Hi, I’m an Eve noob of 3 yrs, and pretty new to the forum. This is my third post.
My first was to report problems with the market UI from this patch (December Release - General Feedback), but I see none of what I reported here in this list of “known issues”, let alone those issues actually being addressed. The same applies to issues pointed out by other players (the clarity/brightness of coloured/highlighted orders being an example). I find this curious as my post has proved to be one of the most popular in the thread… obviously a number of players have agreed the things I mentioned need to be addressed… and yet as a Quality Assurance Analyst, there seems to be little attention being paid to the feedback your department requests of the player base.
Did I post my feedback in the wrong thread? My apologies if this is the case.
It is, however, beyond frustrating and hugely disappointing to learn that this lack of response apparently isn’t an unusual occurrence.
Please do us the courtesy of either convincing us of the reasoning behind changing perfectly workable UI design elements into ones with less utility and useability, explain how this is acceptable in the eyes of a Quality Assurance department, or demand that the development team that made the changes publicly admit they screwed up, and at the very least, advise the timetable and priority of the impending fixes. After all, “known issues” doesn’t imply it’s just the issues that the players find, it’s the issues recognised and admitted to by the game developer, with a very real expectation on the players’ part that they will be addressed.
There’s surely something to be said for maintaining core element meaningful design that provides actual functionality, and thus decent quality of play, in preference to the “shite ‘n’ glitter” of so-called improvements which provide so much less of the same, or worse, detract from what was already there and appreciated.
Thank you,
Harry