Whats with the new team windows?


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seems like its displayed the same for when someone dies as when they are not on map!?

this is in classic view (yeah right) as the new ui is far too bright for me but classic doesnt seem to be that, can we have our old windows back please?


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/Signed.

What's the point of calling it classic when it's obviously not?

I picked the new Team UI on the 1st toon I logged in, just to see what it looked like. After a few missions with a PUG I realized it was hampering my support speed, recalled the option to revert and took the time to find it in the menu...

Only to be presented with a slightly smaller version of the new one!?
Ummm.... Classic? Legacy Window option please?


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Agreed. My first experience with i20 went along these lines:

I looked at the size of the new chat window.

Looked at the new team window.

Looked at the 'classic' window.

Wondered if they'd allow me to somehow undo the last update and keep running i19 instead.


 

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My biggest issue with the new team UI is that the buff icon list is huge compared to the classic UI and on a sizable team with a lot of powers flying about it easily obscures half the screen, even with numeric stacking.


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Originally Posted by The_Spad_EU View Post
My biggest issue with the new team UI is that the buff icon list is huge compared to the classic UI and on a sizable team with a lot of powers flying about it easily obscures half the screen, even with numeric stacking.

Try also hiding toggle powers (see my sig) in the Team Window as a work-around until they fix the icons. It won't totally fix the issue but it might soften it a bit.

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Yep, the team windows are both new (even classic) and both ugly and difficult on the eyes, at least old ones like mine.

Bright text on slightly less bright background? Whoever designed that failed basic graphic design class.

Probably my biggest complaint about the new issue (aside from the bugs, but those I know will get fixed eventually).


 

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I totally agree with this sentiment. I feel like the development team let one of their 6 year children run amok with colour crayons when asked to draw the chat window.

Really, everything about the new chat window is so unprofessional in design and I cannot understand how this managed to get past quality assurance in their development process. They choose fluorescent colours for HP/End? Please, where else in the UI design do even get anywhere else near this?

And, Classic should be classic, not a botched up version of it.


 

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Originally Posted by Hania View Post
I totally agree with this sentiment. I feel like the development team let one of their 6 year children run amok with colour crayons when asked to draw the chat window.

Really, everything about the new chat window is so unprofessional in design and I cannot understand how this managed to get past quality assurance in their development process. They choose fluorescent colours for HP/End? Please, where else in the UI design do even get anywhere else near this?

And, Classic should be classic, not a botched up version of it.

Two words: Coke Classic. We all remember how well THAT worked out...

I also want the 'classic' interface to look like the old one I'm used to. The glare alone is killing me.

As for Quality Assurance...well I'm in that field and I've discovered that when the boss is baying at the door the phrase 'good enough' looms large.


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Agreed 100%. Hated the new version, so I switched back to classic, and was very annoyed. In my whole time of playing this game, I didn't hear a single complaint about the team windows. Why they decided to even spend time working on this is mind boggling enough, considering there are bugs in the game that have existed for many years. But then forcing the changes on people that never even thought of asking for them...sigh.


 

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It gets a little better if you detach the team window from the chat window. For some reason when they are connected, the buff icons are double their proper sizes.


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Two words: Coke Classic. We all remember how well THAT worked out...
LOL, I was thinking the same thing. Except classic isn't even classic in this case. This is more like they offer new coke and then the classic coke they offer actually tastes like Pepsi.



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Really, everything about the new chat window is so unprofessional in design and I cannot understand how this managed to get past quality assurance in their development process. They choose fluorescent colours for HP/End? Please, where else in the UI design do even get anywhere else near this?
Was thinking this too. One of my first thoughts was, "I'm going to be embarrassed to share screenshots of the game now with UI enabled." It looks childish.


 

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I kind of threw up in my mouth a little when I saw the new team UI, and when I saw the "classic" view, it happened again.

To make matters worse, in order to see names on the "classic" view, I have to put my nose very close to the screen and squint. The color choices are pretty terrible all around.


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Indeed, why call it "classic" when you've changed the look. The original team window was fine, and we've used it for years with no issues. This "new classic" is clunky and, quite frankly, ugly.


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Indeed, why call it "classic" when you've changed the look. The original team window was fine, and we've used it for years with no issues. This "new classic" is clunky and, quite frankly, ugly.
Agreed. I want the old, REAL classic team window back. It was perfect.

I toggled the new team window just to see what it looked like. Hated it and toggled to the "classic" window and thought I was doing something wrong because I wasn't getting the team windows I've been playing with for 6 years(!) now. Who thought this was a better "classic" view??

Why are we trying to change things that don't need to be changed at all? We have so many huge bugs in the game. Instead of working on the team windows how about fixing all the wrong icons in the powers tray?

Also, can we finally fix the gigantic fixed Chat Window now and let it be adjusted like back in all previous Issues?


 

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Yeah,

pls devs remove the Background colors of team Windows (for league its ok) and for Pets Window.

It only hurts the eyes and is distracting from gameplay, that is not an advance, its a step back in a player friendliness GUI.

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Throw in another vote for making the classic UI actually classic. I still can't understand what happened there.

"Hey guys, we have this fine looking UI that's been working for years without a single complaint about it, let's break it."

Seriously, what?

At the very least, an official explanation for what seems to be such an unwarranted change would have been nice.


 

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But if they change the UI back, it'll break pvp! Oh wait, pvp's already broken!

CHANGE IT BACK!

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i thinks that my only 2 issues with i20

team windows (which i dont like but getting use to, slowly.lol)

and trial crashes......... other wise coolio!


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