Jezzirok Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 The issue they tried to fix was that it was impossible to see if reactive abilities were ready during a GCD as all abilities would become fully greyed out. Now everything stays lit up all the time, even if they're on cooldown, as long as other requirements are met. Extremely lazy. Yup. Hey, novel idea... maybe a timer on the button? GASP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthtoph Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 At least modify all icons to other colors than blue. C'mon BW. Pretty please. With sugar on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandana_ Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 bump CHANGE IT BACK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mynamethisis Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I've just tested this little CD thing and guess what? it is working as intended for me,so no,not everyone has noticed it -.-.... why are you all so negative towards this game,no one is forcing you to be here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthtoph Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Something is telling me your icons consist mostly of other colors than the very same color the CD timer uses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cripplers Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Works fine and has been working fine for me all day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sevvy Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) Horrible change. Especially on cooldowns longer than 15 seconds or so. You have to literally mouseover the icon, and look at the tooltip to see the cooldown. It makes any kind of fast-paced gameplay a wreck. Please implement an option in Preferences to be able to enable something that shows a numerical value as a countdown, like this... http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/7198/cooldown.png In the meantime, revert the change. It is broken. Edited January 18, 2012 by Sevvy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taurusaud Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 They got your money already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karcyon Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 surely everybody notices this? how did it get past testing? what a massive joke. it looks better at first but then when a cooldown is nearly up you can't tell if it has 3 seconds left or 10 secs, i'm constantly clicking abilities that look like they're off cooldown and it's just horrendous. Yep, same! Horrendous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerakal Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Wow, I have some gripes with the patch too, and this issue is annoying. But unplayable? Hardly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caelrie Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) I think 1.1 was brought to us by a bunch of passive-aggressive developers. "You want to see your reactive abilities light up when your GCD is going? Well, now everything's lit all the time! How you like me now?" "You don't like Ilum win trading, huh? Well, try THIS on for size. It's what you asked for!" Maybe someday people will learn and stop asking for fixes. Your solution is that the playerbase act like the children of alcoholics? Never ask Dad for anything out of fear of the beating? Edited January 18, 2012 by Caelrie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picoTBN Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 lolololol really you ppl can't play because you can't see if the cooldown is finished? stop playing computers and go to a eye docotro FCS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esaru Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Nothing but more complaints from people that have a hard time adjusting. I've had no problem so far. It's called a bug. It's frightening how dense this statement is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PjPablo Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I've just tested this little CD thing and guess what? it is working as intended for me,so no,not everyone has noticed it -.-.... why are you all so negative towards this game,no one is forcing you to be here. It isn't 'negative' to point out that the current UI/CD is not working as it should. (My opinion) I am happy that you are fine with the current functionality. I however am not. It is very difficult to tell when longer CD abilities are available now due to this change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekkamansoul Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Virtually unplayable? Calm down, folks. Agree that it was better with the greyed-out icons though. Should be implemented as an option, or as a numerical representation as suggested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLASSlFlED Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Virtually unplayable? Calm down, folks. Agree that it was better with the greyed-out icons though. Should be implemented as an option, or as a numerical representation as suggested. For tanks, it is, if we can't hit that defencive cooldown at the right time, we're ****ed. And if we try hit one that LOOKS like it's off cooldown, but it isn't, that precious second wasted could easily cost a wipe. The same goes for healers. DPS will barely notice a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puli Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 The only time I have this issue is if I mouse-over a button when it is close to coming off cooldown (since the border it applies to the skill you are over is the same color and overlaps) Otherwise I'm not having any issue. Maybe it was just Bioware's subtle attempt to get me to stop clicking my long cd abilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechomai Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Can't wait for my official SWTOR Cooldown Stopwatch to arrive. What??? You didn't get the memo?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russx Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Yes I cancelled my 6 month sub today before they billed me. And this ability bar change is the only reason I did. I prefer the greyed out cooldowns. It is really hard to tell when a 30sec ability is ready or not when it only has 3-4 secs left when it only shows a really tiny thin bar on a lit up ability. So frustrating in PVP I just cant enjoy it anymore. If they change it back or make it a preference option then they can have my money back. If not they never will get my sub again no matter how good the rest of the game may get. I just cannot play like this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiennen Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 It's called a bug. It's frightening how dense this statement is. its called a feature. Its frightening how dense this statement is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sevvy Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I prefer the greyed out cooldowns. It is really hard to tell when a 30sec ability is ready or not when it only has 3-4 secs left when it only shows a really tiny thin bar on a lit up ability. So frustrating in PVP I just cant enjoy it anymore. This is my issue with it. Any ability with more than a 15 second CD shows a bar about ____ thin for the last few seconds. You can even tell it's there, so you think the ability is ready to be used. And here i'm thinking I'm lagged or dealing with ability lag. NOPE! Ability isn't off cooldown yet. Terrible. Again, revert the change or implement this as an OPTION... http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/7198/cooldown.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theothersteve Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 An official statement one way or another (whether it is a bug) would be really appreciated. I really hope it's a bug. On the other hand, I can't understand why they would make this sort of change without making it configurable. Without numbers on the bar, the game is hard enough. I spend half of my time staring at my totally unconfigurable bars as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dopezombie Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Fix this **** asap, really hurts in pvp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paganini Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Wow when I first saw this I assumed it was a graphical bug. At the very least make it toggleable between greyed out and not, but if you're not going to allow mods in the game then a number would be preferable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLASSlFlED Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Thanks to patch 1.1, i now need glasses for putting too much strain on my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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