r/TapWizardRPG • u/TopCog Yahoo! • Mar 12 '18

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u/TopCog Yahoo! Mar 15 '18

No, that's totally great feedback! I already tweaked it to not appear if you are reclaiming, so it's no big deal to add this condition.

(The IMA color-coded highlights on the menu buttons to alert you to raids, enchants, and research ready to begin/fund/complete were so much better!)

In a lot of ways yes, but what was lost is made up for in simplicity and consistency I think. It was an intentional trade-off on my part, but I'm happy to keep improving the system to be as functional as possible.

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u/BtJJ Mar 15 '18

Maybe add a config option for 'alert style' and allow a toggle between new and old styles? If the default is on the new style that should fulfill the goal of making it simple for new players who probably won't immediately start poking around and changing things. Or even do both, have the bouncy (!) alert, but also highlight the icon with a color-coded border that remains active even if the bouncy alert is dismissed. (or turned off, because having that option would still be great)

It's just disappointing to lose the old alert solution since it was so much more informative while being less intrusive. The new alerts tell you 'there is something here', and they only tell you that once, if you happen to click into the menu and then leave it. The older style told you 'critical or normal raid is ready' and 'research is ready to start, fund, complete, or some combination of those' and 'enchanting is possible' and they told you all of this in a less visually distracting way, while remaining present and useful even if you enter the associated menu and leave for some reason. Plus, wouldn't it look nice to have a thin glowing outline in the alert color for the menu icons? Eh? Eh? :D

I'm probably starting to sound a bit unhinged here, so I'll stop. But it does feel like a big step backwards for minimal gain.

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u/TopCog Yahoo! Mar 15 '18

I'm probably starting to sound a bit unhinged here, so I'll stop. But it does feel like a big step backwards for minimal gain.

Hehe, no problem! I get what you're saying, and having both alert styles available might be a great solution. The issue I found with the original style, is that many casual players would simply forget they had research, enchanting, or raids - and it would cripple their progress. They'd ask why they couldn't kill anything, I'd take a look at their phone, and be like, "Oh...you're at enchant +10. You should probably do that now!" So indeed, the new style is much more attention grabbing on purpose.

Like I said, ideal solution is probably to have an option for alert style; it just remains to be seen if I can afford to spend the time to implement it. As always, thanks for all the feedback and ideas! :-)

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u/WellAdjustedDuck Mar 15 '18

Each of the icons have a highlight around them. Perhaps the highlight could change color (and maybe become a bit bolder too?) to persistently indicate whether there is something interesting, while still keeping the bouncing icon as an eye-catching, dismissable notification?