Console quality of life improvements

MrGigglypants · July 2015

So a few things I feel would help console users a lot are

A minimap with group players shown on it at the least or at least for now showing them on your compass in addition to the group lead.

Some way to target lock and unlock idk maybe via clicking the left joy stick or something would be valuable in PvP for picking out healers etc.

A quick switch on voice chat channels to go from guild and group chat smoothly without opening a menu.

And last but not least not to beat a dead horse or anything I'd like to see text changes for lfgs trading etc and a trading section on these forums.

Thanks for reading input is welcomed.

MissBizz · July 2015

MrGigglypants wrote: »

So a few things I feel would help console users a lot are

A minimap with group players shown on it at the least or at least for now showing them on your compass in addition to the group lead.

Some way to target lock and unlock idk maybe via clicking the left joy stick or something would be valuable in PvP for picking out healers etc.

A quick switch on voice chat channels to go from guild and group chat smoothly without opening a menu.

And last but not least not to beat a dead horse or anything I'd like to see text changes for lfgs trading etc and a trading section on these forums.

Thanks for reading input is welcomed.

+1 for minimap for all platforms

A quick way to switch voice chats would be awesome, but no idea what button could be used.

MrGigglypants · July 2015

Me either maybe the same format as when you delete a character l2 r2 l1 r1 to prompt then directional with left joy stick to channel choice and release .

VilhelmValhalla4 · July 2015

Personally, I wouldn't want a minimap, but overall, there should be more options for HUD layout because we don't have the luxury of modding our interface on console. We should be able to put all the accoutrements we want on the screen, minimap in any corner skill-bar at the bottom and top, and same for the compass. Conversely, we should be able to remove things we don't want, such as the compass or floating markers. Also, there should be more options to change control schemes. Another helpful thing would either be to add to the emote wheel or add the emote tab outside of the social heading for ease of access. One thing that has bothered me since the beginning is that weird burned edges/parchment effect at the edge of the screen. It is most easily visible in snowy areas or in-front of white or light colored backdrops, and it seems no amount of scaling the screen remedies this problem.

bedlom · July 2015

No to mini map unless i can turn it off i have never played a TES game with a mini map less screen clutter on eso the better imo

Chat box is needed

And more options like to turn off all the combat indicaters too cartoony for elder scrolls

More carrying and storing space

Attorneyatlawl · July 2015

I'm just going to leave this here...

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http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/160517/user-interface-and-quality-of-life-problems-eso-2-0-is-good-lets-make-it-better

All of those improvements equally apply to consoles.

Attorneyatlawl · July 2015

VilhelmValhalla4 wrote: »

Personally, I wouldn't want a minimap, but overall, there should be more options for HUD layout because we don't have the luxury of modding our interface on console. We should be able to put all the accoutrements we want on the screen, minimap in any corner skill-bar at the bottom and top, and same for the compass. Conversely, we should be able to remove things we don't want, such as the compass or floating markers. Also, there should be more options to change control schemes. Another helpful thing would either be to add to the emote wheel or add the emote tab outside of the social heading for ease of access. One thing that has bothered me since the beginning is that weird burned edges/parchment effect at the edge of the screen. It is most easily visible in snowy areas or in-front of white or light colored backdrops, and it seems no amount of scaling the screen remedies this problem.

Add a minimap and then let people who don't want it, like yourself

, simply not toggle it on.

In particular I have to call out the burnt parchment-style overlay that surrounds the entire screen. Playing on a high-quality 4K PC monitor, it's extremely irritating, readily visible in lighter areas of the game world such as the desert, a lot of parts of Cyrodiil, and most cities, and awkwardly frames the screen for no absolutely no reason in the first place

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MissBizz · July 2015

bedlom wrote: »

No to mini map unless i can turn it off i have never played a TES game with a mini map less screen clutter on eso the better imo

Chat box is needed

And more options like to turn off all the combat indicaters too cartoony for elder scrolls

More carrying and storing space

Oh, I completely agree the minimap should be able to be turned off. I don't think anyone wants to FORCE it upon everyone, but I'm sure everyone loves options

dabulls7491 · July 2015

And the ability to see dps and healing

MrGigglypants · July 2015

I think we can all agree most UI options should be toggle able much like having your skill bar on at all times is from the settings menu. I think they would have to go this route with textual chat as well kind of like dcuo has their chat setup. I imagine they would have to go with its own ui menu entirely where you would have to goto a tab like journal to see text based chat or communicate via chat.

GioKaPow · July 2015

MrGigglypants wrote: »

So a few things I feel would help console users a lot are

A minimap with group players shown on it at the least or at least for now showing them on your compass in addition to the group lead.

Some way to target lock and unlock idk maybe via clicking the left joy stick or something would be valuable in PvP for picking out healers etc.

A quick switch on voice chat channels to go from guild and group chat smoothly without opening a menu.

And last but not least not to beat a dead horse or anything I'd like to see text changes for lfgs trading etc and a trading section on these forums.

Thanks for reading input is welcomed.

I would like all of what you discussed. Would make my nerd gaming life easier!

Attorneyatlawl · July 2015

dabulls7491 wrote: »

And the ability to see dps and healing

This! Options are good. Let us all choose for ourselves how to play and group with others who do the same.

cerrudo33 · July 2015

Floating combat text and proc alerts would be awesome as a sorc, being forced to look at my hands for an indicator which can be hidden in casting animations or get you killed in movement/dodge based fights is not fun to say the least...

Not to mention I would love to see those big numbers just to get an idea of how my changes effect the damage, etc... The mods are already written for of version so it should basically be a copy and paste for the bulk of it and tailor to console right? No clue about coding but shouldn't be to time consuming...?

Steel_Brightblade · July 2015

I would like to have a lock channel option.often when I group with Guild we don't want to leave ghold chat but get forced into group chat randomly when we zone our join groups, very annoying.

Attorneyatlawl · July 2015

MrGigglypants wrote: »

I think we can all agree most UI options should be toggle able much like having your skill bar on at all times is from the settings menu. I think they would have to go this route with textual chat as well kind of like dcuo has their chat setup. I imagine they would have to go with its own ui menu entirely where you would have to goto a tab like journal to see text based chat or communicate via chat.

I think that really covers it, honestly

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MrGigglypants · July 2015

I think with splat data (DPs/heals) it would be best to limit it to targeted personnel only so that it doesn't create lag spikes and unintelligible information I think most of us want to know what are singles are critting for and what we are being hit for.

ZOS_ArtG · July 2015

Hello everyone,

We understand that you all are trying to share your thoughts on each consoles quality of life improvements, however discussion has a similar thread already opened titled User interface and quality of life problems! ESO 2.0 is good... let's make it better.
In order to consolidate feedback on this issue, we're going to close this thread. We encourage you to head to the above thread to continue this discussion and provide your ideas. Thank you for your understanding.