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Tiered captain skill unlocks UI confusing, tiers unnecessary?
eradicator84
Member Posts: 1,116 Arc User
Two thoughts after having briefly been on tribble to check out the new skill system.
1.
The whole tiered unlock thing in the new (and old) captain skill system feels kind of unnecessary to me. It forces you to spend points into areas you might not want just so you can unlock the next tier of skills you actually want to spend points on. Is this mechanic still required?
I think I'd scrap the tiered mechanic if I had a choice.
But, if it's staying...
2.
It's been so long since I've specced a captain, I'd forgotten about the tiered skill levels and that you have to spend points to unlock the tiers. So when I was speccing a new toon on tribble with the new system I was confused as to why I couldn't choose the lower down the page (higher tier) skills from the get go.
After a couple minutes I figured out I needed to spend more points in the initial tier(s) to unlock the others.
My point is, the current UI doesn't convey very well this fact. The old one at least showed numbers for eg 2800/5000 meaning I needed to spend 2200 more specs points to unlock next tier. This new one, while it shows profession totals it does not show grand total to easily know tier progress.
I'd suggest at minimum add a grand total of points spent, so without math we can easily see how much we've to go until the next tier. And put the grand total next to each tier unlock number so it says something like "Tier unlock progress 8/15" or similar, instead of just "Unlocks at 15 points" or whatever it has currently.
An even better idea might be to have a progress bar going down one side of the window that fills as you spend points. When bar fills to where the next tier is, that tier unlocks. So it's visually easy and obvious to understand.
1.
The whole tiered unlock thing in the new (and old) captain skill system feels kind of unnecessary to me. It forces you to spend points into areas you might not want just so you can unlock the next tier of skills you actually want to spend points on. Is this mechanic still required?
I think I'd scrap the tiered mechanic if I had a choice.
But, if it's staying...
2.
It's been so long since I've specced a captain, I'd forgotten about the tiered skill levels and that you have to spend points to unlock the tiers. So when I was speccing a new toon on tribble with the new system I was confused as to why I couldn't choose the lower down the page (higher tier) skills from the get go.
After a couple minutes I figured out I needed to spend more points in the initial tier(s) to unlock the others.
My point is, the current UI doesn't convey very well this fact. The old one at least showed numbers for eg 2800/5000 meaning I needed to spend 2200 more specs points to unlock next tier. This new one, while it shows profession totals it does not show grand total to easily know tier progress.
I'd suggest at minimum add a grand total of points spent, so without math we can easily see how much we've to go until the next tier. And put the grand total next to each tier unlock number so it says something like "Tier unlock progress 8/15" or similar, instead of just "Unlocks at 15 points" or whatever it has currently.
An even better idea might be to have a progress bar going down one side of the window that fills as you spend points. When bar fills to where the next tier is, that tier unlocks. So it's visually easy and obvious to understand.
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At the rate it's going, there is going to be one build and one build only. Might as well just get rid of the skill system all together and just give us a set of perks for every ten levels in the game based on your career path.
As an edit, Why in the hell is hanger pets and hanger abilities in the skill tree? Not everyone flies those, so why would they even take those in the first place? Because the alternative choice is something they don't want either.