ridiculous, they appear, get much larger, then kind of "bounce away". I MUCH preffered the old style ones. Gave information need, withoutcluttering up the screen.

Morgenstern

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

New Zealand

W/R

27 Oct 2006 at 04:12 - 34

Amen.

/signed

-.-

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2006

27 Oct 2006 at 04:14 - 35

God yes.

/Signed.

LordLucifer

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2006

A/

27 Oct 2006 at 04:46 - 36

/signed
give us the otpion -.-

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

27 Oct 2006 at 04:57 - 37

/notsigned
Whine whine whine. I didn't like the old new interface either when it first came out. I now hardly remember it. You'll get used to it and eventually won't even notice the difference.

Zui

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Benecia Renovatio [RenO]

Mo/

27 Oct 2006 at 05:46 - 38

/signed

An option to toggle this would be very, very cool, and would make me love you guys at ANET even more(GREAT UPDATE BTW!). However, I can certainly live without such an option, and after several days/weeks on the new interphase, perhaps it'll be possible to just block out the pointless/distracting gigantic healing/damage numbers.

If you give us an option to toggle it, put the default to how it is now. Because after playing for about 30 minutes in Random Arenas earlier(all I can stand...) I noticed that very poor players were actualy kiting! Even though that kiting IW mesmer was trying to do so while Crippled, and under Frenzy... It was a true effort to not die pointlessly, even if it only resulted in him taking a ton of auto-crits under Frenzy, at least he tried, you know?

xiao1985

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

27 Oct 2006 at 05:54 - 39

/signed on the condition that you can turn them on...

i like them, so don't want to see them disappearing...
though exp gain remain the same icon... slightly disappointing =S

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

27 Oct 2006 at 05:59 - 40

/signed

It was nice for a few mins in a small fight, but it gets annoying.

I'm scared to see what happens when I troll farm... so many numbers