tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post3919655923448140303..comments2023-05-06T01:46:51.326-07:00Comments on Bright Cape Gamer: D3 UI, arghSkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723733406348223879noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post-91625643859889911242012-03-09T11:23:25.633-08:002012-03-09T11:23:25.633-08:00Patch notes suggest they just fixed this (though I...Patch notes suggest they just fixed this (though I couldn't log in last night) and it also looks like they made gear way cooler by giving bonuses to specific skills. Might have to go home early.Sthennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429676469805661834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post-83479399639652749132012-03-07T07:44:37.734-08:002012-03-07T07:44:37.734-08:00Yeah, I think as someone who never used an alterna...Yeah, I think as someone who never used an alternative the system seems fine. Though I will admit that on more than one occasion I clicked on a skill on my bar with the expectation that something would come up to let me switch it. Obviously the new interface is needed to support the system that only lets you assign certain skills to certain buttons, but when you check the box to let you assign them anywhere it should really switch to a drag & drop thing.<br /><br />More than that, though, I want them to put in a way to swap two skills on your bar without triggering the cooldown at all, but at the very least without triggering it twice for one of the skills. They could just let us assign the same skill to two different buttons, even.Sthennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429676469805661834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post-6163376733556749032012-03-06T14:07:20.189-08:002012-03-06T14:07:20.189-08:00Did you use the old system?
If I hadn't seen ...Did you use the old system?<br /><br />If I hadn't seen the old one I might think the new one is fine... but having used the old UI I find the new one starkly inferior.<br /><br />You probably have a point there about including the word casual in my post at all. The problem with the UI is that it is hard to compare skills to one another, slow to swap skills around and frustrating to have to flip back and forth between groups. All of the skills could be easily displayed in one place, like they were before, and it would make comparisons much easier. Also, I question why there isn't a simple drag and drop system for assigning skills and instead a menu system is used.Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723733406348223879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post-80888376541332129462012-03-06T13:14:46.196-08:002012-03-06T13:14:46.196-08:00I was using the system on the website and I found ...I was using the system on the website and I found it quite easy to use. Maybe we are accessing it in different ways? I'm going to be very interested to look again when I get home (man I wish I was home playing Diablo 3 right now). Of course if there is an easy way to do things and a hard way and intuitively people use the hard way then that's a pretty big problem too.<br /><br />I do think that anyone who wants to be taken seriously complaining about it to blizzard should leave the casual/noob issue aside and just say what they don't like about the new interface. After all, the point of the story of the boy who cried wolf is that no one comes when there is actually a wolf.Sthennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429676469805661834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post-50775502694857510072012-03-06T12:01:00.126-08:002012-03-06T12:01:00.126-08:00Yeah, I am not arguing against their fighting inte...Yeah, I am not arguing against their fighting interface or skill math or anything, that all seems fine. I am arguing against their skill interface which is really ass. When I go to switch abilities around it is slow and annoying. When I want to compare a few different abilities it is slow and annoying. Clearly they could launch the game today and I would buy it and love it but the skill choosing interface (when you have the option checked to put anything anywhere) is wretched. The one they had previously was good, the one used on the website previously was good. The abilities were broken down into functional groups and it was easy to swap choices around and compare various abilities to each other. Right now it is very annoying.<br /><br />I think it is clear that their design changes are specifically targetted at making the game more straightforward for new folks, which I don't have an issue with, but they should have a menu system for skill choices that is easy, quick and intuitive. The current one fails at that for both new people and veterans.<br /><br />And yes, this is my only criticism. The rest of the game is bloody awesome. The reason the criticism is so harsh is that they had a really good system and then replaced it with a crappy system; the step backwards is the frustrating thing.Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723733406348223879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post-11811655199513578692012-03-06T10:41:33.536-08:002012-03-06T10:41:33.536-08:00Okay, so after writing an essay on the subject bas...Okay, so after writing an essay on the subject based on a completely false premise, I realize that you can actually assign any ability you want anywhere.<br /><br />So is the problem just that some menus that you'll access maybe every half hour while leveling and every several hours when in end game are not laid out the way you'd like?Sthennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429676469805661834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post-79607526099875469732012-03-06T08:49:20.158-08:002012-03-06T08:49:20.158-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sthennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429676469805661834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1305372753022597815.post-69917135959897714222012-03-06T08:49:04.716-08:002012-03-06T08:49:04.716-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sthennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429676469805661834noreply@blogger.com