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2016/04/28 Maintenance: Quality Filter for DOFFs No Longer Easily Accessable

cklibcklib Member Posts: 188 Arc User
edited April 2016 in PC Gameplay Bug Reports
On the Roster tab of the Duty Officers window, the previously frequently used Quality filter has been moved from the visible row (only showing Status and Specialization filters now, even though there is enough space) to the hidden filter rows beneath it. Expanding these rows does not persist when you close and re-open the window. Please put that filter back where it was, as it is one of the more frequently used filters.

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  • cklibcklib Member Posts: 188 Arc User
    edited April 2016
    Here are screenshots of the DOFF filters, unexpanded with the Quality filter gone, and expanded showing the hidden filters:

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    Of these filters, Status and Specialization are used frequently, but even more so is the Quality filter. It should not be hidden with the remaining seldom used filters Traits and Species.
  • conradhauserconradhauser Member Posts: 152 Arc User
    I agree
  • cklibcklib Member Posts: 188 Arc User
    Still hidden after today's maintenance.
  • turbomagnusturbomagnus Member Posts: 3,479 Arc User
    And unfortunately, I've discovered a possibly related issue - the new 'Reset' button that was added to the filters, if clicked while in 'Brig' or 'Passengers', causes that area to show all Duty Officers in the roster, not merely the 'Prisoner' and 'Colonist' specializations with, it seems, no way to return it to its previous settings...
    "If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross; but it's not for the timid." -- Q, TNG: "Q-Who?"
    ^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
  • welcome2earfwelcome2earf Member Posts: 1,746 Arc User
    This is horrible. Why don't we get requests for feedback on upcoming UI changes?
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  • cklibcklib Member Posts: 188 Arc User
    edited May 2016
    turbomagnus wrote: »
    And unfortunately, I've discovered a possibly related issue - the new 'Reset' button that was added to the filters, if clicked while in 'Brig' or 'Passengers', causes that area to show all Duty Officers in the roster, not merely the 'Prisoner' and 'Colonist' specializations with, it seems, no way to return it to its previous settings...

    That Reset button is not a new addition. It's been there for months. And the problem you describe with it, i.e. that pressing it (no matter the current category) will make it so that suddenly all your colonists and prisoners also show up in your filtered lists until you restart the client, has been around for months as well. Not many noticed though, because it wasn't used frequently being hidden like that. This just goes to show that something important and often used like the Quality filter ought not be hidden.
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  • cklibcklib Member Posts: 188 Arc User
    edited June 2016
    As of today's maintenance, the filter buttons Quality and Status have switched positions, i.e. Status is now hidden, while Quality is now visible again, along with Specialization. There is a lot of room after these two buttons.

    This is still not satisfactory. The Status button is equally frequently used as is the Quality button. It should not be hidden in a pointless attempt to make the game UI ever more cumbersome to use.

    Incidentally, of the here mentioned three most used filter buttons, it is actually Specialization that is used the least:

    Status = when I temporarily need to filter the new DOFFs I just got from purchases, mail attachments, assignments, etc.
    Quality = when I need to filter common/uncommon/rare DOFFs I want to sell, restock, or trade in assignments, etc.
    Specialization = when I (rarely) need to filter a specific DOFF job
  • cklibcklib Member Posts: 188 Arc User
    Still messed up.
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