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kill the Need of Greed UI SPAM already!

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
can we PLEASE get rid of this?

http://img7.imagebanana.com/img/hqltdff3/GameClient2012042610542660.jpg


...it's not like anybody would be reading this stuff anyway :rolleyes:
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2012
    CptBANG wrote: »
    can we PLEASE get rid of this?

    http://img7.imagebanana.com/img/hqltdff3/GameClient2012042610542660.jpg


    ...it's not like anybody would be reading this stuff anyway :rolleyes:

    Actually if you adjust your UI (F12) you can move those notifcations to somewhere else on your screen. I moved mine to behind my chat box and makes things a lot better.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2012
    Instead of just moving it I would like an option to just toggle it off like with the XP bar at the top of the screen.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2012
    The Problem is that there are SOME things in there that people want to see, (like if a mission puts out one of these shorty BOff messages).

    but there is way to much spam!

    i don't care to see a fly by every time a friend logs off / on (if i want to see that i activate it inside the chat box!)

    i don't care to see DOff Mission stuff in there...

    i don't care to see all that Need of Greed spam

    granted it's half as bad when there are no lockboxes around because the Quantity of loot is just way lower then... but since those aren't going away anymore i think something has to be done now.


    ALSO in shooter mode there is still no way to press the need or greed button -> playing STF's in Shooter mode is just impractical because of that.

    heck with how the community reacts on the forced need or greed setting in STF's i would just remove the whole system and change it to something like round robbing.
    pressing the extra button all the time is annoying enough,
    this fly by text stuff is annoying as hell
    and if people start to b***h about someone pressing need all the time (or because you needed that one item they wanted but didn't get because they greeded it... *ugh*)

    that all is just distracting from playing the game!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2012
    My main complaint with the greed/need UI is that it doesn't show stats on item mouseover like literally everywhere else in the UI.

    I'll find myself hitting "need" on items that I don't really need, just because I can't be certain if it's better than one I already have, or when I don't know what the item is because I don't have one and don't know what its effects are.

    Mouseover item stats, please!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2012
    My main complaint with the greed/need UI is that it doesn't show stats on item mouseover like literally everywhere else in the UI.

    I'll find myself hitting "need" on items that I don't really need, just because I can't be certain if it's better than one I already have, or when I don't know what the item is because I don't have one and don't know what its effects are.

    Mouseover item stats, please!

    Over time you will get to know the items just by glancing at them. Most of the time I can tell pretty quickly if my equipped item is better or worse than the one being offered. Just hang in there and you'll get it.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2012
    When they added the ability to disable the Lock Box Ship Winner spam I was happy when I read about that in the patch notes as I thought it would also get rid of the Need or Greed spam but that ended up not being the case. This spam really needs to have the ability to be hidden as well or just put it all in the chat window as it makes it tough to see what is going on as evident by that screenshot.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2012
    Instead of just moving it I would like an option to just toggle it off like with the XP bar at the top of the screen.

    There is an option. I turned off the pop-up notifications immediately after I rejoined STO. Quite annoying and I couldn't care less if someone won a Ferengi ship. That kind of stuff should only be confined to the Bulletin function.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2012
    The "Who Won What Loot" should be in the chat window with on option to also be on the screen. That is my opinion on the matter.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2012
    WHy not just change it to "Want or Pass"? Everyone just ****ing "Needs" anyway.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2012
    warduke73 wrote: »
    The "Who Won What Loot" should be in the chat window with on option to also be on the screen. That is my opinion on the matter.

    Yup.
    Just like other system messages, it should be one of the various things we can leave in the chat box. I do not need an on-screen flyby for that kind of thing.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2012
    CptBANG wrote: »
    The Problem is that there are SOME things in there that people want to see, (like if a mission puts out one of these shorty BOff messages).

    but there is way to much spam!

    i don't care to see a fly by every time a friend logs off / on (if i want to see that i activate it inside the chat box!)

    i don't care to see DOff Mission stuff in there...

    i don't care to see all that Need of Greed spam

    granted it's half as bad when there are no lockboxes around because the Quantity of loot is just way lower then... but since those aren't going away anymore i think something has to be done now.


    ALSO in shooter mode there is still no way to press the need or greed button -> playing STF's in Shooter mode is just impractical because of that.

    heck with how the community reacts on the forced need or greed setting in STF's i would just remove the whole system and change it to something like round robbing.
    pressing the extra button all the time is annoying enough,
    this fly by text stuff is annoying as hell
    and if people start to b***h about someone pressing need all the time (or because you needed that one item they wanted but didn't get because they greeded it... *ugh*)

    that all is just distracting from playing the game!

    ^^This. A thousand times this.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    foundrelic wrote:
    WHy not just change it to "Want or Pass"? Everyone just ****ing "Needs" anyway.
    Best idea on this thread! Need/Greed is far too WoW for my liking, and NOBODY needs to know what option everyone else chose.

    A simple " 'Person X' won 'Drop Item Y' " in the Chat-Box is more than enough!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Just give everyone all the loot at the end
    EQUALLY

    there is no place in a team for "Greed" of any kind unless the team is 100% ferengi
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    they could just expand the lootsystem that exists for common items (it is sepperated for each player) to all quality levels. Maybe not even make it visible to the other party members. And highlight those damn lootboxes!
    and add the optinional bonus loot to the regular loot everybody gets.
    It could be as simple as that.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Better yet: Items such as hypos and power cells aren't included in the need/ greed list.

    So, since lockboxes tend to spawn, in my experience at least, far more than those things, how about avoiding making it appear there in the first place? I'd have no complaints with it if it at least only showed items that I would be interested in :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Suggestion: No lockbox drops in STF. That should take care of 2/3 of the need/greed/pass popups.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Honestly, I would like to keep the On Screens Messages Disabled. Trying to play a Ground STF in Shooter mode is a royal pain because I have trouble seeing thru all onscreen message spam. At least make it something placeable in Rearrange HUD so it can positioned where its not a problem.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    WIN!

    Tribble Patch Notes (Season 6 build):

    Need or Greed overhead notifications are now disabled by default.

    They may be re-enabled via the notification settings.


    -> http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=273070

    :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    foundrelic wrote:
    WHy not just change it to "Want or Pass"? Everyone just ****ing "Needs" anyway.

    Obviously you are a full time pug player. You kiss your goldfish with that puke on your lips?
    beezle23 wrote:
    Suggestion: No lockbox drops in STF. That should take care of 2/3 of the need/greed/pass popups.

    How about stop dropping them period or >.05%. The Lock Boxes are allready purchaseable in the Dilithium Store, then there would be a correct sink for dilithium.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Ofallon wrote:
    How about stop dropping them period or >.05%. The Lock Boxes are allready purchaseable in the Dilithium Store, then there would be a correct sink for dilithium.

    200 Dil for something I'm shoving stacks of out the nearest airlock . . .
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