Post by contributor on Jan 28, 2013 23:38:52 GMT -5
I thought of a few tweaks that might make the Status menus more intuitive. I've gotten used to the way it is now, but when I was a new player it took me a while to figure things out.
I know that a lot of wish list items can't be implemented for technical reasons or because they have limited value for the work they would require, so if this isn't helpful, no problem.
Instead of narrating everything I put together a little spread sheet to illustrate my suggestions you can view it here:
docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Am1UmVmxQNwIdHlXeHp1N1BQSHhfZ0NadnFjejZMc1E
A few highlights are:
1. Moving "Cargo" under the "Ship" menu and replacing it with "Quadrant" at the top level. It always seemed weird to me to access conflicts, etc. through the "Cargo" menu.
2. Move faction conflicts info directly under "Quadrant" to eliminate a tap for most accessed information. I tend to use my tablet in portrait orientation so I don't get this button on the movement map, which leads to another suggestion that an option to display these buttons in portrait orientation might be helpful for tablet players.
3. Tried to do something to set the top level buttons apart from the sub-options so it doesn't look like you are looking at 6 equal buttons. I chose bold but there may be other ways to do that (color/border/lines?). I know you're using bold to draw attention to things like training availability and contracts at locations.
So I don't know if these are possible or if other players would find them useful, of course I know that moving buttons around will always seem annoying for players who've already been playing for awhile.
I know that a lot of wish list items can't be implemented for technical reasons or because they have limited value for the work they would require, so if this isn't helpful, no problem.
Instead of narrating everything I put together a little spread sheet to illustrate my suggestions you can view it here:
docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Am1UmVmxQNwIdHlXeHp1N1BQSHhfZ0NadnFjejZMc1E
A few highlights are:
1. Moving "Cargo" under the "Ship" menu and replacing it with "Quadrant" at the top level. It always seemed weird to me to access conflicts, etc. through the "Cargo" menu.
2. Move faction conflicts info directly under "Quadrant" to eliminate a tap for most accessed information. I tend to use my tablet in portrait orientation so I don't get this button on the movement map, which leads to another suggestion that an option to display these buttons in portrait orientation might be helpful for tablet players.
3. Tried to do something to set the top level buttons apart from the sub-options so it doesn't look like you are looking at 6 equal buttons. I chose bold but there may be other ways to do that (color/border/lines?). I know you're using bold to draw attention to things like training availability and contracts at locations.
So I don't know if these are possible or if other players would find them useful, of course I know that moving buttons around will always seem annoying for players who've already been playing for awhile.
