I'd like to see the ability to select characters from the server selection screen. Here's a rough example of how this could be done. Discussion follows.
What first prompted me to rethink the server select screen was going back to this account and not knowing what characters I have and where. I then realised that Free and most Premium players will have few characters, so selecting a server from a list of 16 just to get to a character is an overkill.
I propose the following elements:
Number of characters per server: The number of characters unlocked per server and the number of total characters per server (if different) are shown.
Server list sort:
Recent - by character login time. The server with the most recent logged in character is shown first. Servers with no characters can show based on load.
Load - show all server by load from light to heavy.
Name - alphabetical list of servers
Recent characters: images (can be realtime rendered or not) of the most recently played characters, with some character details and which server they're on.
Other characters (optional): images of the next few recent characters. Clicking on it will bring a page of recent characters, showing more (possibly all) characters, and allowing other sorts, such as by server, AT or name.
I'd like to see the ability to select characters from the server selection screen. Here's a rough example of how this could be done. Discussion follows.
A slightly larger version is available here.
What first prompted me to rethink the server select screen was going back to this account and not knowing what characters I have and where. I then realised that Free and most Premium players will have few characters, so selecting a server from a list of 16 just to get to a character is an overkill.
I propose the following elements:
Number of characters per server: The number of characters unlocked per server and the number of total characters per server (if different) are shown.
Server list sort:
- Recent - by character login time. The server with the most recent logged in character is shown first. Servers with no characters can show based on load.
- Load - show all server by load from light to heavy.
- Name - alphabetical list of servers
Recent characters: images (can be realtime rendered or not) of the most recently played characters, with some character details and which server they're on.Other characters (optional): images of the next few recent characters. Clicking on it will bring a page of recent characters, showing more (possibly all) characters, and allowing other sorts, such as by server, AT or name.