Teleport Icon Upgrade

[Memnir]

I am overjoyed that Teleport has received new locations... but I have found the recycling of icons to be really annoying. When it was just Meridia, that was one thing. But now we have a whole group of locations that have no distinctive icon to separate it's area from the others.

I personally think it's silly that the Tower of the Twelve shares the Portable Hole icon, for example. Or Meridia the same as House P... I hate to sound so negative about this - but the recycling of icons looks amateurish. As if these were just shoved in the game without care. This is meant as constructive criticism, Devs - I hope it does not seem like anything but that.


After a few minutes in Photoshop, and using icons for these zones that are already a part of the game's graphical library* - I came up with this...
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Could use a bit of spit and polish, sure - but I think this gives the locations-list a much improved look overall.

Perhaps in a future Update (I know it's too late for U10, and maybe U11 too) could there possibly be an update like this to the Teleport icons? Yeah, it's not a huge game-breaking issue... but it'd make a frequently used aspect of the game seem much more complete.


*the exception being the Crafting Hall - so I took and adjusted an icon from inside the Hall instead. I also recolored the House P tree to look more like the big floating tree in the middle of Meridia for Meridia's icon.

[rest]

Mem, you're a genius. I love the icons you've put together for the new teleport locations. If you promise not to change, Turbine should totally hire you!

[Meretrix]

brilliant, I had something exactly like this in my mind. although since Meridia has had the house p icon forever who knows if they'll ever get around to this. One would think with the addition of the new locations they would have updated the icons.
I would also like to see the crafting hall location removed. We already have a teleport to house K, if somone cant run 20 ft they shouldnt be playing.

[Gkar]

Mem, you're a genius. I love the icons you've put together for the new teleport locations. If you promise not to change, Turbine should totally hire you!

You know what happens when Turbine hires you... Three weeks in they put you in "the machine" and you are never the same again.

[Falith12]

/signed

It would also be nice if they used the same icon, with a small edit to denote more than one person, for the greater teleport. Right now, using the same icon for every spot is kind of annoying.

[stonysativa]

/signed

re used icons just seems lazy. very nice work on your alterations.

[Rinnaldo]

/signed

It occurs to me that if players are willing to design icons, as you and I have done (although I mainly just reused an icon, too: http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=313777), then maybe it would be in Turbine's interest to have some kind of Player Contribution Icon Contest. All they'd have to do is give away a forum title or maybe even a few TP, and they get scads of free work done for them, a playerbase who feels even more a part of the game, and whole set of new icons for their library - all without taxing their Art Department too much (aside from them having to download the pictures off the forums and importing them).

They'd simply need to specify margin size and/or shape (hex or square), graphics format, and maximum file size. I think we'd get a lot of really neat icons this way. I'd certainly make a few entries for such a contest. Anyone else?

[Memnir]

Mem, you're a genius. I love the icons you've put together for the new teleport locations. If you promise not to change, Turbine should totally hire you!

Thank you.

If Turbine would hire me, I can promise the only thing that would change would be my financial situation. But, methinks it's a mighty big "if".

[Memnir]

I guess a "Read by a Dev" post would be too much to ask.

[mleger]

/signed

would like to see greater teleport there as well

[TheDjinnFor]

Hmm, I like what you've done there.

/*Stealth Bump*

[BangsLiekWhoa]

These are very nice. Since they use icons related to the areas, it just makes sense. Then you know where you are going to teleport without having to read the description at all. I even like the ones that you had to "wing it" on (meridia and the crafting hall) they both look great as well and perfectly symbolize the locations they link to.

I never understood why they re-used old icons for the new locations when it would take so little time to have one of their designers to craft a few new icons. I'm a graphic designer, and I know this really would not take much time to create them. Then all they have to do is have the code link to these new icons. Oh well...I REALLY hope a dev reads this thread and passes it on to the people who would actually make the change. Sure it is mostly cosmetic, but still very nice to have.

[Nospheratus]

Good one! When changing these, don't forget greater teleport either! That one is 1 icon for ALL of the locations!

[Cauthey]

/approve of using a little bit of Photoshop to make your point. The devs can scan and skim stuff here. But you can't "unsee" something.

/signed.

[Jefro5]

Read by Dev. Thanks!

[Memnir]

Read by Dev. Thanks!

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[BangsLiekWhoa]

And it is a Dev with the title "Art Director" to make it that much better!

[Bodic]

Cheer's and Kudo's to the OP.

It shouldnt take much for them to do this and I bet could make the next Update.

[kinar]

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best celebratory gif ever!

[Asketes]

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You finally got to use it huh?