New stats panel (character interface), oversimplified?

**Huntingbear_grimbatol** · 2016-04-23, 02:28 AM

Originally Posted by Wolfheart9

If you think removing 0s or strength stats from a mage made the game harder for you or require more effort.. I think WoW may not be the game for you. Such a single change causing such discomfort leans more towards you needing something more basic.

Really, really not. It's not just this change but a number of changes they've done since late Cataclysm, I totally understand that Blizzard (Activision) wants the game to be simple to pick up and understand at a reasonable level. However I totally disagree with the way they've stripped the "ceiling" of how much the dedicated players can get out of it, while this change doesn't really do anything for me it's just another step in the direction of making the game simple (like I said).
What I mean is that changes like this shows where Blizzard has their priority, which is to get the Casual gamer more interested in WoW. Which I don't disagree on but at the same time they don't do anything to make the game interesting for the dedicated gamers.

**McFuu** · 2016-04-23, 02:39 AM

I prefer the old screen. ilvl is cool and all, but ilvl with the wrong secondaries means the player is still going to do bad damage. Although this might be Blizz's way of hinting to the community there will no longer be right and wrong secondaries.

I actually don't like this aesthetically either. Something just seems very... IDK cheap. It looks like a change an add-on might make to your char screen. I get it's first pass, it really needs some cleaning up.

**samwel93** · 2016-04-23, 02:44 AM

I'd like to see screens of what it looks like in each role. Are healers not going to be able to see their mana regen? Can tanks not see their dodge, block, and parry? Also overall it just looks ugly, like it's from a phone game or something.

**Hey There Guys its Metro** · 2016-04-23, 02:44 AM

I think people saying its "oversimplified" don't actually know whats going on in this game.
Look at the stats on Live. Seriously, take a look.
Its the most useless stuff I've ever seen.
Idk when it became this way, but things like "attack speed" when there is literally only one attack speed for each weapon type is such nonsense.

What you are actually seeing is how simplified the stats have become in this game.
That's just how it is now.
The stats on the gear are all that matters now, so trying to pretend things like Defense or attack speed matter to anyone and them not being shown properly is something to care about proves just how sad this community has become.

I do agree that there SHOULD be an "extended stat view" selectable in the interface, but for the most part literally the ONLY stats that matter are the ones they are showing here, so who cares?

**ls-** · 2016-04-23, 04:04 AM

Originally Posted by NoobistTV-Metro

I think people saying its "oversimplified" don't actually know whats going on in this game.
Look at the stats on Live. Seriously, take a look.
Its the most useless stuff I've ever seen.
Idk when it became this way, but things like "attack speed" when there is literally only one attack speed for each weapon type is such nonsense.

What you are actually seeing is how simplified the stats have become in this game.
That's just how it is now.
The stats on the gear are all that matters now, so trying to pretend things like Defense or attack speed matter to anyone and them not being shown properly is something to care about proves just how sad this community has become.

I do agree that there SHOULD be an "extended stat view" selectable in the interface, but for the most part literally the ONLY stats that matter are the ones they are showing here, so who cares?

IMHO, people like/want the illusion of complexity...

**Zantos** · 2016-04-23, 05:20 AM

Originally Posted by Thrif

This is from another thread that got closed, but I wanted to answer to it anyway.

And I'm being honest, I'm looking at my movement speed quite frequently. As a worgen druid I've 4 innate speed boosting CDs, more with talents, and several speed altering forms, as well as speed enchantment. All of these interact with each other in different ways, and I want to know how. Will popping a second CD make me faster or is it just a waste? In certain situations this is pretty important to know.

Just because you take the game at face value and isn't interested in how mechanics interact doesn't mean other people aren't.

If those people cannot Read the CD's and figure it out, that is on them. most cd's clearly state if there is a conflict somewhere, somehow. Second, at What point do you Possibly need to pop Two movement boosting cd's? The classes I play have 1 at the most. They have a rare use.

Movement speed is a non issue and the vast majority really don't care. It has zero impact in raids except when you need a movement boost, like a rawr. At which case, seeing the exact speed is still irrelevant since the only thing that matters at that point is if you avoid the ability.

**Thrif** · 2016-04-23, 06:51 AM