Posted - 2011.02.15 15:35:00 - [1]

 

Edited by: Corozan Aspinall on 15/02/2011 15:45:55

Hiya. I don't normally bother to whine about this kind of stuff but ..

Why have you used the same bizarro icon for two different functions?

Why have you chosen to use a horizontal line icon in a predominantly spherical hud design? Not only does it draw the eye and conflict strongly it breaks immersion.

Why have you not made the icon opaque? Having two strong linear icons positioned dead center and top left breaks up the interface, draws the eye and conflicts (quite obviously) with the general aesthetic.

Please, consider changing, resizing and/or creating subtler less prominent icons ..

My suggestion: make the hud options icon spherical and smaller ie subtler.
Make the system info icon top left triangular (or simply revert to the > used previously) and/or opaque.

Your 'overheat' modules buttons, which have been around a while now and I realise were nothing to do with this release, are a good idea. But. Sadly. Poorly executed. I'm going to add this on to this rant because its ui relevant, not patch relevant so bear with me. The clipping is poor - its hard to activate de-activate the buttons quickly in a fight. Why not divorce them from the main module icon and add a smaller icon at the side of each module button for this particular function?

Thanks for reading.

Bye.