IDEAS FOR RYZOM

It's time I think about this, which is half and half, a tool which is strictly related to UI, so I'm not sure this is the right thread: keep it, move it, or delete it, as you want.

As a newbie, I found many difficulties in comparing items capabilities: have to look at each info more and more times, to see (and try to understand) the differences... really hard indeed.

So, having a way to check a flag, into one item's infos, and then select another item (from Inventory, merchant, in-hands, somewhere) to compare with, will be very helpful. This can be made for 1-to-1 or to 1-to-many comparing, as you think it's useful: I found it useful, the 1-to-many, in EVE-online, where tens of little items' differences must be compared to choose the best one... or the less worst ;))

Example:

Item #1
Fine Jab Dagger of Sap load
Origin: Fyros
Quality: 10
Weight: 6,64 kg
Bulk: 5,00
Hit Points: 121/121
Sap load: 0/1428
Skill: master dagger

Requirements: none

Damage type: piercing
Damage: 9 (9)
Hit/Minute: 38
Reach: 0
Dodge modifier: 5
Parry modifier: -14
Adv. dodge mod.: -5
Adv. parry mod.: 13
Action malus: +10
Description:
One-handed Fyros dagger


Item #2
Fine Jab Dagger of Damage
Origin: Fyros
Quality: 10
Weight: 6,59 kg
Bulk: 5,00
Hit Points: 121/121
Sap load: 0/574
Skill: master dagger

Requirements: none

Damage type: piercing
Damage: 14 (14)
Hit/Minute: 38
Reach: 0
Dodge modifier: 3
Parry modifier: -12
Adv. dodge mod.: -7
Adv. parry mod.: 15
Action malus: +10
Description:
One-handed Fyros dagger

This is the nowadays behaviour, so one have to switch from one info to the other (and there is no way to have the two info windows opened at the same time, and if it can be done, it should be cluttering anyway) and look at each single parameter to try understanding (1) which is the better weapon and (2) which is better for him.

Proposal:

Item #1 #2 difference
#1: Fine Jab Dagger of Sap load
#2: Fine Jab Dagger of Damage
Origin: Fyros Fyros
Quality: 10 10 0
Weight: 6,64 6,59 -0,05 kg
Bulk: 5,00 5,00 0,00
Hit Points: 121/121 121/121 0/0
Sap load: 0/1428 0/574 0/-854
Skill
#1: master dagger
#2: master dagger

Requirements:
#1: none
#2: none

Damage type: piercing piercing
Damage: 9(9) 14(14) +5(+5)
Hit/Minute: 38 38 0
Reach: 0 0 0
Dodge modifier: 5 3 -2
Parry modifier: -14 -12 +2
Adv. dodge mod.: -5 -7 +2
Adv. parry mod.: 13 15 +2
Action malus: +10 +10 0

So, difference values from #2 compared to #1 are shown in green when it represents a bonus, in red when a malus.
It can be added a #1 vs #3..#n comparison too, if deemed interesting, but at least #1 vs #2 it's what one needs. :)
The comparison tool should compare "comparable" properties only, and refuses things which 're not comparable at all.
I'm sure it will be an hard utility to create, but it seems to me it can be needed even at high levels.

Action Bar/Aciton Editing Window Enhancements:
- Selectable Icons for the Actions
- Tool Tip to explain WHY an action cannot be used/cast (Requires Piercing Weapon, for example)
- Second, more customizable, Action Bar - Maybe a couple more, or just the ability to separate the Action Bar's 'pages' from the main Action Bar, and move them around as their own window. This would act just as the tabbed Chat Windows minus the tabs.
- Add the ability to drag an Action 'OFF' of the bar so that it actually deletes the Action. Just a simpler and quicker way to remove actions, versus right-click/delete action.
- Make the Current Action 'cast' bar moveable/disable-able. I usually don't even pay attention to it, I just focus on the one right above my character's head and the one under the action bar seems like it should be moveable.

I do know that the 'cast' bar can be changed to appear in the gauge window, however that just takes up more room, and once again it's still not used, at least imho.

I have been looking around some more things came to mind

Bugs
In the Menu:
System -> Game Configuration (the label is too long for the menu)

Inventory + Loot Windows:
Some times the number for the quality is hardly readable on the icons for materials.

Animal Window:
if the weight is > 10 the number will be over the house symbol for the stable.

Suggestions
It might be nice to update the help in general.
The bubbles that show up during the tutorial are not really visible that long so one might miss them.

Make the windows look more consistent:
Currently there are those like the message window with the close/help/options bar on top.
Some without the bar but with a cross for closing (MP3 player, window overview, ...)
And those with neither (actions bar, main chat, ...)

Possibilities to sort the Order of Tribes in the fame window (by name and fame asc/desc)

Filter for mission givers with multiple ones (hide/show missions of type X)

Hide or grey out options that are not usable at the moment in the menu (and other places I might have overlooked) like the "leave team" action while not being in a team.

Lock for the Zoom on the compass

Change the position of the inscene help to a better place (eg. hovering over the action progress bar - center top of screen; shows the help below the menu - right middle of screen)

Nice to have
Make it possible to change the guild description (leader only)

Make an option to remember the selected page on the action bar after a relog.

Show unknown tribes in the fame window as greyed out once you've seen them (you know them but they don't know you)

Another idea for an enhancement would be for the 'In Scene' options in the Interface settings. Have it so that you can set it to display certain info about friends, and enemies standard, and on hover - much like the window opacity settings. The advantage to this would be for when you come across large groups of creatures in one place, your screen isn't cluttered up with names of all of them at once, only the one that you hover your cursor over.

guild inventory item statistic display in right click Info window. sometime success and sometime fail. please fix.

Same for Room...usually fails.

Here's a translation of some ideas in the German forum (not mine):
Original post

Would be nice to have an option to hide the user channel, like any other one. I do not usually use it and the tab just takes precious space on the interface.

Just stumbled across a bug I've forgotten which is closely related to the "not interface" sample.

The Bar showing the amount of things in the guild hall and apartment don't show full even if the numbers say that it is

My GH
bulk: 9709/10000
slots: 813/1000
bar: just below half full

My AP
bulk: 1996/2000
slots: 750/1000
bar: ~1/3 full

even though I could need a bit more bulk that's not my real request ;-)

please fix the bar to show that it's full if it's full or just show the bulk numbers directly like the slot numbers instead of the bar

Craft window, it really would be helpful to show the active boosts on the current stanza. Could just add a row of data under the pre-craft stats to show Boosts: 95 to indicate that the item is expected to have 95 HP boost on it.