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GrayMo
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Hi everyone,
Sorry for keeping quiet on the topic for so long. I have to be honest here, this blew up way bigger than I or anyone here would have expected.
First of all, I want to make it absolutely clear that we would NEVER make a change that we believe to be bad for the game or just to annoy anyone. Any change, no matter how big or small they may appear, gets discussed internally and, of course, pros and cons get weighed against each other.
When we were planning these specific changes, we did so with a couple of ideas in mind.
The stack and sort buttons have always had a bit of an awkward position in their previous spot due to the visual separation of the inventory UI by the weight bar. They always seem to belong more to the equipped Items rather than the inventory items that you are stacking and sorting. For any new player, this change is simply supposed to place the extended management functions of Stack/Sort, next to the area that they are actually managing. At the same time, we were very clear in our goal not to reduce the usable inventory space to fit the buttons more nicely, since the space is already limited to 3½ inventory rows on mobile or PC with 100% interface scaling.
We also made these changes to promote both Loadouts, and the Wardrobe (Vanity). We constantly get questions from newer players about how they can change their appearance.
And indeed, both of these features have been somewhat hidden away in the character context menu out of necessity, and have therefore seen less use than we would want them to.
When it comes to the Wardrobe we wanted to make it more convenient to switch your skins when updating your equipment. Maybe this is not quite as important for hardcore players who have skins disabled, however, we have a great number of players who like to look the part when changing their playstyle by swapping items.
Additionally, since the introduction of the Patch 4 changes, we have seen a dramatic increase in Loadouts created, equipped and purchased. This shows that having easy access to them via the Inventory is ultimately good for the game.
I hope that clarifies a bit of the reasoning for the changes.
All that being said, we are currently looking into possibilities of improving the visibility of the Stack/ Sort buttons without further limiting the visible inventory space.
Cheers
-Mo
Sorry for keeping quiet on the topic for so long. I have to be honest here, this blew up way bigger than I or anyone here would have expected.
First of all, I want to make it absolutely clear that we would NEVER make a change that we believe to be bad for the game or just to annoy anyone. Any change, no matter how big or small they may appear, gets discussed internally and, of course, pros and cons get weighed against each other.
When we were planning these specific changes, we did so with a couple of ideas in mind.
The stack and sort buttons have always had a bit of an awkward position in their previous spot due to the visual separation of the inventory UI by the weight bar. They always seem to belong more to the equipped Items rather than the inventory items that you are stacking and sorting. For any new player, this change is simply supposed to place the extended management functions of Stack/Sort, next to the area that they are actually managing. At the same time, we were very clear in our goal not to reduce the usable inventory space to fit the buttons more nicely, since the space is already limited to 3½ inventory rows on mobile or PC with 100% interface scaling.
We also made these changes to promote both Loadouts, and the Wardrobe (Vanity). We constantly get questions from newer players about how they can change their appearance.
And indeed, both of these features have been somewhat hidden away in the character context menu out of necessity, and have therefore seen less use than we would want them to.
When it comes to the Wardrobe we wanted to make it more convenient to switch your skins when updating your equipment. Maybe this is not quite as important for hardcore players who have skins disabled, however, we have a great number of players who like to look the part when changing their playstyle by swapping items.
Additionally, since the introduction of the Patch 4 changes, we have seen a dramatic increase in Loadouts created, equipped and purchased. This shows that having easy access to them via the Inventory is ultimately good for the game.
I hope that clarifies a bit of the reasoning for the changes.
All that being said, we are currently looking into possibilities of improving the visibility of the Stack/ Sort buttons without further limiting the visible inventory space.
Cheers
-Mo