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Carrier - Hangar Status(Be able to see info about our pets in battle)

qelmeqelme Member Posts: 12 Arc User
edited June 2013 in Controls and User Interface
http://i.imgur.com/ZJf4kWn.jpg

Bottom right corner(I've used the "Focus" button and replicated with Photoshop). I'm not good at Photoshop :P but you guys can get the idea, be able to see our pets info like health, distance, abilities(like our BoFFs) and(with the LoR UI update) if they are in combat with someone(Red Alert effect). When using drones or shuttles, use a system like strategic games(when using 3 units, they're considered 1, so their health is based on how many shuttles/drones are alive). This addition would make Carrier captains life easier regarding Frigate/Shuttle/Drones management.

Suggestions are welcomed in this thread :D
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  • eklinaareklinaar Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    I was just coming to the forum to post a suggestion like this without having seen yours. Please, please, devs, implement something like this. Giving us info in the GUI on our deployed hangar pets is the single most helpful thing you could implement to improve carrier gameplay.
  • bignutterbignutter Member Posts: 125 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    I think it would not work well on smaller screens when you have 12 Pets flying around. (2 bays x 2 waves at 3 per waves.)
  • mandoknight89mandoknight89 Member Posts: 1,687 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    bignutter wrote: »
    I think it would not work well on smaller screens when you have 12 Pets flying around. (2 bays x 2 waves at 3 per waves.)
    As proposed by the OP, each flight group's total status would be displayed as one unit, equating three fighters to one frigate and so forth.
  • defalusdefalus Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    I've often wondered if a UI element similar to how the crew meter works could be added to represent fighter capacity and deployment.

    Imagine you have a meter that if you equip a wing of fighters, this is represented on your UI in a hangar display by 6 grey pips or pet icons and when you launch fighters, each of the grey pips turns white and when a fighter is destroyed, a pip on your hangar UI turns grey to show you have 1 less fighter deployed. In the case of frigate type pets, the relevant amount of grey pips would display allowing the captain to see how many he can field.

    In the heat of battle a quick glance at a display like this will allow you to see how many of your pets have been destroyed or how many more you can field before you despawn your own fighters to spawn new ones.

    I know it's a very simple suggestion, perhaps it could be take further to have each pip go green-yellow-red to represent the health status of fighters, though you would be unable to select a pet from this display.

    Just thought I'd blurt this out before I go and waste time on making crude MS Paint diagrams...:o
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  • lordhavelocklordhavelock Member Posts: 2,248 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Champions Online has a pretty decent UI for Pets in that game. I have often wondered/wished for something similar for Carrier Pets. (For those not familiar, it's basically what the OP is talking about.)

    You can find/contact me in game as @PatricianVetinari. Playing STO since Feb 2010.
  • variant37variant37 Member Posts: 867 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    A thousand times yes on something like this. PLEASE DEVS, I need fighter status! To be honest, I'd be happy with even just a number telling me how many of my fighters are still alive and out in the fight.
  • montrosiummontrosium Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    variant37 wrote: »
    A thousand times yes on something like this. PLEASE DEVS, I need fighter status! To be honest, I'd be happy with even just a number telling me how many of my fighters are still alive and out in the fight.

    Agreed with this
  • bloctoadbloctoad Member Posts: 660 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Even a small unit box like Sins or Starcraft uses with a percentage or color coding representing the fighter's present health would suffice.
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  • malkarrismalkarris Member Posts: 797 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Yes please yes.

    Also adding this to other pets (like galaxy saucer or MVAE Vectors) woudl be good, but at least the hanger pets please.
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  • sundale2sundale2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    defalus wrote: »
    Imagine you have a meter that if you equip a wing of fighters, this is represented on your UI in a hangar display by 6 grey pips or pet icons and when you launch fighters, each of the grey pips turns white and when a fighter is destroyed, a pip on your hangar UI turns grey to show you have 1 less fighter deployed. In the case of frigate type pets, the relevant amount of grey pips would display allowing the captain to see how many he can field.

    In the heat of battle a quick glance at a display like this will allow you to see how many of your pets have been destroyed or how many more you can field before you despawn your own fighters to spawn new ones.

    I know it's a very simple suggestion, perhaps it could be take further to have each pip go green-yellow-red to represent the health status of fighters, though you would be unable to select a pet from this display.

    Best idea I can think of for a simple display. A full status would be nice, but bare minimum, I'd want something like that. I've done the Crytaline mission a few times now, and a few times I am not the only carrier packing Elite Scorpions. So I've looking at this sea of wasps trying to determine which are mine. In the end, I just keep them coming. So I'd kill for some kind, any kind of display telling me how many fighters I have active. A full status is a bonus, and maybe it could be an option. You can get a full status, or just a simple "how many are deployed?" indicator.

    I know the programing of either won't be easy, but those of us using carriers will be eternally grateful if you can manage something for us.
  • shailatshailat Member Posts: 478 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    qelme wrote: »
    http://i.imgur.com/ZJf4kWn.jpg

    Bottom right corner(I've used the "Focus" button and replicated with Photoshop). I'm not good at Photoshop :P but you guys can get the idea, be able to see our pets info like health, distance, abilities(like our BoFFs) and(with the LoR UI update) if they are in combat with someone(Red Alert effect). When using drones or shuttles, use a system like strategic games(when using 3 units, they're considered 1, so their health is based on how many shuttles/drones are alive). This addition would make Carrier captains life easier regarding Frigate/Shuttle/Drones management.

    Suggestions are welcomed in this thread :D

    I almost got too excited for a second, i saw your picture and got really happy as i thought this feature was on tribble and you were showing us, but then you said you modifed the pic to show what it should look like, i was like awww man. :D

    anyhoo, yes, i beleave we need something like this. I fly a carrier as well and would love to see which and how many pets need to be redeployed
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  • solonitesolonite Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    I totally agree with this as it's a pain follow the other sections of my Fleet MVA, you can of course track the status of the other sections by clicking on them to check if they need shield/hull repair but a focus tab for each hull section would be awesome!
  • parias1337parias1337 Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited April 2013
    Chiming in my support for this as well - this feature is very badly needed in the game. It's a bit cumbersome not knowing the status of my fighters in the middle of a battle.
  • deemgunndeemgunn Member Posts: 5 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Ah, yes, It is much needed, event if only to know how many pets you've got still alive, and what type
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