Tales of Tribute turn notification banner feels very out of place - Please consider changing

griffrawk · June 2022

The banner that appears prompting you to take your turn (or informing who is taking the first turn) feels very out of place in the overall styling of the game graphics. The black bar just looks wrong. It appears just when my eye is trying to see what my opponents Prestige score is, and covers it completely for a second or two.

Other ToT tooltips have a decent amount of alpha transparency. Could this not be amended to match, and it doesn't need to stretch over the whole screen? Maybe put it in a box?

PS4-EU

AmandaLubyk · June 2022

I agree.

NeuroticPixels · June 2022

I believe it uses one of the game’s notification panels. The “main” one. (There’s 2 or 3 different ones.) So if you could move that on console like we can on PC (with addons), then you could put it somewhere better.

In order for ZOS to move it, they’d have to give it its own panel (or whatever you’d like to call it) and I can promise you, that’ll never happen.

LurgidBean · June 2022

griffrawk wrote: »

The banner that appears prompting you to take your turn (or informing who is taking the first turn) feels very out of place in the overall styling of the game graphics. The black bar just looks wrong. It appears just when my eye is trying to see what my opponents Prestige score is, and covers it completely for a second or two.

Other ToT tooltips have a decent amount of alpha transparency. Could this not be amended to match, and it doesn't need to stretch over the whole screen? Maybe put it in a box?

PS4-EU

Multiple guildies have mentioned this terrible design choice to HIDE the score before you start your turn. Smh.

Lnin0 · June 2022

How about when you have a discard on your turn and this huge black bar blocks your view of the cards for an eternity.

There are a ton a minor nuisances with the UI that you would not expect from a chapter’s lead feature.

- viewing tavern card block view of coins you have.
- no way to permanently disable tool tip on deck selection screen
- No indication when prompted to select free card from tavern what amount it is for. Problematic if you have two selections and don’t know which amount is first.
- On console the back button is inconsistent- some cases it’s B and others it’s Menu button
- Game forces you to jump through hoops “confirming” what deck you start with but no confirmation for destroying a card or ending turn without making move (I’ve literally had cursor sitting on hour glass when I thought it was on play pile and clicked away my turn)
- Hour glass doesn’t show the actual time remaining.
- Red and Orange decks look identical

Sure there are many more but those are just my observations

Casdha · June 2022

I agree, here are some of the ones I put in another thread a few days ago:

Casdha wrote: »

1. The black message banner covers the agent area of the other player so when your turn comes around you have to wait for it to go away before you can see what they have in play while your clock is running. I know I'm picky but it still annoys me.

2. When you have a choice on lets say a card from the Ansei deck and you have to choose between lets say points or buy a card from the Tavern, the choice completely covers the Tavern. My memory is not photographic enough to remember if the card I want costs 4 or 5 coins.

3. sometimes I forget that the discard pile (or what ever it is called) is not the cool down pile. When I choose to pull cards from the cool down pile and there is no cards in the cool down pile I've just wasted a card.

NeuroticPixels · June 2022

Absolutely. If you want to talk about all the QoL things that could change for ToT, I’m sure plenty of players will pipe up. I agree with everything so far. Especially #3 from @Casdha . I’ve done that too many times to count, as embarrassing as it is to admit. The option that wouldn’t do anything shouldn’t be selectable!

RBAP28 · June 2022

Agree, banner needs to go. It also blocks the view of the cards your opponent forces you to discard. Seconds count, especially when there's a lot going on.