Whats so bad about the UI????

[Captain Kwok]

I really only have a few gripes left with the SE:V UI. This primarily includes the retrofit order and accessing the queue settings (emergency build, send to, etc). A few other little items exist that I like to nag MM about, but otherwise I've become just about as efficient in the UI as I was with SE:IV.

[Thy_Reaper]

I like the UI overall, and of course there are little changes I would like to see, but the fact that any menu takes my computer down to the 20 FPS range makes it a real pain to use any menu. Having to wait even half a second because of how slowly the cursor updates on menus makes any significant amount of micromanagement feel much, much more troublesome.

[Atrocities]

I dislike the lack of immediate information. The UI in SE IV provided a lot of valuable info at a glance. The use of tabs in SE IV would have been a very welcome addition to the UI in SE V. I find using the SE V UI comberson, frustrating, and uninspiring. It sucks all of the enjoyment out of the game for me.

I have made dozens of suggestions to improve the UI but as of yet only a few have been used. The mouse, you should have seen the old mouse pointer they had. Getting that replaced was a victory for all players of SE V.

[Wenin]

I'm in complete agreement with Atrocities.


I'd like to add that the main reason people are becoming use to the new UI is because of Shortcut Keys.

SE:V is completely dependent on shortcut keys.

In SEIV I never used shortcut keys, cause everything I needed was a mouse click or two away. I don't want to have to hover over my keyboard.

[Slick]

I have a list at home I'm creating, but in a nutshell:

- way too many clicks and operations to get routine things done.
- not being able to see the info you want on the screen where you can change what you want.
- cumbersome layers/levels of screens.
- cumbersome methods to determine important info.
- inconsistencies between screens.

[Ragnarok-X]

cumbersome is probably the most important word here.

-> agreed

[Possum]

One more vote for "overly cumbersome".

Plus it takes too many clicks.

My question is, what the **** was wrong with the SE4 interface, that it had to be changed? Why did all the KB shortcuts need to be changed?

It's the same ****ing game, people. It's just an updated version. There are no major changes which required a total rework of the UI.

And don't take the rampant asterisks to mean that I'm all upset. I'm not. I'm just profane by nature

[Raapys]

Considering the entire game is basically remade, I guess it's natural with a change in UI as well. Unfortunately, reinventing the wheel didn't lead to an improvement in this case.

As I see it though, the shortcomings of the UI unfortunately pales when compared to the other issues the game has right now.

[shinigami]

Now that I've gotten used to it, the UI isn't that bad.

The one main complaint I do have, however, is the ship design UI, it is much too tedious and I miss the simplicity of SEIV.