Airehn Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) I thought I liked it at first, then I went into a raid. Soa for example, why is your character filtered to the bottom of the icons? You can't see which direction you're facing. I can see how this is an annoyance and a nightmare in pvp and other operations. Had this same problem earlier today, had to actually open my map more than once to figure out what direction I was supposed to go. The way it is now, if you're in a group, the minimap is useless. Edited February 9, 2017 by Airehn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_X Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 LMFAO@the purple circles. GG BW. Its really insulting when you make it obvious that none of you play the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurj Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 The direction issue seems like an easy fix, but what I really wish they would do is increase the zoom out max distance. I think that would resolve some of the issues with the oversized icons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarian Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Especially with how many things ARE legitimately broken...yeah. But if they can't make things better, the LEAST they could do is stop making things worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liilu Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) This big circles on the mini map are not only not useful they are rendering the mini map useless (as others have said before me). In raids I need to see the enemies and myself first and the group members last. This needs to be changed back asap! Or even better give an option for the style. So the people who actually like this style can keep it. Edited February 9, 2017 by Liilu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooff Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I do not understand why the change? What was wrong with the mini map before they put in these purple circles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AscendingSky Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 (edited) I do not understand why the change? What was wrong with the mini map before they put in these purple circles? A while back they changed the icons for other players in your group from a purple color to the same pale blue as the lines on the map. Which was a terrible idea, admittedly. It was harder to see where other players were at a glance on the map because the colors were the same. So now their solution is to keep the icons the same pale blue, but put a huge purple circle around them, with an opaque layer within the circle that blocks out all other items of interest on the map, which makes things worse. I don't understand why they'd go to the trouble to code those circles instead of just changing the color of the icon for other players again--preferably to something like yellow or orange that would be easier to see for people with forms of color-blindness, as I've been told the shade of purple used before was just as bad for them as the blue was for everyone else. Edited February 13, 2017 by AscendingSky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJWyler Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Please find the enemy for me https://gyazo.com/97907c59e8a610c2c482fd55edc3782e Good intentions I'm sure, but poor implementation. That's the story of BioWare Austin. There have been many great and fabulous ideas for SWTOR in the last five years. Almost every single one of them has been decimated to one extent or another by completely incompetent implementation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehn Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 But if they can't make things better, the LEAST they could do is stop making things worse. This ^^ So much this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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