Option to Remove the Circle Image on Skill CD

[AsteriaStarfall]

I am content with it how it is now. However the perfect cooldown timer for me, has always been a darkened icon about 65% darker than normal colorization. Then a big numbered countdown in the center.

[zeth07]

All I really wanted was a completely grayed out icon until the ability was actually off cooldown. I'm ok with the timers as is but the circles on everything is a little much.

[Chichicha]

All I really wanted was a completely grayed out icon until the ability was actually off cooldown. I'm ok with the timers as is but the circles on everything is a little much.

Not little... it's extremely too much to distract you on the screen.
First looking - cool, quite like it.
During battle - shit... all circles, and more circles on ground to dodge...
After 2 days - this circle better can be off... too annoying to have on screen...

When I read on Hiroshi's replied... Memory Limitation? Memory on our PC or his PC ? I don't get it... then... I stopped reading further on the wall of text. >.>;

[Kaiser-Ace]

Took me a bit, but about <Looks at watch> two days into the patch I can already ignore the "Circle Swoops" and have started focusing on the numbers themselves since, to be perfectly honest, I have as much trouble seeing the swooping animation in the new UI as I did in the old one. So the Cast Timer Numbers are the biggest help to me.

Now if there was just something that could be done about the "Color Blind Unfriendly" parts of the HUD and UI it'd be perfect. (I know, I know, always something. But hey, even if it'll never be "perfect" good enough is still an option)

[Azper]

I don't like the circles at all. They're distracting and straining to the eye. I like the little number countdown in the corner, but as has been already mentioned, would prefer a simple overlay in the center instead.

It's also interesting you had a 90% approval on this when, given the responses here, it would seem the opposite to be true. I know we can't go off the forums to reflect a majority of players, I'm just saying.

[DarkB]

Funny about limitations, when you mouse over any skill and have active the item/skill tooltip you have a number countdown that tells you how many seconds you need to wait before the skill is ready to use again. You just had to apply that countdown, not this whole flashing circles.

Also logically when something isnt available why do you make it flashy? it should be the other way around, turned off, not flashy with a circle spinning. Oh man these UI designers nowadays..

[RyuRoots]

so tl;dr : PS3 limitations?

Like I said before. Just about every problem this game encounters you can almost guarantee it'll get stonewalled with one of three of their favorite excuses: PS3 limitations, server limitations, or SE won't let us use our own money.

[hqdm]

It was an interesting read, but even knowing the effort being put into it the circles are still quite annoying. The little numbers in the corner are okay, but I'd really like to be rid of those circles.

[Riki_Namu]

Whoever your testers are.... they need to be replaced.

This is horrible UI design in general. Too much going on, circle, Greyed time animation thing, and countdown..... ffs. Could have just made the original cooldown animation darker and put the countdown in the center. Everyone would have been happy.

[szarina]

Did anyone even ask for these horrible circles ? Are they giving in to maybe 0.1% of the population? I have eye problems too and other problems that make this really bad on the eyes. Remove it to make it an option . UGH