new ui seems so meaninglessly different. can’t wait for an addon to change it back
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They updated their near 20 year old UI to their own version of something other MMOs have had for 10+ years already… and you think it’s meaningless…
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yeah the new cast bar, scrolling loot box, bag slot art, stuff like that… just change for the sake of change
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It’s called getting with the times.
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Or, they updated their very old UI and part of that update was a change to the overall graphics and aesthetic of it, so leaving old assets unchanged would have looked weird and half finished.
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yes sir felt like chiming in
Lol gotcha 
i guess my point is the new ui doesn’t look modern or anything. or does it? im not a graphic designer or anything, but it feels just meaninglessly different. change for the sake of change as i’ve said. it’s fundamentally the same exact stuff, just looks a little diff for some reason
It looks like a sleeker version of wow. WoW, outside of the early years, has always kind of looked outdated.
Yes, this UI has some issues, that I would very much like addressed but overall, I think it looks far better and is a far better base UI than what we used to have.
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It will slowly fix and get better it’s brand new not everything is in yet.
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If they were goina make a change to the UI it should’ve been drastic or not at all. This is lacking . Like you said it seemed like they changed it to “get with the times “ but in reallity it’s stil 10 years behind . Are character portraits should be moving more detailed , the action bar doesn’t even have a frame , the 2 little dragons on the sides look horrible , hp bars are bright green and just look trashy . Honestly it just looks rushed , the IDEA behind it (customizable options) is good . The details are trash
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I hope you’re right.
I don’t hate it, and I’ve found a configuration that works for me, but there are still some things about it that just aren’t working. For instance, I would like to move where the bags open, but that’s not possible.
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I spoke with a developer that works on the HUD UI and she said that it will be an ongoing project throughout the expansion and beyond.
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Hey, any idea if they’re planning to fix the guild UI? Ion said four years ago that the change to the guild permissions was unintentional and they were working on a fix, but nothing has happened yet.
Here’s the relevant thread:
yeah this is 100% how i feel. that’s a better way to put it for sure
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They are focusing on improving the base UI not guild or whatever ui like what I mean by base is
Chat box
Character frames
Quest tracking
Quest logs
Interface
Achievement
Mini map
Map
NPC box
Menu bar
Bags
The guild stuff is not my cup of tea since I only focus on the most important and basic stuff like those what I have listed
Yeah, I wouldn’t say meaningless if a huge part of the player base likes/loves it, just wish that a huge part of the player base that doesn’t had a way of opting out. Change is okay, but Change with Choice could have been a lot better. To those that like it Grats.
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I mean, there is a good reason why they don’t let you have the option to have the old UI. Going forward every time they add a new menu or new system, or change something with an old system or menu, they’d have to make sure the changes are reflected and work flawlessly on both UIs. In terms of workload, it’s a more efficient use of their time to force everyone to use the new UI and if some players really, really want the old base UI back, an addon can be made for it, offloading that work to someone willingly to do it.