Feedback on a Minor UI Change (Dimmer names/objects)

Esan

Esan

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2007

Wars

This is probably an anti-botting tweak, so making it a toggle would make it worthless.

puffzilla

puffzilla

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2006

The Black Hand Gang [BHG]

W/

If they don't give us a toggle then please turn it off in towns at least.

/signed

allience

allience

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Mo/Me

please make it a toggle option like the skill floaters.............

Tachyon

Tachyon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Stoke, England

The Godless [GOD]

W/

I don't like it!

Looks like it's just meddling for meddling sakes! If it ain't broke then why try to fix it?

Arduin

Arduin

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

R/

Why fix what isn't broken.....number 5...

Big_Iron

Big_Iron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Edge

Tormented Weapons [emo]

I think I could get used to it, but a toggle option would be nice.

Taki

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

N/Me

I like the idea behind it.

Only logged in for a bit but got used to it within minutes. It's a really subtle change to be honest, so I'm not sure what all the childishness is about.

Sleeper Service

Sleeper Service

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

CULT



eeek!

boxterduke

boxterduke

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Walking the ruins of Ascalon

DVDF

Me/

Please put in a toggle, I don't want to run up to people in towns to see what their name is or their displayed title.

Bryant Again

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

^ I like the SA caption of that pic better.

jayce

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

N/

original quote
Quote:
the new feature is ok i guess, but i didn't really see a problem with the old way of seeing things. there seems to be a large number of people who do not like the dimmer feature. i think the real question to ask is does this really enhance your gameplay?
i wouldn't mind seeing this changed to a "direct-line-of-sight" system to where if an object (enemies, items, etc.) is within range of your radar, they would be visiable and targetable to you only if your view to that object is not obstructed by the terrain, doors, walls or otherwise non-see-through objects. i think this option would really enhance the current gameplay to make things a lot more interesting and challenging.
Jayce Of Underworld

vergerefosh

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2006

Englishmen Don't Drink [Tea]

W/R

Not too bad really. Though the distance is slightly messed up. Appears to be around Flatbow/Longbow range when they go normal colours, a little outside aggro circle

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

I do like it. You can know now what is within earshot without a glance to the radar.

Lately people were playing looking more at the radar and the healthbars than the game.

allience

allience

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Mo/Me

it looks like some ppl hate it, some like it and some don't care. why can't they just make it TOGGLE so we can all be happy?

i personally can't stand it in pvp. a red team on a reddish map makes their names almost invisible. it's horrid!

Diddy bow

Diddy bow

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2006

Jawsome!!!!!!!!!!!

looking for one :p

A/D

/jump on toggle bandwagon

its an annoying needless change for me.

zwei2stein

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

Guess people hate how this transarency messes up ORC module of bot programs, eh.

Aera Lure

Aera Lure

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

In Baltar's head

Bring Out Your Dead [BOYD], former officer [LBS]

Mo/

I dont like it. Things fade unnecessarily in towns and even in GH and sometimes are harder to see. I do appreciate the idea, but fail to see why Anet would go and randomly implement something like this without a toggle for it in Options so at least no one would be unhappy.

allience

allience

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by zwei2stein
Guess people hate how this transarency messes up ORC module of bot programs, eh.
don't be stupid please. if sum1 wanted to run a bod they just need to texmod the colors... this change only annoys the other players who don't wanna use textmod and who only want to have a toggle option to turn it on/off. it's really bad in pvp and in towns.

Esan

Esan

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2007

Wars

Quote:
Originally Posted by allience
don't be stupid please. if sum1 wanted to run a bod they just need to texmod the colors... this change only annoys the other players who don't wanna use textmod and who only want to have a toggle option to turn it on/off. it's really bad in pvp and in towns.
Ignoring the matter of calling people dumb while using ridiculous abbreviations as "sum1", I'll simply point out that it is impossible to use Texmod to change the colors. Try it yourself if you don't believe me.

psycore

psycore

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Toggleable - yes

However I love it when im finding the pesky last critter in a vanq i can "see" further with ctrl pressed down.

Lykan

Lykan

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

StP

R/

Dunno why people hate it so much, only thing wrong i see is how they measure 1000ft. Looks like 50 to me...

I GO TO AMERICA

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2007

I really HATE it.

togge/remove pl0xz.

coil

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2007

/signed; toggle please.

