The new concept screenshot is a real-time in-game render!

[nasomi]

That's kind of terrible. There's a lot i hate about that screenshot. For one, I hope it's a boss fight, toherwise I see no reason to have that many people in a party. What's witht he crap around the map? Multiple toolbars? I can't see what that stuff is in the lower right. Looks very non-controller friendly, sort of like what a friend had up in wow, when he was just mashing buttons left and right. I hope it doens't look like that at all. I like the simplistic look, less is more.

[JackDaniels]

That's kind of terrible. There's a lot i hate about that screenshot. For one, I hope it's a boss fight, toherwise I see no reason to have that many people in a party. What's witht he crap around the map? Multiple toolbars? I can't see what that stuff is in the lower right. Looks very non-controller friendly, sort of like what a friend had up in wow, when he was just mashing buttons left and right. I hope it doens't look like that at all. I like the simplistic look, less is more.

Yodhida said they are going to allow player aps or whatever they are called. Add-ons. Just think how awesome it will be if our UI looked like this.

/sarcasm

[nasomi]

Yodhida said they are going to allow player aps or whatever they are called. Add-ons. Just think how awesome it will be if our UI looked like this.

/sarcasm

That's exactly the shit i'm afraid of.

[ViolentDjango]

That's exactly the shit i'm afraid of.

Stop being pretentious...

Whoever has their stuff set up like that -wants- it like that.

Its not like they are going to ram it down your throat -- anyone can tell you that WoW is nowhere near serious enough to require half of the shit people invest into it in the name of being "hardcore."

WoW is one of the most stupidly simplistic MMOs ever... that's half of the reason its so damn popular.

I like the screen shot. The only thing I'm slightly concerned about is UI customisation.
While I think it's great, I hope SE doesn't allow too much freedom (as in, say, WoW), as I have the fear that some might become a standard that must be used (and we all know how elitists can be).

Extreme example ahead.



*shudders*

Oh, and I also found a nice article that sums up my thoughts



Source: http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=h...:0&tx=80&ty=66

Half of that shit is just obstinate laziness. If you find yourself compelled to do stuff like that, that's your problem, not anyone else's. If you find yourself uninterested or disgusted by it, that's your problem, not anyone else's.

This is the same as the power leveling drama -- people terrified of having options because they feel they can't trust themselves to make a practical decision. It's just plain disgraceful.

The game shouldn't have to overtly limit people just because you're terrified of YOUR HUD being ugly. I'd never set my crap up to be as cluttered as ridiculous as that, but I'm definitely not going to tell Mr. Elitist that he can't just because I don't like it. What exactly gives you the right to tell define how other people should play the game when it has absolutely no effect on you?

[Payadopa]

What exactly gives you the right to tell define how other people should play the game when it has absolutely no effect on you?

Maybe you should read my post again, then. Have a nice day.

[Tibian]

Yodhida said they are going to allow player aps or whatever they are called. Add-ons. Just think how awesome it will be if our UI looked like this.

/sarcasm

Complete lunacy. Way to find the worst interface layout ever created.
The majority of WoW users do not have that much clutter on the screen.

My WoW interface actually has fewer elements than the default WoW UI, except in raid mode when I have a full 10/25 unit frames that takes up the same amount of space that my party frames do. I am also, a main healer and get plenty of information from the addons that I have.

Furthermore, Yoshi has clearly made it his priority to appease both keyboard/mouse users and gamepad users.

Secondly, for those of you who say the current UI is better. I am floored by that response. You may like the blue color and how it looks; sure I can agree with you on that. It does look fine aesthetically, though I do prefer the newer screenshot about 600x more. However on a functional level, the current UI tells you very very very very very little as far as battle is concerned.

The UI presented is just a justification that Yoshi wants to bring the game up to modern functional standards. Not the current archaic menu UI.

I see no reason to have that many people in a party

I count 8. The current party limit. So you must hate the current party setup then.

The beauty about WoW's UI is that you can make it just the way you want it. There's really no "WoW UI" in that sense. Want simplistic? The devs should very well provide you with a way to do so.

Completely agree. I've seen some incredibly minimal WoW UI's with more information than the current XIV UI can deliver. Addons open up a lot of opportunities, ones that the dev teams sometimes can't or don't want to spend time on.

For instance, someone might have already created a "receive sound on /tell" UI addon. I am aware SE added it, but those small features sometimes add a lot to the game that don't necessarily need to be created by SE.

Also, SE has stated they are considering actually making several different UI skins/appearances to appease peoples tastes towards the classical blue, or something more modern, though they may not get around to it. That is where addon development really shines.

[EmeraldHill]

Yodhida said they are going to allow player aps or whatever they are called. Add-ons. Just think how awesome it will be if our UI looked like this.

/sarcasm

Yeah, add-on means it'll be customizable, so why are you showing that screenshot? It holds no relevance.

[Joeking]

Yodhida said they are going to allow player aps or whatever they are called. Add-ons. Just think how awesome it will be if our UI looked like this.

/sarcasm

That WoW Interface is so cluttered You almost can't see anything. Though I guess with enough useful add-on you don't have to see anything as all the clutter will tell you everything you need like when I play WoW, I usually have tunnel vision on my Healing Grid watching little bars go up and down and I've set up sounds if i get aggro or am in an AOE so I know to move my character.

[lenn1]

That WoW Interface is so cluttered You almost can't see anything. Though I guess with enough useful add-on you don't have to see anything as all the clutter will tell you everything you need like when I play WoW, I usually have tunnel vision on my Healing Grid watching little bars go up and down and I've set up sounds if i get aggro or am in an AOE so I know to move my character.

All of this is your fault. If all of this was so bad for your gaming experience why didn't you take them off?

[Oscillate_Wildly]

Yodhida said they are going to allow player aps or whatever they are called. Add-ons. Just think how awesome it will be if our UI looked like this.

/sarcasm

inb4 "gtfo wowbasher", WoW or not that is just fugly as hell on an aesthetic level.
I like the current bar, I just wish we could have 2 or all 3 up optionally at once so we can easily click skills in lieu of using macros.
I mean I know we're getting add ons but yeesh. A lot of this is going to clutter my laptop screen.

My personal comfort zone is also being violated by their party bar being on the left! Eadjfdlksa.
Oh well, I like how the game looks currently in its minimalistic-esque font and graphics. ): I'll be sad to see them go.