I logged in to Planetside 2 today and what i saw was a new HUD layout that doesn't makes sense, why put the class changer on the map screen on the top off the window, when it was faster to jump into battle when it was above the spawn button? And can someone explain me why it seems like i lost like 20fps in the game and it looks worse than last time i played, 3-4 weeks ago?
I liked the new touches that they did. A lot of information that I have been wishing for, like the revive timer being on the spawn screen, is now there. It all looks quite a bit nicer. Who the hell uses the spawn button when they want to be efficient, anyway? I just double-click a spawn option. My performance varies a lot. Today I had times with really good performance but also really bad for a while (12 FPS in one fight). But then again, I might have had some background tasks that cause issues. I downloaded Evolve today and it was choppy as **** when I tried, even though my performance should be enough.
There always was a numerical countdown revive timer, which to me looked far more aesthetically pleasing and integral with the whole spawn page than this new amateurish looking countdown bar. I wish they would work more on changes or fixes that actually effected gameplay rather than re-skinning things already in the game. But oh well, at least they are also adding content and trying to fix some bugs along with the aesthetic changes.
The only timer on the spawn screen was the spawn timer on the spawn button. The revive timer was on the death screen. Now it's also on the spawn screen. Now, I actually do think the bar is kind of ugly in terms of art style, but the number was absolutely not any better and the bar is definitely cleaner to read.
Yup, my bad. I guess it's all apples and oranges and personal preference but the timer bar looks unfinished. And yes it's ugly lol. To me at least the number countdown timer actually looked like it was an integral part of the whole death screen page's overall feel. In the bigger picture it's small cheese overall and I will be happy they are adding content more than just re-skins.
I for one depending on the situation. If i want to change spawn so i have to click the map then i use the double click but if i just want to change class why go all the way from the class changer to the right spot on the map and double click instead of single clicking the much closer spawn button? Changing it would have made some kind of sense IF it had actually improved something, now all it did was make it things worse for those of us that use the spawn button for no good reason.