Molock

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Qu??bec

Legacy of Angels [Halo]

E/

Gah, I hate how it does that... I wish there was a way to turn it off..

Bride of the Atom

Bride of the Atom

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2007

I think it's great. That is all.

B/P_Ranger

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

R/Mo

/signed for toggle option or getting rid of

I hate this, range is way off and the outside range is way too hard to see.
Please at least give us the option to turn it off..



Mods set a poll up please.

Esan

Esan

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2007

Wars

Polls are useless. If Anet haven't gotten the message yet through this and similar threads in every fansite, then it's because they're not looking for input here. (Btw, good for them if they are actually starting to ignore forum whiners for a change.)

twicky_kid

twicky_kid

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quite Vulgar [FUN]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Quid Pro Quo
I think its a good idea just poorly executed.
Just like everything Anet has done during the history of the game. Every update has good intentions with poor execution.

Toggle it or remove. It wasn't broken before so I don't know why this was even added. Flashbacks of the party window being changed comes to mind.

VitisVinifera

VitisVinifera

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2005

Northern California

HoTR

N/Me

eye strain = generally a bad thing

/remove or toggle

/and stop doing these retarded, totally unwanted ui changes when there are so many other fails that need work

Vinraith

Vinraith

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2006

I'm not fond of this change at all.

kooomar

kooomar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

Pow Pow Pow [myau]

Mo/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by twicky_kid
Flashbacks of the party window being changed comes to mind.
Mmmmmm, good times. Like I said before on this site, this change makes me want to punch babies. The idea seems great "DEPTH PERCEPTION" but the execution is absolutely horrid. The fact that you can't even read titles or guild tags in cities is just absurd. If you don't want to remove it, w/e, make it toggleable. If this IS for bots, theres about 100 things that would be better than this (like the stationary posts that say the zone name).

I do doubt this is for bots, but, who knows, just rid us of it please.

Shadowfox1125

Shadowfox1125

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2005

PST

W/

Unnecessary change to the UI. If we had wanted an addition like this, we would have asked for one. It's nice to see Anet working on things we don't need while not working on the things that should be worked on. I guess history does repeat itself.

Remove it or add a toggle. That is all.

Friday

Friday

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2006

[DVDF]

/signed for a toggle, or remove it completely.

Can't for the life of me figure out why this was added, but at least give us the choice like the damage number toggle bar. I do not like the way the names fade - makes it very hard when scanning a battle field after a rolling fight for drops; and makes distinguishing things in large towns very difficult.

Squinting at the screen FTL.

rohara

rohara

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

Rt/

i <3 it not crazy about the black box though.

AxeMe

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Atlanta

HEX

W/

I'd sure like to be able to turn off this new feature. No use going into the reasons - pretty much all the negatives have been listed. It could have been a good feature - it would work for me, for instance if distant object appeared in a different color (at the same intensity as close objects).

Vulkanyaz

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2007

toggle or remove it...
and if toggle then make it so it dosen't happen in towns and outposts.

ForgeWhelp

ForgeWhelp

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

TGW

N/Mo

My big issue is that if you play at a small screen res, like 800x600 or 1024x768 it's not a huge deal. But when you get to the larger res' like 1280x1024 and bigger the letters are already pretty small and then making them 'dim' makes them very hard to read.

Apoc

Apoc

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Montreal, Canada

Quebekers Alliance [QKA]

W/

I like this update.

Saraphim

Saraphim

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Hand of Omega [WHO]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by ForgeWhelp
My big issue is that if you play at a small screen res, like 800x600 or 1024x768 it's not a huge deal. But when you get to the larger res' like 1280x1024 and bigger the letters are already pretty small and then making them 'dim' makes them very hard to read.
I play at 1920 x 1200 and it's damn near impossible to read the fainter ones. Especially in towns. I can see why it was done, and indeed it is reasonably useful with large groups of mobs. Though WTH it looks like in the Gates of Madness I dread to think (not been there for yonks).

/toggle please.

moriz

moriz

??ber t??k-n??sh'??n

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada

R/

i would rather it changed so farther object names have a different color. for example, enemies will become pink and then purple.

currently, it is impossible to tell if AB npcs from far away are dead or alive by just looking because of the faded letters. and i also dread what it will be like on darker guild halls, like fire isle and corrupted isle.