The Key Feature Overhaul

ubermick · May 9, 2022

My personal hope is that the key feature overhaul is the awful wheel menus when on foot, and they do something a bit more like... gag... Star Citizen did. Press Q to open your menu, but instead of that wheel with dodgy font choices, you bring your wrist into your field of vision, and get to select things on screen on that.

Rat Catcher · May 9, 2022

ubermick said:
My personal hope is that the key feature overhaul is the awful wheel menus when on foot, and they do something a bit more like... gag... Star Citizen did. Press Q to open your menu, but instead of that wheel with dodgy font choices, you bring your wrist into your field of vision, and get to select things on screen on that.

Need VR to really appreciate such sublety, though!

Dillon Fallon · May 9, 2022

Rat Catcher said:
I know... But this was the first image that came up with "EVA" on a search... Worrying...
(Apparently some wrestler, or something)

I get Eva Green. This may say something about our search histories.

aquilla · May 9, 2022

Rat Catcher said:
I know... But this was the first image that came up with "EVA" on a search... Worrying...
(Apparently some wrestler, or something)

thats disturbing , ah makes sense , I get eva mendes , eva longoria etc, just lots of actors lol

aquilla · May 9, 2022

ubermick said:
My personal hope is that the key feature overhaul is the awful wheel menus when on foot, and they do something a bit more like... gag... Star Citizen did. Press Q to open your menu, but instead of that wheel with dodgy font choices, you bring your wrist into your field of vision, and get to select things on screen on that.

yes and dont forget , it doesnt work , that little wheel almost does nothing try saluting someone using that little wheel , will take you a good 2 minutes for it to actually move ,

ubermick · May 9, 2022

aquilla said:
yes and dont forget , it doesnt work , that little wheel almost does nothing try saluting someone using that little wheel , will take you a good 2 minutes for it to actually move ,

Oh god I gave up trying to do that, and just bound each emote to the numpad on my keyboard.

aquilla · May 9, 2022

ubermick said:
Oh god I gave up trying to do that, and just bound each emote to the numpad on my keyboard.

going to that now myself

Montague · May 9, 2022

I'd love it if there were more interesting things going on in the bar. I won't specify what. Just make it more worthwhile as a place to spend time in game.

But if there's only one key feature being overhauled in 2023, I hope it's something else that's more vital.

Rat Catcher · May 9, 2022

Dillon Fallon said:
I get Eva Green. This may say something about our search histories.

I was using @Bottom Hat 's login...

Dillon Fallon · May 9, 2022

Montague said:
I'd love it if there were more interesting things going on in the bar. I won't specify what. Just make it more worthwhile as a place to spend time in game.

But if there's only one key feature being overhauled in 2023, I hope it's something else that's more vital.

Low sec and anarchy bars should basically be like Mos Eisley cantina.

Bottom Hat · May 9, 2022

Rat Catcher said:
I was using @Bottom Hat 's login...

You wouldn't be far wrong either - I have a very large soft spot for her, although sometimes it's not that soft....

Ultra-Chris · May 9, 2022

ubermick said:
My personal hope is that the key feature overhaul is the awful wheel menus when on foot, and they do something a bit more like... gag... Star Citizen did. Press Q to open your menu, but instead of that wheel with dodgy font choices, you bring your wrist into your field of vision, and get to select things on screen on that.

A whole UI revamp would be welcome.

Since it doesn't have to be restricted by a console gamepad anymore, how about a drag and drop interface for easier ship module loadouts.

Sysmon · May 9, 2022

xzanfr said:
I like to have a drink in real life then fly about in my spaceship.

Why not do both at the same time? VR just requires a straw, or good aim.

S

Frankymole · May 9, 2022

Rat Catcher said:
Why anyone would wish to buy a drink - even as immersion - is beyond me... But if that is what you want, well, who am I to naysay you?

Just think how much fun folk could be having playing the perpetual alpha instead: Having to get up out of bed, run around like a headless chicken, take a train and hope that they don't fall through the environment into space, eventually find their ship and hopefully manage to take off without dying, it is so much fun!

Maybe the drinks would be like water in Subnautica. Unless you have a drink every 20 minutes (or whatever), you die...

Do SC streamers fall through the environment and die? I must watch some of their streams for a laugh...

CmdrKafka · May 9, 2022

A long time ago I played a MUD* where drinking at the bar helped you heal faster and temporarily increased some of your stats (strength, constitution), while also reducing your probability of hitting the enemy. You’d also ‘slur’ your wordsh when chatting with other players in funny ways. Perhaps bartenders could sell something like that, you could either drink them at the bar or take them with you to the battle.

*multi user dungeon, the original text based online mmorpg

Chaparral · May 9, 2022

Pretty sure it's material gathering mechanics.

There are plenty of times that the material I need to gather is a drink at the bar of course.

Shinra · May 10, 2022

Wait. You want to spend ARX, which costs real cash-money, on a virtual drink in a game? Am I understanding this right?

Mark Zero · May 10, 2022

Shinra said:
Wait. You want to spend ARX, which costs real cash-money, on a virtual drink in a game? Am I understanding this right?

Yes. Because if the drinks cost ARX, all of a sudden all the crying about "WHY CAN'T WE HAVE DRINKS AT THE BAR" will turn into "nah nah we're good".

It's a perfect solution, too! ARX can only be used for things that are completely superfluous and add cosmetic flavor to the game but no distinct gameplay advantages!

Mark Zero · May 10, 2022

ubermick said:
My personal hope is that the key feature overhaul is the awful wheel menus when on foot, and they do something a bit more like... gag... Star Citizen did. Press Q to open your menu, but instead of that wheel with dodgy font choices, you bring your wrist into your field of vision, and get to select things on screen on that.

Maybe. I dunno if we need a full-blown MobiGlas/PipBoy style thing. And if we did, I think it'd only make sense for that main radial menu on Q, which is the one I don't really have any issues with.

The ones that cause a problem are the equipment radial and the emote radial, because for some reason they think me pointing my mouse in a given direction is a mild suggestion instead of an attempt to interact with it.

That said, if the UI/UX devs were considering implementing a more screen-based menu, I wouldn't be opposed.

CmdrKafka · May 10, 2022

Mark Zero said:
Yes. Because if the drinks cost ARX, all of a sudden all the crying about "WHY CAN'T WE HAVE DRINKS AT THE BAR" will turn into "nah nah we're good".

It's a perfect solution, too! ARX can only be used for things that are completely superfluous and add cosmetic flavor to the game but no distinct gameplay advantages!

I’m starting to warm up to the arx idea, but with the following;

1. drinks cost arx (but are really cheap, like 1)
2, consuming a drink increases some other stat for you that does not help you win, but is desirable somehow… what could that be? (Need your help with this)
3. You should be able to buy drinks for others, this would be a great way to reward friends for help, respect an enemy for their skills in combat…. Etc…