Suggestion: "Special" power tray
By
Intussusceptor,
Posted on: 2011-04-29 04:12 in Suggestions and Ideas
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I really like your idea. Special powers add a level of depth to missions, and I hope that Lambda is just the beginning. But we need a way to make they easily distinguished from normal powers, and your idea is great. Special powers should not rely on preconfigured binds or empty slots in the first power tray.
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We are totally in agreement on this.
OK, we've all seen the eleventy million bajillion threads about Lambda and Temp Powers. There's several tasks in the game now that require the use of a temp power, but sometimes, that power gets lost among the dozens of buttons we already have.
Right now, when our inspirations tray is open, it is, at most, half the width of the power tray that it's attached to by default. My suggestion is to add a 5x4 tray (same size as the max inspiration tray) beside the insp tray. By default, it will be collapsed, so it doesn't take up any extra screen space.
All temp powers that are currently for certain TFs or Trials, everything from the Clockwork Immobilizer Mk I to the Orestes Rifle to the Molecular Acids get removed from the Temp Powers list, and added to a new list. This list is specifically for powers that are useless outside the task that grants them.
Whenever you get one of these powers, instead of it being added to your tray (if there's room), it's added to the new tray, which automatically expands. The power is right there for your easy use, no digging required. At the end of the task, the power(s) are deleted (like most are anyways), and the tray collapses again.
Also, when one of these powers is granted, instead of the white "You got temporary power!" (does anyone read the white popups any more?), make it a purple "You got an event power!" (Everyone notices purple text).
This won't solve all the problems that come along with "gimmick powers", but at least it will help with the most common: people not knowing that they have them, and people not knowing where they went when they do get them.
@Roderick