https://imgur.com/jOwVWkJ
I created a proposal for possible new additions to Diablo 4’s combat text. Here they are:
Show Combat Text
for the player
Combat Text Types
Customizable Combat Text Color
Normal Damage
Critical Damage
Overpower Damage
Overpower Critical Damage
Damage over Time
Non-Number Text (CC / Vulnerable messages and other)
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The new checkboxes to show/hide damage for minions, mercenaries and NPCs are helpful for analyzing numbers for pet builds.
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Damage over Time got its own checkbox for similar reasons.
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A whole new section to let the player customize combat text colors for each type and even minions is added. This is for players who want to have other or more familiar colors. Make colors darker or brighter to stand out less or more.
Unsurprisingly, all additions I am suggesting are about getting more visibility of what individual players want to see. This is important in the training area and to analyse numbers in general. Imagine testing a pet build with player interaction from skills and numerous minions and effects - it is hard to see and compare differencies on our current live servers.
The customisable colors in particular are something that I would love to see coming to Diablo 4 (to this day I still confuse overpower colors). If colours could change transparency values, we wouldn’t even need the checkboxes for combat text types, just make them invisible.
