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[Carrioncrows]

10 - Zoom able mini map

I don't need it to see where bad guys are, I just wish I could zoom it in so I could travel in reverse and avoid hitting teammates and terrain by looking at the mini map.

Edit: Smaller point make Artillery and Airstrikes show up on the minimap.

9 - AMS off switch

I've only got a ton, and I am not interested in spending it all while I am in a ECM death ball. Save it for when I really need it. Or better yet switch it to "Selfish" mode so it only targets missiles targeting me.

8 - Heatsinks, Engine size and number of jumpjets listed when I hover my mouse over a mech in mechlab.

It is annoying as XXXX having to view the mech sheet just to find that info out every stinking time.

7 - Pushing the ESC key would bring up the menu for exit the game.

No I don't want to log out first, I just want to leave.

6 - Getting rid of confirmation menus on bought skills

Yes I know I just unlocked that skill, it says unlocked right there and I paid my GXP for it, I don't need yet another menu to pop up that I "HAVE" to click to confirm what that is indeed unlocked in case I somehow forgot that I clicked it in the previous split second.

5. Unless someone is actually talking in Menu chat, don't make it blink.

Having the social menu blink every time someone logs in and out is getting old fast, and it's only been a day.

4. Able to still in game chat while I am searching for a match.

Why do i have to be locked into a searching menu with the big cancel key in the middle, why can't I still chit chat to people while I wait for a match to que up.

3. Narc indicator or Tag indicator

For all that is good and holy let me know if I am being Tagged or Narced. Have an little Icon pop up that means an enemy mech just Narc'd me or I am being Tagged.

2. Remove LRM5 and AC 2 screen shake

It's not supposed to be an earthquake simulator. AC5 on up I get but AC2's and LRM5's not a chance. While we are at it, remove clan LRM screen shake as well since they come in at one at a time.

1. Give me an option to skip bad maps.

I WOULD PAY MC TO NEVER PLAY TERRA THERMA AGAIN IN CASUAL PLAY

Edited by Carrioncrows, 27 August 2014 - 02:15 AM.

[Wolfways]

Carrioncrows, on 27 August 2014 - 02:09 AM, said:

10 - Zoom able mini map

I don't need it to see where bad guys are, I just wish I could zoom it in so I could travel in reverse and avoid hitting teammates and terrain by looking at the mini map.

Edit: Smaller point make Artillery and Airstrikes show up on the minimap.

9 - AMS off switch

I've only got a ton, and I am not interested in spending it all while I am in a ECM death ball. Save it for when I really need it. Or better yet switch it to "Selfish" mode so it only targets missiles targeting me.

8 - Heatsinks, Engine size and number of jumpjets listed when I hover my mouse over a mech in mechlab.

It is annoying as XXXX having to view the mech sheet just to find that info out every stinking time.

7 - Pushing the ESC key would bring up the menu for exit the game.

No I don't want to log out first, I just want to leave.

6 - Getting rid of confirmation menus on bought skills

Yes I know I just unlocked that skill, it says unlocked right there and I paid my GXP for it, I don't need yet another menu to pop up that I "HAVE" to click to confirm what that is indeed unlocked in case I somehow forgot that I clicked it in the previous split second.

5. Unless someone is actually talking in Menu chat, don't make it blink.

Having the social menu blink every time someone logs in and out is getting old fast, and it's only been a day.

4. Able to still in game chat while I am searching for a match.

Why do i have to be locked into a searching menu with the big cancel key in the middle, why can't I still chit chat to people while I wait for a match to que up.

Aye.

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3. Narc indicator or Tag indicator

For all that is good and holy let me know if I am being Tagged or Narced. Have an little Icon pop up that means an enemy mech just Narc'd me or I am being Tagged.

NARC yes, TAG no. The mech using TAG is already holding a red laser in place that leads straight back to him.

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2. Remove LRM5 and AC 2 screen shake

It's not supposed to be an earthquake simulator. AC5 on up I get but AC2's and LRM5's not a chance. While we are at it, remove clan LRM screen shake as well since they come in at one at a time.

Reduce yes, remove no. There should still be a little cockpit shake from a missiles hitting your mech.

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1. Give me an option to skip bad maps.

I WOULD PAY MC TO NEVER PLAY TERRA THERMA AGAIN IN CASUAL PLAY

No...mainly because people would skip maps that are bad for their favourite build (for example we'd never see energy-heavy builds on Terra Therma) but also because all the maps (except most of Crimson Straits) are bad.

