Xaida Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Here's a comparison of the new cooldown display options on youtube, especially for those of you who can't log in yet... damn you work/school! I think I like option 3 and 1 without GCD flash. What are you guys picking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmdluke Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 thanks for making this video. the new changes are great. can't wait to try them out when i get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivn Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Show ready flash ON. Show GCD ready flash OFF. Show cooldown text ON. Cooldown style 4 (Dark with no overlay). GCD style 4 (Dark with no overlay). Abilities on cooldown are darkened but with no overlay so i can see if i have the resources to use the ability when it comes off cooldown. Also GCD ready flash off so the bar isnt flashing and blinding me every 1.5secs, but ready flash on so i notice at a glance when an ability finishes cooldown. Practically how i had my WoW actionbars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhit Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) What is my preference? An open interface so I don't have be stuck with just one or two options but can create my own. But that is asking too much... Folks that say mods would ruin the game are probably right. The development team is pretty weak. Heck, /roll wasn't built into the Hero engine and is beyond the skill set of the development team to code. If there was an open interface the people writing the mods would run circles around the TOR developers. Edited February 22, 2012 by Zhit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucisAbyssus Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Here's a comparison of the new cooldown display options on youtube, especially for those of you who can't log in yet... damn you work/school! I think I like option 3 and 1 without GCD flash. What are you guys picking? why does your youtube link look suspicious, that's what im asking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CogitoErgo Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 What is my preference? An open interface so I don't have be stuck with just one or two options but can create my own. But that is asking too much... Folks that say mods would ruin the game are probably right. The development team is pretty weak. Heck, /roll wasn't built into the Hero engine and is beyond the skill set of the development team to code. If there was an open interface the people writing the mods would run circles around the TOR developers. They'll never please everyone with UI stuff. Some people are minimalist, some like stuff everywhere. Some want their action bars on the side or running vertically or neon colored or white. No reason they shouldn't open the game up to at least UI mods. /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDemens Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Show ready flash ON. Show GCD ready flash OFF. Show cooldown text ON. Cooldown style 4 (Dark with no overlay). GCD style 4 (Dark with no overlay). Abilities on cooldown are darkened but with no overlay so i can see if i have the resources to use the ability when it comes off cooldown. Also GCD ready flash off so the bar isnt flashing and blinding me every 1.5secs, but ready flash on so i notice at a glance when an ability finishes cooldown. Practically how i had my WoW actionbars. Your style is exactly my own, for pretty much the same reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xitium Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 why does your youtube link look suspicious, that's what im asking There is nothing wrong with it. Youtube has been using the .be domain for a year now, I want to say. It even some up that way when you click on share now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palamides Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Great video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucisAbyssus Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) There is nothing wrong with it. Youtube has been using the .be domain for a year now, I want to say. It even some up that way when you click on share now. http://www.youtube.com I don't understand. Edited February 22, 2012 by LucisAbyssus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandana_ Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) First of all want to use this space to thank the devs for making the change. You finally got it right and finally everyone will be happy! I play a Juggernaut and I personally go for all cooldowns greyed out, no flashes, no outlines. Edited February 22, 2012 by vandana_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abataamala Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 No ready flash or global ready flash. Option 3 (dark/dark) for both. Text on, largest font, 5 seconds for tenths countdown. Really like this change, particularly for classes that are heavily dependent on CD/GCD (Jedi Knights/Sith Warriors in particular.) I never played WoW, so never developed any real dependency on mods. I'm not against them per se, but do know some of them can be abused (dps meters...yeah, thanks but no.) Sure I'd like to see a combat log, data parser, or personal damage/heal meter, but the idea some twit can boot you from a group because you're not up to a preconceived damage threshold is not my idea of fun. I pride myself at being a pretty decent player, and gravitate toward healing roles. I don't relish the notion of a mod essentially "playing for me" by triggering heals, etc. I'm also not a min/maxer; I play to have fun. So what if my healing is 5% off optimal...everyone lives, and with a good chunk of their health left. That's all that really matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbergs Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Very nice movie! I prefer dark cooldown with overlay, the third one. Also use text, size 16 but actually no tenths of a second, it makes me confused lol. Might add 1 or 2 seconds with tenths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadyne Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Im all in on ready flashes off. Cooldown text on. Cooldown light with no overlay Global dark with no overlay. so nice to choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eudaemonea Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Those are options are nice but there really needs to be one to just shut OFF all visual indicators completely. I still do not like when I use any ability, that 10 other ones have something visually going on also. The blinking/flashing wasn't an issue for me. Having a visual tied to every other spell that's locked out after using one ability is what's bugging my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatFeet Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 The changes in general are just awesome. I went with 1 / 4, with global flashes off, largest text, and 2 seconds for the red countdown in tenths of a second. I can actually tell now very easily what is on cooldown and what is coming up very soon. For a Guardian, everything has some cooldown on it, so this is life changing for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myswtorone Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I went 3 / 4 with all flashes off Thanks for the video btw, some of the differences were hard to notice on my computer but easier to see in the video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catsmeat Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I have both flash options off, numbers on, and 3 and 3. It works great! I was able to turn my gamma back to normal and play without my sunglasses on! Thanks Bioware for the great improvement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmi Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Nice to have choice with the cooldowns. Question I have is why the hell does the cooldown text go grey when the tenths kick in? It just makes no sense for the text to become hard to see when it is close to the end...isn't this when it should be most obvious? PS: I'm color blind so if it's not grey and instead brown or red it's another swtor fail for us color blind folk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarfux Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 why does your youtube link look suspicious, that's what im asking because you are paranoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXes Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 3 on cooldown with flash, 4 on gcd without flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillionsKNives Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) I like the following: Cooldown flash ON GCD flash OFF Cooldown 2 GCD 4 Show Text ON I have noticed that the borders for Cooldown 2 doesn't match the GCD 2. If you set it to Cooldown 2 and GCD 4 it looks like: http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/8711/screenshot2012022218400.jpg If you change it to Cooldown 2 from something else during the cooldown it correctly (in my opinion) gets the white border: http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/8021/screenshot2012022218394.jpg For comparison here is Cooldown 2 and GCD 2: http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1177/screenshot2012022218404.jpg Edit: Some seem to get the border and some don't. It's pretty inconsistent. http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2770/screenshot2012022219143.jpg Edited February 23, 2012 by MillionsKNives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpitERI Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I have no preference when it comes to the dark/light overlay, etc., I was just happy to see a numerical countdown implemented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptwonline Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Show ready flash ON. Show GCD ready flash OFF. Show cooldown text OFF. (I would leave it on if it was only the last few seconds) Cooldown style 4 (Dark with no overlay). GCD style 4 (Dark with no overlay). 100x better than the abomination we just had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myswtorone Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I like the following: Cooldown flash ON GCD flash OFF Cooldown 2 GCD 4 Show Text ON I have noticed that the borders for Cooldown 2 doesn't match the GCD 2. If you set it to Cooldown 2 and GCD 4 it looks like: http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/8711/screenshot2012022218400.jpg If you change it to Cooldown 2 from something else during the cooldown it correctly (in my opinion) gets the white border: http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/8021/screenshot2012022218394.jpg For comparison here is Cooldown 2 and GCD 2: http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1177/screenshot2012022218404.jpg Edit: Some seem to get the border and some don't. It's pretty inconsistent. http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2770/screenshot2012022219143.jpg Hmmm, nice catch. Gonna bug report it, just for consistancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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