VIP Signpost

jasper

It can take up to 8 actions (key presses, mouse clicks) to use the signpost (VIP only). As a result, although it is nice to have, it is often quicker merely to run to the nearest exit (a maximum of 4 actions if we exclude running to get there - press F, indicate destination on map, sub destination if required, OK)

It has long been a principle of programming that the number of modes be reduced as far as possible. The game already has the terrible clumsy and annoying dual mouse mode (use ALT to activate perfectly accessible areas of the screen) which is presumably a legacy of console development. But 8 actions to indicate a destination? This is plain bad programming. It takes 4 (ALT, click on icon, click on menu, press F) even to get a map!

Why not adopt the very simple action of a dedicated key (some modifier + M for example)? This is logical and intuitive, and takes the place of running to an exit. The program already knows if the user has access to the signpost, so there is no difficulty in enabling such a key press when appropriate.

pitshade

/bind KEY gensendMessage Vipaction_Overworldmapteleport activate

jpwilkinson

I'm on a PS4 and I'd like to see a flyout menu for VIP Benefits be added. This will make things much faster for everyone, to click the action bar, then move down to VIP Benefits - which should be the first menu item btw - and flying out would be the selections. If we could go further and add transport destinations as a further submenu that'd be awesome too. One added bonus for high-level VIP would be to modify the easy transport selection of Moonstone mask to any destination that we would want. I think this wold speed up the overall process of getting to what we want, and as well, give even more reason for people to sign-up for VIP. :)

plasticbat

jpwilkinson#9783 said:

I'm on a PS4 and I'd like to see a flyout menu for VIP Benefits be added. This will make things much faster for everyone, to click the action bar, then move down to VIP Benefits - which should be the first menu item btw - and flying out would be the selections. If we could go further and add transport destinations as a further submenu that'd be awesome too. One added bonus for high-level VIP would be to modify the easy transport selection of Moonstone mask to any destination that we would want. I think this wold speed up the overall process of getting to what we want, and as well, give even more reason for people to sign-up for VIP.

Then, you should post your feedback to PS4's feedback forum.

kreatyve

jpwilkinson#9783 said:

I'm on a PS4 and I'd like to see a flyout menu for VIP Benefits be added. This will make things much faster for everyone, to click the action bar, then move down to VIP Benefits - which should be the first menu item btw - and flying out would be the selections. If we could go further and add transport destinations as a further submenu that'd be awesome too. One added bonus for high-level VIP would be to modify the easy transport selection of Moonstone mask to any destination that we would want. I think this wold speed up the overall process of getting to what we want, and as well, give even more reason for people to sign-up for VIP.

Just open your bags, LB or RB to the VIP tab. I've got it down in muscle memory so well, if they change things it's going to trip me up.