Cozur Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I've been picking up on a couple small things that I think should be changed to make the game even better, mostly visuals that have started to annoy me or options that I feel are missing. 1: Changing the galaxy map. While I think the actual rotating galaxy looks fine, I'm having a hard time looking at the crude icons and region borders without cringing. Rather than having every planet represented with its own icon, all of them just have the generic yellow (of all colors!) marker. I think this is a shame, spinning planets would look much better, adding to the feel that you're looking at the galaxy, not just some chorish map you have to click and click and click to get on with. I'd also love to see some more planets in the game. Not as planets you can play on, but what is stopping them from putting more planets in the game that you can hover your mouse over and get some lore from? It would also add to the immersion when doing space missions, you wouldn't necessarily be defending some remote asteroid, but rather defending the Imperial planet of Munilinst against daring space pirates. Huah! I wouldn't mind seeing some of the lesser powers represented in the game - The Sith Empire and Galactic Republic are not the only galactic powers at this time. Unless I'm mistaken, you have the Tion Hegemony, The Hapes Consortium, Hutt Space and so on. It wouldn't have to be playable or interactable in any way, other than letting us know a bit more about the galaxy. 2: Changing the way travelling works. I have no problem with long travel times, I actually think it adds to the game - is it really worth it going to the Imperial Fleet to buy a new pair of boots? It also adds to the immersion - you're in a wide galaxy, uhhh. I don't like the actual visuals for the travels once you're on a planet though. The huge spaceships that pick you up for a trek of about 3 miles is, frankly, weird. Really fast speeders that take you through enemy camps and right past enemy players. And rather than disembarking, they just "poof" disappears. I understand why this is needed for the actual player speeders, but I don't see why we can't just have the screen go black for like 30 seconds, maybe with a nice loading screen or countdown clock, and then "BAM!" arrived at destination. So that's my 2 cents about stuff I think needs improvement. I understand that a lot of people feel like there's more pressing concerns, but I'm not part of the Bioware team, so I don't actually decide what the schedule of updates is going to be like, and therefore I feel like making this thread is completely acceptable. Please help me brainstorm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradewindNQ Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I agree on the galaxy map, I'd actually be much happier if it went closer to what they had for Mass Effect 2 for the map. Not with the whole "click to travel the Normandy 4 inches to orbit a planet" but something a bit more visually appealing. Would be cool in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozur Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Yeah, it doesn't necessarily have to be added straight away, but sometime down the line I'd love to see the galaxy map get an overhaul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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