The thing that really makes dpsing fun for me is seeing my damage on screen. Info being presented in a legible way that flows with gameplay is just good design.
To expand on this new focus on the default UI (which could also use a few passes by adding more customization, this would be another topic all-together as far as the cd tracker threads all over) it would be nice to see advanced options for scrolling combat text.
Options would include:
- Nameplate or Scroll Area toggle. Damage numbers would either show on the nameplate as default or in an adjustable scroll area box that you can move around and resize.
- Spam control. Adjusting the minimum amount of damage to show on screen and what events show, like pet damage or procs from gear or buffs.
- Text size
- Text font
- Text color per damage source (shadow, fire, physical and more)
- Showing icons next to numbers
- Truncating! It really helps to have more recognizable numbers. For example 122,389 vs 122K or 1,224,990 vs 1.224M
- Critical numbers having a ‘pow!’ effect, toggle-able
There is much that can be done, and I truly feel like this would help people like me that like to see this info and get a better feeling on how a class plays. Personally spamming keys doesn’t feel very good if you don’t see how much those keys are doing in-world.
You can flame me if you want. I know what works for me though. I still use scrolling combat text addons because they feel good. This is not a discussion on min-maxing, more so about the UI and how that can be made better.