Please consider improving UI/design and my idea....

Toophat82 · April 2014

I was thinking about a way to keep current design but making it a little more MMO friendly so how about this. Allow us to be able to switch between 3 quick bars instead of current 2 quick bars! That would allow us to have and switch to one quick bar for each of the 3 active ability powers/trees that you can choose your abilities from if we want to!

Now also change quick bars from 5+1 setup to 6+1 setup instead because i see that the 5+1 makes sense in way since there's only 5 abilities plus 1 Ultimate per Class Power Tree which so I can see how that makes sense in one way for anyone that would want to only put the 5 abilities plus 1 ultimate from one tree into a quick bar they can but how about for those who like to take abilities from each tree and mix it up? For those people think if you made the quick bars a 6+1 instead of the current 5+1 it would allow those people to at least be able to take 2 abilities from each tree and mix and match without breaking game design.

Now what I'm asking isn't hard or bad so please think about this all I'm saying is make quick bars 6+1 instead of the current 5+1 and allow us to be able to switch between 3 quick bars instead of the current 2 quick bars we are allowed to switch between atm. Now if the 6+1 can happen at least allow us to be able to switch between 3 quick bars instead of the current 2 we are allowed!!!

Please think about what I'm asking you will see that its not much but something that can better the experience a lot for PC players that have been playing MMOs for along time yet still work for console also since its still same design/UI. This is a change that would make would make a lot of people happier and yet not *** any people off that like the current design since its still same design with minor improvements and is something that still works for PC and Consoles since really its only one more quick bar that you can switch to and one more slot if you consider and make that change too,

So to recap 6 abilities plus 1 ultimate (6+1) instead of the current (5+1) per quick bar and your able to switch between 3 quick bars instead of the current 2 quick bars you can switch between now. Now if you wouldn't consider the 6+1 idea at least please consider the 3 quick bars instead of 2 idea I mean there's no reason to not and it wouldn't upset anyone but make a lot people happier and enjoy the experience more. xD

cubansyrusb16_ESO · April 2014

You only have 2 bars because you have 2 weapons ..... having 3 weapons slotted wouldn't make sense, 2 is more realistic as you can easily carry a
sword + a shield + a 2hand weapon at once in real life.

6 bars would make very little difference than the 5 we have now, not worth the development time tbh. I would not object to a slot like the ultimate slot for slotting in a buff, again this is trivial and not worth the time.

Remember this is a design choice and has not come about because of console users, if you think this is the reason your wrong a controller could have easy 18 skills running on the paddle buttons + D-pad.

Toophat82 · May 2014

Never said you need to have a weapon to have a bar that's just something in the design they went with and having more bars always makes a difference especially if your a PC MMO player that is use to less constrained UIs.

Now allowing us to switch between more then 2 bars wouldn't hurt the current design since those who only like to switch between 2 bars can continue to do so. Its bad enough the 5+1 bar they use aren't enough and suited more for consoles/controllers but on top of that you only allowed 2 bars. Also as far as switching bars goes they can easily make to where we can switch bars with out switching weapons and design would still pretty much be the same with the exception that you can switch bars without having to switch weapons.

What I don't get is why not allow more options and customization with the UI I mean this is an MMO and almost every MMO you play allows some customization if not complete. PC users use a keyboard and mouse and not just a controller so why make us have to use a limited and constrained UI just because its easier for them I mean would it really have been so hard to give us more then one choice with UIs?

Now if having more bars would not be something they want to do adding more slots could be the other solution like maybe making it 6+1, 7+1, or 8 +1, then 2 bars would be fine and a lot of longtime MMO players that aren't happy or don't like current UI design would be more willing to give ESO a shot or stay instead of leaving for another MMO. Btw so you understand I said 5 slots for normal abilities because 1 slot is for ultimate only in case anyone wonders why.

I myself find that having only 5 slots for normal abilities is not enough I mean besides normal magic and stamina abilities you have buffs, group buffs, guild abilities, taunts, and other abilities that you do not have enough room for. Plus part of what is great about MMOs is its UI and being able to do a lot with it with ESO you don't have that option and on top of that the only option you do have is a design that is limited and constrained that is so suited more for consoles/controllers.

This pisses me off because FFXIV is a console MMO that offers a UI that can work both on controllers and the PC keyboard and mouse combo too without having to do what ESO did and btw never mind that consoles that MMOS are on offer the option to use a keyboard and mouse just like PC. So they could have offered more options to how we can play ESO or even made the UI more customizable! But I guess the easy route is always the better route right?