The new character select screen background

valoreah

Is there any chance to get the old backgrounds back? Trying to be kind, but the new one looks terrible. Was this something that really needed to be changed?

Compare the new with the old.





Please revert this change. Thank you.

saurializard

That's the Windows 1701 logo.

To be honest, I don't mind it by itself. What I do mind (a lot) is how your characters and ship are barely visible in the shadows.

guljarol

I like the new background.

But some ships are placed too high and are cut. From what I noticed, the bigger ships. Smaller ship are lower and all on the screen.

szerontzur

I, for one, am GLAD I don't have to see my Klingon characters arbitrarily on ESD when I select them anymore.

I feel like the color swirl in the background should have been flipped upside down so that it quasi-represents the galactic location of each of the playable factions though.

paradox

valoreah wrote: »

To each their own. What exactly are our characters supposed to be standing on now? Open space?

It's probably Gre'thor, where else would dishonorable warcriminals end up.

scorpwanna

I don't like the new one either, we should be able to choose a background.

captainkoltar

The new one isn't as nice as the old one - but it is definitely better from the POV of non Federation characters.

Also, they change the background every season, so it won't last forever.

Also also, how long are you spending on the character select screen that this is a problem for you?

eazzie

In my opinion I think this is all to do with change. Players have got so use to the old so when something new gets introduced there's dislike for the new straight away. We saw it years back when the inventory icons were changed there was a big to do from the player base on not liking them, over time players got used to them. The new character selection screen is not perfect and does need some tweaks but overall I like it. It's fresh and marks a new beginning.

postagepaid

Dislike for the new makes sense when the new is done in such a hamfisted way that it obscures the point of a character select screen allowing you to actually see the character, ship and crew you want to select!

Pretty picture yes but not added into the game in a competent manner.

meimeitoo

I'm loving it! (And the players too). Look at the pretty colors!

jonsills

I like it, personally. And as has been pointed out, it changes every season, so if you don't like it, just wait, it'll change.

echatty

The background itself is pretty and all, but like val said, it obscures the characters/ships almost entirely. Brighten up the foreground a bit so we can see who we're selecting.

cambera

jonsills wrote: »

I like it, personally. And as has been pointed out, it changes every season, so if you don't like it, just wait, it'll change.

If I have to wait a whole year for this to change then I will have probably left the game.

The new screen background gives me Sensory Overload of Colour that my brain struggles with and an overwhelming feeling of "Yuck - switch it off".
The fact that characters are lost in the shadows and the ships guillotined at the top, shows that this was not properly tested.

Please allow a choice of backgrounds, or the ability to "switch it off" and have "No Background". This choice IS available at both the Tailor and at the Ship Tailor.

leemwatson

The ONLY thing wrong with this screen is the positioning of the ships. Nothing wrong with anything else at all. It's simplistic and shows off the characters....well, it is the 'Character Select Screen' isn't it.

meimeitoo

n/a

meimeitoo

valoreah wrote: »

leemwatson wrote: »

It's simplistic and shows off the characters

By burying them in shadow?

By constrasting them against a dark background. Black is the new black.

meimeitoo

cambera#8319 wrote: »

jonsills wrote: »

I like it, personally. And as has been pointed out, it changes every season, so if you don't like it, just wait, it'll change.

If I have to wait a whole year for this to change then I will have probably left the game.

The length ppl go to, to find fault with the game, is astounding.

The fact that characters are lost in the shadows and the ships guillotined at the top, shows that this was not properly tested.

Ships arent 'guillotined at the top.' You merely have a TRIBBLE computer, it seems. Ship is positioned slightly above the middle, at a near perfect golden ratio (see image I posted aove).

EDIT: Seems some ships actually are, according to the patch notes.

Please allow a choice of backgrounds, or the ability to "switch it off" and have "No Background". This choice IS available at both the Tailor and at the Ship Tailor.

Please, Cryptic, don't waste time on this. If y'all want to undo something, get rid of the new email 'auction' system. Background is fine.

meimeitoo

valoreah wrote: »

meimeitoo wrote: »

The length ppl go to, to find fault with the game, is astounding.
Please, Cryptic, don't waste time on this. If y'all want to undo something, get rid of the new email 'auction' system. Background is fine.

Have to agree that I do not find this something worth quitting the game over, but to each their own. As far as wasting time on it, in my opinion the character select screen is not something worth wasting time on to begin with. The loading screen backgrounds denoting the current story arc is more than enough. There are far more critical things that need to be addressed like the exchange issue.

If we have to live with this for a while, it would be nice to at least brighten it up a bit at some point. I doubt it will ever be changed though.

Have to agree that the characters just floating in space looks a bit odd. (Maybe position them on a white-ish nebula or something?). But I like the pretty colors. Today they're going to fix ships falling off the screen a bit, for some people. Other than that, I feel indeed there are more important issues at hand now.

fleetcaptain5

Personally I don't really care.

It's not like you spend a lot of time watching this screen. Once you hit that 'play' button, it'll go away.

shrimphead2015

The background is not something I really get into all that much. When a new one comes out I always take a few minutes to look it over and then after that it's just something that's there for a few seconds and before logging in. The have made better backgrounds though so I can see why some folks want to have the option of choosing a background.

I remember in APB Reloaded players at one time could make their own backgrounds or I think it was the animated short clip before the background or both. Some of them were pretty good and unless you posted the vid you really were the only one that got to see it. Would be cool if we could do something like that here.

Honestly for me its Kuumarke's creepy gaze that has me more concerned lol.

I would like to add on the heels of this that if we were to have some control with the game I would like to be able to choose the idle animations or turn them off. I am really not liking the fact that I have to consistently holster a weapon just to cut off those new ridiculous animations.

meimeitoo

Oh yeah, this is a real improvement! /sarcasm



My bridge is an empty light-bulb now!

inferiority

valoreah wrote: »

Is there any chance to get the old backgrounds back? Trying to be kind, but the new one looks terrible.

The login screen has almost always changed to reflect the current ongoing storyline and since we've started a new story, we got a new login screen.
I actually quite like it, but we need some more light on our characters.
It's good to see our ships from a very different angle now but it's positioned far too high.

captainkoltar wrote: »

The new one isn't as nice as the old one - but it is definitely better from the POV of non Federation characters.

The old one wasn't themed around the Federation...