[Monkey Lover]

noise when you hit something and can't move like tiny truck or make it start moving to the left/right if its not moving and your pressing forward.

[SnowdogJJJ]

We can't even get simple UI 2.0 changes, it seems that the only thing PGI cares to invest in is another mech you can buy for real cash. I applaud their tenacity to stick to a business plan that funds their epically slow development model.

Imagine if they changed course and gave the community some of what it has asked for, ahh but if fishes was wishes there would be no room in the rivers.

[FDJustin]

I'm in agreement with Wolfways. Great set of suggestions though, and yes, most of those would be easy fixes.

[Slackjawlocal]

I would like to know the loadouts and hardpoints of a mech I am about to purchase or want to purchase with out having to look it up on a site.Maybe it's because i am new and i have not found the button to push but i figured if i click on the mech in the store the mech would show up on the right hand side where i can click the info button to see the mechs details. you wouldn't buy a car with out looking at the bells and whistles.

Also maybe I am new and have not found the button yet but being able to scroll back the chat would help. Sometimes miss stuff when a lot of people are going down and talking at the same time.

[Pika]

Slackjawlocal, on 27 August 2014 - 03:18 AM, said:

I would like to know the loadouts and hardpoints of a mech I am about to purchase or want to purchase with out having to look it up on a site.Maybe it's because i am new and i have not found the button to push but i figured if i click on the mech in the store the mech would show up on the right hand side where i can click the info button to see the mechs details. you wouldn't buy a car with out looking at the bells and whistles.

Also maybe I am new and have not found the button yet but being able to scroll back the chat would help. Sometimes miss stuff when a lot of people are going down and talking at the same time.

Don't you just hover over the mech in the Lab for about 3 seconds and a slide out thing appears for that?

[EvilCow]

Please remove from UI all dialogs that just have an OK button except for error dialogs. Removing confirmation dialogs for operations that are reversible would be a good idea too.

The fact that an operation is complete is evident already because the system is no more doing its "busy" animation.

[Troutmonkey]

Pika, on 27 August 2014 - 03:30 AM, said:

Don't you just hover over the mech in the Lab for about 3 seconds and a slide out thing appears for that?

Do you know how long 3 seconds is? That hover over state should be damn near instant

[Wolfways]

Troutmonkey, on 27 August 2014 - 04:51 AM, said:

Do you know how long 3 seconds is? That hover over state should be damn near instant

Maybe that would be too fast for the server to handle and cause lag

[Alistair Winter]

Pika, on 27 August 2014 - 03:30 AM, said:

Don't you just hover over the mech in the Lab for about 3 seconds and a slide out thing appears for that?

UI 2.0 has a crapton of 2-3 second delays. Individually, they're not a problem. But spend 30 minutes tinkering with Mechlab, Skills, Camo, etc, and all those tiny delays add up to several wasted minutes.

Carrioncrows, on 27 August 2014 - 02:09 AM, said:

10 - Zoom able mini map
I don't need it to see where bad guys are, I just wish I could zoom it in so I could travel in reverse and avoid hitting teammates and terrain by looking at the mini map.

Although the minimap doesn't show all the tiny pipes and rocks and statues that your mech should be able to walk over, but isn't. I'd prefer a rear cam, which is equally easy to do.

Carrioncrows, on 27 August 2014 - 02:09 AM, said:

7 - Pushing the ESC key would bring up the menu for exit the game.
No I don't want to log out first, I just want to leave.

I always alt+F4

Carrioncrows, on 27 August 2014 - 02:09 AM, said:

6 - Getting rid of confirmation menus on bought skills
Yes I know I just unlocked that skill, it says unlocked right there and I paid my GXP for it, I don't need yet another menu to pop up that I "HAVE" to click to confirm what that is indeed unlocked in case I somehow forgot that I clicked it in the previous split second.

Best way to do this, I think, is to just let the player make all the changes in the pilot skills and mech skills, and then only require a confirmation and tiny waiting period when he clicks 'save'. Just like the Mechlab. There's no need to communicate back and forth with the server for every skill I'm upgrading.

Carrioncrows, on 27 August 2014 - 02:09 AM, said:

3. Narc indicator or Tag indicator
For all that is good and holy let me know if I am being Tagged or Narced. Have an little Icon pop up that means an enemy mech just Narc'd me or I am being Tagged.

