August Expansion Teaser Screenshot #3

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DalaiLama wrote:

The old statues have been restored. We still intend to remove them in favour of ones that cover less of the health/mana orbs, but have moved this to a longer-term change. The new statues will have a classical Roman look that better fits with long term stylistic goals.

Original Classic Orbs:



Anticipated Classical Roman look orbs:




Why not allow the option to keep the old life/mana orb look?

Please take a look at some of the original D&D art work by Erol Otus, Darlene Pekul, David C. Sutherland III, and D.A. Trampier, then contrast it to the bland newer versions.

There's a story being told with the art. The original art has a certain nostalgic value that can't be replaced. It's like Venom Spider Man vs the original Spider Man costume.

Imagine if you received a letter from Wizards of the Coast and it said:

"Please send in all your old MTG cards. We are updating the art work on all the cards. We know you cherish the old artwork, but it's time to move on."

I can understand where the current orbs may not appeal to a certain market element. Why not make some UI elements optional and allow players an option to choose something other than the default as an MTX? I'm sure many would choose the classical look, and with a choice there would probably be quite a few that choose some newer look. Blood dripping orbs, flaming orbs, skull orbs....

Personally, I would love to see an MTX that let me have the new clarity MTX on the mana orb.


Some of Darlene's work:

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Some of David C Sutherland III's work:

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or D.A. Trampier

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Some of Erol Otus:

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In the end we are either left with something exciting like this:



or something drab like this:

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Adhesive33 wrote:

Well, now that I know the original teaser screenshot wasn't a practical joke, I feel bad for just criticizing it without giving any constructive feedback.

So, here goes:

IMO, the new greyscale color looks very generic and out of place with the rest of the POE art-style. I hope it's not being changed in an effort to bring it in-line with the designer's vision for the future art-style of POE, because I'm a big fan of the current warm brown tones.

If the chained-women have to be replaced, I'd like an option, even an MTX, that would allow me to retain them, if possible. I've never once looked at them and thought they clashed with the POE art-style, and I doubt I ever will. If I can't have that option, then I'd just hope that the new models have as much physical interaction with the globes as the original. I won't go into why the proposed replacements were so terrible, since they've been removed. But, honestly, it's a bit disconcerting that those were ever considered even remotely adequate as replacements.

The new arrow, as it is in the latest iteration, doesn't look too bad. But, I know a handful of people that play with a mouse or trackball and adding an extra click to every screen just doesn't seem worth changing a UI that, to my knowledge, was never really considered cluttered by the user-base.

The new flask slots, as they are now, just seem misaligned with the flasks themselves. I'm still really not sure of their purpose, and it would be interesting to hear what the designer is shooting for. Perhaps if the users knew what the ultimate goal was there, they could offer some suggestions. But, as it is now, it just looks really unpolished.

The shop button looks much better now, and I understand that the $ doesn't work for every location, but I just hope that GGG understands that they will have that gaudy button on full display in every screenshot, video, and live stream of their game. I guess MTXs don't have as much stigma as before, so perhaps its just not really a big deal, but I really like the gold coin idea.

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DalaiLama wrote:

There's a story being told with the art. The original art has a certain nostalgic value that can't be replaced. It's like Venom Spider Man vs the original Spider Man costume.

Imagine if you received a letter from Wizards of the Coast and it said:

"Please send in all your old MTG cards. We are updating the art work on all the cards. We know you cherish the old artwork, but it's time to move on."

I can understand where the current orbs may not appeal to a certain market element. Why not make some UI elements optional and allow players an option to choose something other than the default as an MTX? I'm sure many would choose the classical look, and with a choice there would probably be quite a few that choose some newer look. Blood dripping orbs, flaming orbs, skull orbs....

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Raycheetah wrote:

Lurve me some classic D&D art!

Darlene was hit and miss... That pic with the guys in armor... Where did they keep their toes? That lich on the shore was a classic, though. Also, under Dave Sutherland, you have a piece by David S. LaForce, and one by Dave Trampier. But that DCS III is the signature piece! Finally, that Jeff Dee was a great choice for dynamic illustration. Well done!

Sorry to pick nits, but that's my misspent youth you're talking about. =^[.]^=

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RyogaHibiki wrote:

If GGG is insisting on changing the UI for whatever reason, at least make a variety of selectable UI choices to keep your players happy since not everyone will be pleased with just one choice. (and make our current UI one of the choices!)