Wow... awed and confused at the same time

[Isildur1212]

Ok first off I would like to commend turbine for making these graphics changes. The new UI looks shiny and awesome. The new music on the character selection screen is also notable. I have a good feeling about this... the game finally looks playable =D (not that it wasn't before of course ahem).

However with all these new changes I am also so confused, does anyone have a complete beginners guide to the new DDO?

Good job Devs!

[Expalphalog]

I do like the look of the new UI, but hate the removal of the menu bar. I'm just not a keyboard shortcut kinda guy.

Also not a fan of them getting rid of the 'examine' and 'trade' buttons on the focus orb. Yeah I know I can click the gears and then select what I want to do, but sometimes you need to pass a pot in the heat of battle and that extra loadtime and superfluous click can be the difference between victory and wipe.

[MnaSidhe]

Also not a fan of them getting rid of the 'examine' and 'trade' buttons on the focus orb.... victory and wipe.

My thoughts exactly

[Miow]

I want my old orb back...

[ramachandra108]

Not even getting the locations of orb and others items on screen right!!!....Who makes these changes?..what is they model to think that making things harder is enjoyable. Please Turbine give us more excuses to play other online games

[Teraz]

Well, you can open the menu bar and then click the eye to keep it up. And I like how they moved the buffs to the left side but when they get a bit past 1/2 way across they disappear just like before.

[Sani_Medicor]

I just came back to the game last week, so I'm completely overwhelmed right now. I have no idea where even to start figuring out how all of the changes affected my builds!

[Phemt81]

Sorry if it seem unneeded question... what do you mean with awed?

[Expalphalog]

Well, you can open the menu bar and then click the eye to keep it up.

I tried this and it was immoveable. I guess that's an option, but where it's at now it covers quite a bit of other elements.

[Myrddinman]

Well, you can open the menu bar and then click the eye to keep it up. And I like how they moved the buffs to the left side but when they get a bit past 1/2 way across they disappear just like before.

Not sure if you meant this as well, but you can also click the eye twice and only the circle menu icons will appear along the bottom left side of your screen. I haven't tried moving it though...that would be a nice option.

Oh, and I do like the new UI, along with the fact that you can now save your hotbar layout This will save altaholics a ton of time; at least for me, it takes at least 30 minutes for me to get all my bars straight on each new character.

[smatt]

Ok first off I would like to commend turbine for making these graphics changes. The new UI looks shiny and awesome. The new music on the character selection screen is also notable. I have a good feeling about this... the game finally looks playable =D (not that it wasn't before of course ahem).

However with all these new changes I am also so confused, does anyone have a complete beginners guide to the new DDO?

Good job Devs!

If the NEW UI was good.. You wouldn't NEED a guide.. It would be intuitive... It's junk

[voodoogroves]

If the NEW UI was good.. You wouldn't NEED a guide.. It would be intuitive... It's junk

The thing that kills my inner programmer is that MUCH of the UI settings were reset for us automatically.

But not, say, the setting that allows me to see if I have mail. I HAZ NO MAIL. O WAIT NEEDZ OTHUR ORB?

[smatt]

The thing that kills my inner programmer is that MUCH of the UI settings were reset for us automatically.

But not, say, the setting that allows me to see if I have mail. I HAZ NO MAIL. O WAIT NEEDZ OTHUR ORB?

Well.... Ya... It's also like removing the auto-attack icon, and adding a BIG stupid facial portrait... Remove something useful, that was a small little thing and add a BIG piece of uselessness. Change perfectly function and well designed focus orb with the graphics version of the AMC Pacer with a 10ft 2x4 sticking out of the passanger window. I'm still trying to figure out why the heck items from different sources IE: raid loot, btc, bta, etc need to have different color borders.... Really? I suppose that's nto that bad.. But I'd liek to knwo what game they're (devs) are playing that they are copying the junktastic UI features they've put in

[voodoogroves]

Well.... Ya... It's also like removing the auto-attack icon, and adding a BIG stupid facial portrait... Remove something useful, that was a small little thing and add a BIG piece of uselessness. Change perfectly function and well designed focus orb with the graphics version of the AMC Pacer with a 10ft 2x4 sticking out of the passanger window. I'm still trying to figure out why the heck items from different sources IE: raid loot, btc, bta, etc need to have different color borders.... Really? I suppose that's nto that bad.. But I'd liek to knwo what game they're (devs) are playing that they are copying the junktastic UI features they've put in

The different colors are amusing. It looks like christmas and easter both threw up on my hotbars.

[jevon66]

The different colors are amusing. It looks like christmas and easter both threw up on my hotbars.

HAHAHAHAHA!!
+1, saved, and memorized for later thievery.
Stay off of Cannith bc on that world this line is now mine lol

Well, and that other line about the pacer with the 2x4.....

[Isildur1212]

Hehe u can remove the portrait from your character vitals and the new ui is just something to get used to in my opinion.

The only thing I wish was if they gave us the option to move the buff bar (also it is in 3 rows, buffs, debuffs, and misc stuff like ap which i find mildly annoying)

Also, I wants my mail as well ='(

Other than that however i really like the new DDO