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valoreah
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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.
Compare the new with the old.
Please revert this change. Thank you.
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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.
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.
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.
It's probably Gre'thor, where else would dishonorable warcriminals end up.
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?
Pretty picture yes but not added into the game in a competent manner.
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.
By constrasting them against a dark background.
The length ppl go to, to find fault with the game, is astounding.
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, 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 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.
It's not like you spend a lot of time watching this screen. Once you hit that 'play' button, it'll go away.
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.
My bridge is an empty light-bulb now!
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.
The old one wasn't themed around the Federation...