Blizzard please discuss the in-game UI/HuD

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As a longtime fan of WC3, I have little interest in Reforged. We dont need an all new menu system for Classic users, we did not need the death of RoC multiplayer, and I think its a shame so much new content was scrapped. When the new-campaign changes were scrapped Blizzard claimed they did it to appease the “purists” but, I was actually excited to see a new campaign since I was of the understanding that the original/classic campaign would still be playable.

Now that I realize they are no longer releasing a new improved UI/HuD I feel like Reforged is a complete waste. I dont care for skins or pretty graphics, I like classic old school games and I liked WC3 as it was. Obviously theres things to improve/balance/etc, but the ONLY reason I was even slightly interested in Reforged was for a new UI, that was literally my one reason for considering purchasing Reforged. My other big interest was merged/global servers for ladder/matchmaking, which also probably wont happen (at least we got it for Custom games)

Theres many great posts around here about UI improvements, and its sad Blizzard isnt even talking about this :frowning: I remember seeing leaks of a new inventory system, but Im sure that was scrapped too. I think Blizzard should delay Reforged until next year, and give us the proper UI improvements this game so desperately needs!

  1. https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/warcraft3/t/im-really-excited-to-see-new-ui-or-hud-customization

  2. https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/warcraft3/t/example-of-simple-ui

  3. https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/warcraft3/t/hosting-custom-game-lobby-improvements

  4. https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/warcraft3/t/ui-option-to-display-control-groups

  5. https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/warcraft3/t/pre-set-control-groups-in-option

  6. https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/warcraft3/t/allow-to-search-multiple-gametypes-at-random

  7. https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/warcraft3/t/expand-clan-ranking-system-friendlist

  8. https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/warcraft3/t/offer-rematch-option

  9. https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/warcraft3/t/display-counter-for-hero-level-kills-deaths

  10. https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/warcraft3/t/fix-settings-for-random-hero-maps-please

  11. https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/warcraft3/t/control-group-unit-removal-hotkey-in-reforged

Not to mention better hotkey customization, and IMO control groups should be increased from 12 to 16 or even 20 (unlimited for custom games, but not melee)

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Did they just ignored this? ._.

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Yes this is what wc3 should have improved on to make it more modern. I also feel a hotkey overlay for spells (same as in sc2) is needed to quickly learn all the possible hotkeys for those that don’t play all day.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/WC3/comments/69p3nv/improved_custom_hotkeys_setup_by_wtvr/

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Yes I know about that. But I guess it will mess up hotkeys for custom games. So it won’t work for me :(…