DeletedUser
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I think the interface is terrible for the most part.
1. You can no longer double click the mini-map
2. To change cities you now have to go to the center of the screen, click your city then go to the left to jump to your city??? Why was that icon not added right next to the city or better yet allow double click to switch instead of it changing the city name, it more conveniently takes you to the city.
3. Instead of being bottom center, reading left to right as everyone does and where you can easily see a new message pop up you now have to look to the left to a poorly designed vertical menu to see if there is blue message number circle against a blue background row -how about using a color that stands out!!!???
4. I am saving my culture point quest. There is a large moving arrow in the minimap indicating that I have not completed it. You can see nothing in the minimap and combined with the fact that you can no longer double click on it, it renders the minimap a useless waste of space.
5. The icons for attack, inventory notes etc have been rearranged for absolutely no practical purpose; they are no more convenient than before but you now have to rethink what you click having been used the previous set up.
6. All of a sudden, when casting kingly gift, my indicator does not reflect that I am now able to build an additional ship (only one checked thus far). Now I have to close the harbor window and reopen to gain the additional ship the spell allowed for.
In short this new interface is an irritating inconvenience, having to relearn where everything is as well as wasting the users time having removed features that sped up game play.
The only positive improvement is the remaining spell indicator YOU SHOULD HAVE STOPPED WITH THAT! Maybe it would have been rolled out on time.
1. You can no longer double click the mini-map
2. To change cities you now have to go to the center of the screen, click your city then go to the left to jump to your city??? Why was that icon not added right next to the city or better yet allow double click to switch instead of it changing the city name, it more conveniently takes you to the city.
3. Instead of being bottom center, reading left to right as everyone does and where you can easily see a new message pop up you now have to look to the left to a poorly designed vertical menu to see if there is blue message number circle against a blue background row -how about using a color that stands out!!!???
4. I am saving my culture point quest. There is a large moving arrow in the minimap indicating that I have not completed it. You can see nothing in the minimap and combined with the fact that you can no longer double click on it, it renders the minimap a useless waste of space.
5. The icons for attack, inventory notes etc have been rearranged for absolutely no practical purpose; they are no more convenient than before but you now have to rethink what you click having been used the previous set up.
6. All of a sudden, when casting kingly gift, my indicator does not reflect that I am now able to build an additional ship (only one checked thus far). Now I have to close the harbor window and reopen to gain the additional ship the spell allowed for.
In short this new interface is an irritating inconvenience, having to relearn where everything is as well as wasting the users time having removed features that sped up game play.
The only positive improvement is the remaining spell indicator YOU SHOULD HAVE STOPPED WITH THAT! Maybe it would have been rolled out on time.