Yep. This mech can tell me whether each and every missile in a volley of 60 hit their target, but it doesn't know if it has a 10 kilo beacon slam into it at several hundred meters per second, digging itself into the armour.

Carrioncrows, on 27 August 2014 - 02:09 AM, said:

1. Give me an option to skip bad maps.
I WOULD PAY MC TO NEVER PLAY TERRA THERMA AGAIN IN CASUAL PLAY

Will happen in CW. Unless they already changed their opinion on this.


I agree with most of the stuff on the list, btw. Will never happen though. Enjoy.

Edited by Alistair Winter, 27 August 2014 - 05:03 AM.

[Troutmonkey]

11. The "Play" button immediately launches Match Maker. A separate button for private lobbies will be added next to it.

[Johnny Z]

1. Play button properly renamed "DROP" because this is a mechwarrior game.

2. A load screen of a dropship so that this mechwarrior game has some form of dropships in it!!

3. Mechlab renamed "Mech Bay" because this is a mech warrior game.

4. Remove redundant weapons grouping graffiti around the aim point in game. There is already a second weapons group ui that takes up the lower right part of the screen.

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5. Completely remove the blue and red team numbers and the count down clock from the main ui. Put it anywhere else, to the side so that cntrl can be held to look over, or in the battle grid. Either way this is graffiti and makes the game look cheap and i have some other much stronger words for it.

Or just completely remove it because TAB shows the same thing, minus the clock.

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Im sure these could be done in an hour and would mean alot to anyone that thought they were playing a Mechwarrior game.

Also many of the OP's top ten would be great to, especially the ams off/on switch and the functionality of the DROP button.

Edited by Johnny Z, 27 August 2014 - 06:39 AM.

[Impyrium]

Pretty much with up until the last point. I never, ever want to see map choice in the skirmish style gameplay we have now. Until we have deeper battlefield objectives which don't revolve around simply killing off your opposing team, it's only going to hurt the game.

Edited by AUSwarrior24, 27 August 2014 - 06:45 AM.

[Conn Man]

The weapons list should also show what section each one is mounted in. (HD, LT, RA, etc.)

[Bromineberry]

1.: Toggable AMS
2.: Narc indicator
3.: Beeing able to save loadouts in the mechbay (so that I can reload a different loadout within seconds as long as the needed equipment is available) Or has the mechlab this feature and I just missed it?
4.: Beeing able to choose, what Betty is telling me. I don't need to hear "New target aquired", because I already know that...I mean...I hit the button for this action. Other stuff is more usefull, but I shut her off completely, simply because after the 20th "New Target aquired" I can't stand it anymore.
5.: A rear view camera....
6.: Being able to put the weapon EXACTLY, where you want it to be. Not just "right side torso" but "ride side torso, the two uppermost positions".

Edited by Bromineberry, 27 August 2014 - 06:58 AM.

[Tarl Cabot]

Slackjawlocal, on 27 August 2014 - 03:18 AM, said:

I would like to know the loadouts and hardpoints of a mech I am about to purchase or want to purchase with out having to look it up on a site.Maybe it's because i am new and i have not found the button to push but i figured if i click on the mech in the store the mech would show up on the right hand side where i can click the info button to see the mechs details. you wouldn't buy a car with out looking at the bells and whistles.

yes, definitely in the Store area. The current way to see mech details in game is to select Mechlab/Purchasable/Select the mech. That brings up the mech to the right, then select Mech details at the bottom right.

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Also maybe I am new and have not found the button yet but being able to scroll back the chat would help. Sometimes miss stuff when a lot of people are going down and talking at the same time.

They have definite need to improve the chat window for both lobby/combat but do not hold your breath.

[Bhael Fire]

Carrioncrows, on 27 August 2014 - 02:09 AM, said:

6 - Getting rid of confirmation menus on bought skills

So much this. I agree with most of your other requests, but this one REALLY annoys me. This dialog box serves absolutely NO function and needs to be removed immediately.

[Sorbic]

9 I used to like the idea of AMS toggle but then came to realize that folks would just be selfish and screw over their team, and by extension, themselves. I'd rather have it stop shooting when an object blocks it's path and have the ammo per ton bumped up. It just runs out far to quickly now.

8 Displaying basic info in Mechbay. Yes, yes yes. Yes.

6 Skill pop up. Yeah, that extra pop up is annoying.

[Carrie Harder]

I'd accept AC/2 shake removal if you restored its original RoF back and removed it from heat. Deal?