STO for the Color Blind

labtinnion

I've been playing this game for a long time now and wasn't going to say anything, but I just read an article about how gaming is starting to clue in that color blindness is a problem for many gamers--especially since it's so easily correctable. For me playing STO, it's the color coding of the rarity of items and officers. I have a hard time distinguishing blue and purple which can make a huge difference when I go to sell or use something. Strangely, all the items have actual text in their descriptions that identify the rarity (or lack thereof) while none of the officers (Bridge or DOFF) have anything. I usually have to ask someone in my house to identify the color. My Bridge Officer queue is full of officers that may be either Rare or Very Rare, and I can't tell. All that's needed is a single line of identifying text in the info box just like the items have.

ashkrik23

You can identify doffs by the bar beside there names. 3 small grey bars in the bottom left shows they are purple.

mightybobcnc

Referring to this?

http://kotaku.com/what-its-like-to-play-games-when-youre-colorblind-1606030489

doffingcomrade

labtinnion wrote: »

My Bridge Officer queue is full of officers that may be either Rare or Very Rare, and I can't tell. All that's needed is a single line of identifying text in the info box just like the items have.

If they have two Superior traits, they're purple or better. It's not actually important what color boffs are anyway, because what matters are two things: Their traits, and their unique skills, if any. If none of these things are of any worth, they're all equally worthless!

You're honestly probably better off here. Otherwise you'd fall into the trap of believing purple Gorn exist. They don't. Purple Gorn are identical to Blue Gorn, just as you see them.