Any Word About the UI?

MaxionVoX

Im on trail and everything i have seen so far is ok although the combat graphics are rather weak and combat is a little annoying  bouncing between 1st person and 3rd person and tbh i really do not see the point of that at all its not like melee has any cool animations or anything and 1st person is well nothing special either but all in all i could live with that fail i would just prefer to leave it on one or the other tbh.

But the UI is all bad Ive always played games with odd UI's such as SWG pre CU and EVE but UI in Darkfall is just total crap.

so any word on or effort to streamline the ui?

Raapnaap

I suppose the last meaningfull answer on the subject of GUI improvements is "they are working on it but it isn't on top of their list".

Truth is most DF players are used to the way it works and it actually plays very natural to someone who played for more than 2 weeks. However it is not so much the default UI settings that players get used to, you need to make customizations, and one key change most players make on day one is the change from shift+1,2,3,ect. to not change the hotbar while holding shift to sprint. That's just one of those things that makes even the dedicated DF fan /facepalm.

I personally really like DF's chat system unlike what most players say. I like having multiple tabs up for every channel and pm.

As for camera view, it's simply to make it more realistic. That said, I never did get why melee has 3rd person view and archery and magic does not. IMO they need to make melee first person (it's powerfull enough as it is) or make 3rd person available to all playstyles (which might be a wrong change in general as it makes sneaking up a lot harder).

Edit: Although I can't imagine first person melee in darkfall working out... People would have to stand in front of eachother trading blows or risk plain losing sight of your enemy in the heat of battle.

bongloads

learn to use a program like autohotkey to make your keys perform multiple actions.  For instance, I have all my whirlwinds, witch's brew, and mount-lean-left all on E

Solestran

I decided to give the trial a try, forgetting that DF uses a FPS style UI and combat.  5 minutes after starting the game, I uninstalled.  I absolutely do not like FPS, let alone hybrid FPS / RPG.  Thank goodness it was a free trial, I would have been pissed for wasting money on that game.  Note to self, remember to read up on forgotten mechanics before spending hours downloading a game, free or not.

bongloads

Originally posted by Solestran

I decided to give the trial a try, forgetting that DF uses a FPS style UI and combat.  5 minutes after starting the game, I uninstalled.  I absolutely do not like FPS, let alone hybrid FPS / RPG.  Thank goodness it was a free trial, I would have been pissed for wasting money on that game.  Note to self, remember to read up on forgotten mechanics before spending hours downloading a game, free or not.

It's funny, most of us who enjoy darkfall could never see ourselves going back to any sort of tab-target/auto-lock game.

daggnasty

Originally posted by bongloads

Originally posted by Solestran

I decided to give the trial a try, forgetting that DF uses a FPS style UI and combat.  5 minutes after starting the game, I uninstalled.  I absolutely do not like FPS, let alone hybrid FPS / RPG.  Thank goodness it was a free trial, I would have been pissed for wasting money on that game.  Note to self, remember to read up on forgotten mechanics before spending hours downloading a game, free or not.

It's funny, most of us who enjoy darkfall could never see ourselves going back to any sort of tab-target/auto-lock game.

This. I hate auto targeting now. There's no rush when fighting people and hoping that your last arrow will hit and kill them.

Treekodar

The UI makes your FPS drop significantly, quite annoying really.