[2021] Another Phase 4 Item Approaches: Tooltip DPS!

One of the most commonly requested items from our Early Access Forecast, Tooltip DPS is coming soon to a video game near you! Today we’ve prepared a few early looks at our updated tooltips. In addition to incorporating more information into them, we’ve taken the opportunity to drastically improve the appearance of our skill tooltips.

 
We know that a lot of you like to Spin to Win™, so we’ll be focusing on Warpath.

Here’s a look at how Warpath’s tooltip is currently expected to be in Patch 0.8.1;

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Been a while since you've played? Click here to see Warpath's tooltip as of 0.8d.

 

 
Our new tooltips pack different pieces of information into seperate sections, which makes quickly scanning them to find a specific detail quicker and more convenient. We’ve also invested more time into their design to bring them up to the level of our item tooltips.

Sticking with Warpath, let’s hold down the Alt key in Patch 0.8.1;

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Want another Patch 0.8d screenshot to compare? Here ya go!

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Just as is currently possible, in Patch 0.8.1 you’ll be able to hold down the Alt key to see more details that aren’t visible by default. This, too, should be clearer due to both our new tooltip layout as well as each relevant attribute showing by how much they increase your damage.

We hope you’re looking forward to Patch 0.8.1 as much as we are!

We’ve big plans for the system, but I can’t guarantee that everything you want will be in 0.8.1.

I imagine this kind of information will remain in the character sheet.

(We’ll be improving that, too, though tooltips are the focus of Patch 0.8.1.)

That’s the plan!

It’s just a matter of where that information goes; we can allow people to click on skills to see information specific to them in the character sheet. We do want tooltips to contain useful information and to be worth looking at, but there’s UI challenges with them being too thorough. We already have some item tooltips that struggle to fit on the screen.

That’s what happens. It updates live based on your current stats.