Combat Details Suggestion.

[awkwarrd]

So i find it very hard to view my damage or anything else based on the tiny numbers and words that popup when im fighting.
They popup for a very short time and if there is not a big bunch of them at once i can barely notice them at all.
Except the Exp.. it's hard not to notice the Exp because it's green, but still all you really see is a brief flash of green.

So here is my Suggestion.
Now this could change based on what happens with Co-op and the chat window, because hopefully they will add a "combat log"
So you can see who you hit and for how much, and if it was a crit.. etc..
Which would also be great for BETA and testing items and balance and bugs.

I created 2 videos.
1st one with just a normal fight, so you can train your eyes to look at what im talking about.
2nd one is an edit fight, where i take some really dodgy images and pasted them over the vid so you people can see the actual numbers.


1st Video:

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2nd Video:

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Now lets be clear, the 2nd video's images i pasted, were just straight up garbage for an example.. lol.
They are over the top of everything and they're not transparent in the slightest, so they would clutter.
But they are an Example, and you are easily able to see what they say.
Im sure others could do a better job with more knowledge at video editing.

More suggestion stuff:
Making all combat notifiers more visible.

• Damage.
• Healing (from [E] execution kills)
• Experience.
• Critical Hits.
• Emblem procs.

Also to make the damage sustained clearly different to the damage you are giving, it's all just red, even when the enemy humans pewpew with the torpedo bow guns or whatever those projectiles are supposed to be.

And if and when the chat box gets added, please look into adding a Combat Log, that you can scroll up and down in, and or create chat tabs for whispers and combat and system tab logs.

[awkwarrd]

because of limited linking in threads i need to make this extra post.


1 last thing:
If there can be options/settings that the player can edit tweak all of my suggestion, with being able to edit the colors of all of the different combat notifications and be able to add Icons to attacks received.

Like newbie settings, little circle icons that look like circles with identifying pictures within them to signify what they are, and be able to turn them on and off via the settings.
Example:

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Light Attack



Heavy Attack


These could pop up when you are struck be an enemy NPC invading or defending an Alter.

Aswell as spells used in the same fashion with their icons etc..

[Ater_Roseum]

I would like this a lot to be honest. Some weapons with certain runes and emblems at certain upgrade points will cause over 1000 damage and even 2000 damage(maybe more). I know my sword right now on the Xbox 360 Edition for Ascend does an average of 2000 damage(its up that high on purpose so I can rush quickly through the first few floors of the Endless Dungeon) on enemies of the same level. Needless to say I instant kill everything that is around the same level as me. But it flashes by so fast that I have to do like 7 attacks and be right up against my tv to see how much damage I am doing. Definitely quite annoying.

Really wishing I did not have limited bandwidth, or I would happily watch those videos. So I am just going by your descriptions, but I think I got it

[mYsca]

Please god no. I wouldnt be able to see anything. Atleast on the UI spam.

[awkwarrd]

Please god no. I wouldnt be able to see anything. Atleast on the UI spam.

This is an example..

I explain in the text that it is horribly edited and that it could be done alot better by other people.

Mostly it's just a suggestion in making things visible than they currently are.

If you could enhance this suggestion how would you do so?

[Juggernaut]

not to mention those count visibly as particle and can clog up memory in a huge pack with a lot of hits going through them all

[Thulzadoom]

Ya but I would like to see better my hits and damage more clearly I was thinking that too and came upon this post

[Juggernaut]

could be an option to toggle for people with less dedicated video that way someone like me inbetween gaming systems can keep using my laptop

[awkwarrd]

not to mention those count visibly as particle and can clog up memory in a huge pack with a lot of hits going through them all

?

Do you play on a toaster or something?