Keeping the game basic for new players?

[Zarzak]

You give your average modern day gamer too much credit.

Pretty much this.


I remember one of the quotes about why they took away our ability to check/uncheck quests in our log to show up on the hud was because "it confused people when their quest disappeared from the hud"

REALLY!? (for those who don't know until... phase 3 or 4. You could use the check boxes next to quests (like they ones they added in 2.1 but they were actually useful) to totally hide quests from your UI. Instead of the current system where if you have less than 4-5 quests you can't do anything about them showing up)

Also don't say "you can hide that UI element" it is also used as the timer/score board for every instance.

[Magis]

Pretty much this.


I remember one of the quotes about why they took away our ability to check/uncheck quests in our log to show up on the hud was because "it confused people when their quest disappeared from the hud"

REALLY!? (for those who don't know until... phase 3 or 4. You could use the check boxes next to quests (like they ones they added in 2.1 but they were actually useful) to totally hide quests from your UI. Instead of the current system where if you have less than 4-5 quests you can't do anything about them showing up)

Also don't say "you can hide that UI element" it is also used as the timer/score board for every instance.

Yeah, I recall that post. That's the bar that has been set, ugh. As an "alternative" they made the recommendation window... which is totally worthless. Thankfully the tracker returned, though it's kind of dumb that the tracker will always track quests, I'd rather have it clear unless I am doing something important.