Rankup markers for units

posted on July 24th, 2009, 7:44 am

Would it be possible to create a fade effect for the rankup markers on ships until the cursor goes over them or something (kinda like you have for the shield and hull healthbars below each unit), or even a way to toggle them on and off from below the minimap, so one can see what ships are ranked, only when needed.  Really the issue is that they start out okay in the beginning, but when you start to mass a lot of ships, and want to select a certain one in a clump, they tend to block my view and sometimes i end up selecting the wrong ship when i am in a hurry or trying to get a dying ship out of the fight quick (mostly ones i want to save, like a single gold bar ranked ship).  Usually i get it selected and out on time, but sometimes i lose them because of that, and i get irked lol.  Its not a major issue, just a minor nuisance really, but if i am having the problem, then others might sometimes, too, which may make it worth looking into. 

posted on July 29th, 2009, 4:45 pm

hm, true. i will think about how the rank icon display can be improved in the future

posted on July 29th, 2009, 5:01 pm

I like them as they are. Then again, I only use numbered fleets, selecting a fleet then picking a ship from the 'Fleet Display' at the bottom so the problem never came up for me.

posted on July 29th, 2009, 5:14 pm

I concur with Tyler. I don't ever have enough ships to run out of "fleets" soooo, I have not encountered this problem.