I hate how simplicism is taking over everything. I don’t like this uneeded change to something that was already perfect, less to make it look more “modern”.
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One of the more annoying aspects is that it’s no longer transparent, so if you’re flying and want to check stats, it now completely blocks your screen… but I guess that’s what happens when people who design something don’t play the game.
All these changes are changing things for the sake of changing things and not actually improving them, whilst things that should be improved are left untouched.
Or things are added that just are poorly done, like the mode selection for the hangar, failing to separate air from ground.
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Or the loadout creation menu. Why are the preset actions in a submenu instead of having a rename/edit/copy/delete all be separate buttons along the bottom screen.
Or the fact that right and left clicking on a vehicle do the exact same thing.
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This I can MAYBE attribute to controller compatibility.
A controller without free mouse movement favours submenus for quick access over separate buttons.
Not a fan, but I can understand it as a possible cause.
(For instance: Consider the design of Oblivion’s menus versus Morrowind’s. Oblivion showed up when Xbox/PS dominated gaming and PC was kind of abandoned as a main market while Morrowind is from the era where PC was primary)
Or to have a whole menu thats shows identical information to what you already have.
This whole thing gives you the exact same information you already had, the option to change order which is already replaced by being able to drag vehicles, crew training which is already on the other menu, and the only useful info is the XP points, but that could have been displayed in various other locations, but instead we needed to have a whole area for backups instead.
Literally 50% of the button is useless redundant crap.
And then of course the whole statcard has a bunch of useless information, armor values are irrelevant as they do not consider angles or anything, and we still don’t have stabilizers, thermals or rangefinders listed on the cards… for air it’s just as stupid to list crew members, or max speed but at a random arbitrary height that you cannot compare, the amount of presets or the burst mass, or the turn time or the take off run…
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Gaijin, we need those stats back.
Stat.
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Can’t wait till we get more customization
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Sarcasm?
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So, they added a “Favourite Vehicle” which took a minute to set up and now . . .
I can’t see half the info because I play using an Ultrawide screen and don’t use my mobile phone with that tiktok vertical formatting . . .
Be nice to return this and add premiums by nation as well
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I just DON’T get it!
Why do they think anyone would want that feature?!?!
Or favorite mode? I want stats for the mode I’m currently playing.
This is a GAME, not a social media that you spend your time on with your phone. What the f*ck is wrong with them?
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Because it’s cool to be able to showcase something you enjoy.
And profile customization is good in general. It adds some uniqueness, and it isn’t a negative addition.
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If it was added as a sub-page instead of replacing the information you’re looking for I might agree.
What’s next - Relationship status? Photo album with picture of the kids?
Honestly the entire Player Profile UI change feels like it’s either aimed at making everything mobile friendly, or else just a change for the sake of having an update to put out.
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Best part?
You can’t pick the mode to display for that favorite vehicle.
And it seems based on matches played.
So, if you ever flew a plane in a mode with average match length of 5 minutes, it’s impossible to make it display for modes with average match length of 90 minutes as your favorite mode with it. It’s amazingly well implemented!
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It might be “cool” if a player could actually “customize” their profile, but currently, selecting your favorite mode and/or vehicle is it, and even that is dodgy. Before, if you wanted to see what mode a player played, it was 3 clicks - Arcade, Realistic & Sim . . . it was/is all laid out for anyone to see. Wanna see what vehicle(s) they play the most? - Service Record - select most played mode . . . you can see it ALL, not just one little thing. Wanna “showcase” a vehicle?? … . you didn’t have to, the stats highlighted all that for you . . . . simple, efficient and as far as looking at stats go, it was no unpleasant to look at, not at all.
Now I get trying to make things look better, more “up-to-date” on par with other games perhaps or just to be hip to what the Kewl Kids are doing . . . that’s fine.
But removing vital information, totally screwing up the functionality of a great deal of our Profiles . . . yeah, that is not a good thing in any way, shape, form or manner.
The Q&A said that it is a WIP, ok, I’ll give them that . . . no biggie. Also said that there will be further additions in future Updates . . . ok, WIP seems ok(time frame for this and some transparency woulda been cool) and here we are, first Update, and they add another “feature” no one asked for that literally serves very little purpose at all and not one thing that was removed was returned to our profiles.
I don’t know how they go about making these decisions or doing the work, but . . it is pretty obvious that there is a huge disconnect between those making the changes and the players. I have no idea if they play this game or not, or how much or any of that. But it seems pretty clear they are not in tune with the player’s wants, hopes & wishes for this. I have read a LOT of comments about this here in the Forum, in game chats and a couple Discords and you are the only one I have seen making a positive statement about the new Profiles.
I’m not gonna make up some number to make it seem like everyone is totally against this for all the players, but anyone can plainly see it’s a huge 2 thumbs down.
Honestly, I don’t care that much what it looks like, as long as the info is there . .
Function over form . . . pretty basic. And I also realize, no matter what we do/say about it, chances are very good they will just blow us off and do what they want . . . full steam ahead. But as with most things in this world, apathy and saying nothing is seen the same as approval . . and while I realize my approval is not required . . . I still don’t . . . . approve . . . not yet anyway.
There have been some very good suggestions about the whole thing . . none acknowledged/replied to . . . seemingly ignored . . . oh well
C’est la Vie
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What’s funny about this in particular, is that rollup would have been a great place to put the player stats in that particular vehicle. Battles Played, Deaths, Air Targets Killed, K:D, WR %, Etc.
I would LOVE to see what a creative and competent UI/UX team could do with this game.
Could have put anything there and it would be more useful, stats would have been actually interesting, but now you’re forced to navigate to the stupid service record thing that looks like it was made for a mobile game, select the right mode and apply a bunch of filters to find that vehicle if you happen to remember what rank that vehicle is.
But why add something useful when you can just repeat the same information again and completely waste the space, so that paired with the useless backup information you have wasted 50% of the available space with absolute garbage.
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I agree that the modern guided missiles have no place up against WWII torpedo bombers. I would rather not lose the Cold War Missile boats and ships but I would like Gaijin to realize that these need a very much higher BR than what they are willing to grant. Okay, a guided missile destroyer or guided missile patrol boat doesn’t have a chance against a battleship. It never did. Trying to force them down so they aren’t decimated by battleships and heavy cruisers. However, they basicly eliminate the possibility of aircraft engaging warships and that is even farther off the mark.
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I disagree. Someone definitely need to lose their job over this crap. If no one loses their job, the admins will continue and escalate their destruction of the game with no penalties whatsoever. What’s worse is it will drive more veterans away from the game, Gaijin’s profits will drop and they will start laying off the new guys who had nothing to do with the horrifying projects they implemented. No, the person(s) responsible for this action need to be fired so they will recognize there are consequences for bad behavior, like ignoring the player base!
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Now that they made a change to this, I’ll repeat myself yet again, but much much simpler and in fewer words, maybe that will work: Gaijin, THE MEDALS. FRONT, PAGE, MEDALS, ribbons, whatever. First click, FRONT page profile, BIIIIG. Okay?
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