Turn Runearm Charges UI into Similar to Tumble

[Zvdegor]

This is pretty simple. As mention in the title, turn the Runearm charges UI (aka the 5 Runes) into a simple moveable UI exactly like Tumble has.
Plane rectangle with blue dots. Nothing fancy.
It is not very good to have those runes around my toon in the middle of the screen.
This would allow players to put it anywhere on the screen. Just like the Tumble UI.

 

[rabidfox]

SSG did make it moveable a couple years ago. It resulted in issues (couldn't click attack nor click NPCs/other objects at times) and was reverted within a couple weeks.

• The Rune Arm Charge UI is now moveable like other UI elements.
  Wednesday, July 26th, 2023
  
  

  Update 60 Release Notes

  Here are the release notes for Update 60, released on Wednesday, July 26th, 2023.

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• You can no longer move the Rune Arm Charge UI. This change corrects an issue that was making it sometimes difficult to attack while charging a Rune Arm.
  Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
  
  

  Update 61: Vecna Unleashed Release Notes

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Maybe someday they'll try again, but it'll be something that needs extra work done to play nice.

 

[Solarpower]

It is not very good to have those runes around my toon in the middle of the screen.

It is the best thing about runearms !
I wish they've done Alchemist's reaction similar way, instead those 2 circles.

 

[Zvdegor]

It is the best thing about runearms !
I wish they've done Alchemist's reaction similar way, instead those 2 circles.

I dont like to have anything in the middle of the screen.
Renegade Mastermakers Drones 2-3 pieces
Runearm Charges - 5 of them
Reaper Wings (ye can turn it off but it is too cool not to see it)
other fighting info pop up in that region, etc

the middle of the screen is overloaded with unnecessary info and visuals. I dont mind the runes but the positioning.

 

[Zvdegor]

SSG did make it moveable a couple years ago. It resulted in issues (couldn't click attack nor click NPCs/other objects at times) and was reverted within a couple weeks.


Maybe someday they'll try again, but it'll be something that needs extra work done to play nice.

Yes I remember. I had same issues but when I locked the hotbars I was able to click on anything on the screen again. It worked just like a hotbar. If you moved the mouse cursor in the near of the runearm charge UI it wanted to click on that. If hotbars were locked that problem disappeared completely.
But I did not mentioned in my suggestion, but I meant to redisigne the Runearm Charges UI that way I suggested. To avoid that previous problem.

 

[rabidfox]

If hotbars were locked that problem disappeared completely.

I keep my hotbars locked, I still had issues with the moveable runearm UI. I was happy when they reverted it.

But I did not mentioned in my suggestion, but I meant to redisigne the Runearm Charges UI that way I suggested. To avoid that previous problem.

Maybe they'll revist it being moveable when they do UI scaling later this year.

 

[Solarpower]

I dont like to have anything in the middle of the screen.

I like it the other way around.
Make it movable but retain the general look should be good solution.

Reaper Wings (ye can turn it off but it is too cool not to see it)

Wings are the thing I hate. They obscure the screen. But the runearms' charges are fine.

the middle of the screen is overloaded with unnecessary info and visuals.

I think it's underused. They could use that space to show some useful information. But all we've got are cosmetics that make visibility worse.

 

[toaf]

i would so love to move it. or just make it disappear. i can turn the sound up abit and not need the lights. bright while mid screen sucks. as bad as the "fade to white" blindness stuff

 

[kmoustakas]

This is pretty simple. As mention in the title, turn the Runearm charges UI (aka the 5 Runes) into a simple moveable UI exactly like Tumble has.
Plane rectangle with blue dots. Nothing fancy.
It is not very good to have those runes around my toon in the middle of the screen.
This would allow players to put it anywhere on the screen. Just like the Tumble UI.

Last time they tried to do that, we couldn't attack after firing the runearm lol. Also last time they 'fixed' runearms they bugged more

 

[Zvdegor]

Last time they tried to do that, we couldn't attack after firing the runearm lol. Also last time they 'fixed' runearms they bugged more

I dont need excuses. I want results!

 

[Phoenicis]

I dont need excuses. I want results!

You do know who makes this game, right?

 

[FaceDancer]

The rune arm UI is a bit intrusive... Would be nice if they shrunk it a bit or took another shot at making it movable.

 

[Phoenicis]

My suggestion at the time was to add a 'charge dial' to the character portrait. A green bar that goes around the portrait from bottom to top, with dividers every fifth instead of the rune arm charge 'dial' in the middle of the screen.

Gets it off the screen and adds it to a UI element that already exists and can be moved hopefully without any unanticipated issues.

 

[Contessor]

Soon to be changed, the Rune Arm UI is increased by 50% and made 50% less transparent. Cosmetic Rune Arm UI will be introduced in eh DDO store.

Asking for these thing, sounds like asking for a repeat of teleport to me.

 

[Fisto Mk I]

Cosmetic Rune Arm UI will be introduced in eh DDO store.

Cosmetic RA must be fun! 8)

 

[kmoustakas]

I dont need excuses. I want results!

This is SSG. They will probably respond "if you don't like it don't use runearms on your artificer"

 

[FaceDancer]

This is SSG. They will probably respond "if you don't like it don't use runearms on your artificer"

Oof! SteelStar will never live that one down. Kolbold still remember Waterworks!

 

[danzig138]

I find using the Tumble UI as an example of the way to do it quite amusing. The Tumble element is garbage in appearance.

That said, I'd like to see the RA UI:
1. Movable absolutely
2. A vertical element that counts up from the bottom as it charges.

 

[kmoustakas]

Oof! SteelStar will never live that one down. Kolbold still remember Waterworks!

That's not even his best quote. Nothing beats "broken music box is level 24 because we didn't want to make a best in slot item".