Suggested Visual Changes to the Game (See the Photoshop Examples!)

"DarthRefundius;d-185104" wrote:
I've been playing SWGOH since the very beginning and as time has went on, many aspects of it have been dramatically improved, overhauled, new game modes and QoL updates and so on. Yet there are some visual aspects that have gotten stale to look at and I've always wanted to see the Cantina re-imagined or re-designed, the pre-battle character selection menu updated and other (yes, minor) things that I feel could revitalize the look and feel of the thing we see the most of; the Cantina menus.

Below are just some examples. I'm clearly no Photoshop wizard, but I felt it served the cause better to have something to look at rather than just trying to "see what I see" through text.
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1. So the first thing is the character selection screen. We have these beautiful character models yet you barely get to enjoy them. During battle its their backs you see, during character selection its only their upper-half and when browsing the roster it's only their heads. I've seen other games do it and it's really nice to get to see them in their full pose outside of just when adding gear.
Also perhaps they could do some basic animation when standing there?


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2. The second thing has been long asked for but with the Separtists getting a rework in some form and all of Clone Wars coming back into the fray, what better time than to make some minor adjustments to the look of our favorite clones? We've seen Gar Saxon have it both ways where he holds the helmet so it's clearly doable.
The clones arguably have more identity in their unique helmets then they do in their IDENTICAL FACES! *ahem*






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3. This is a two-in-one.

The addition of revealing which opponent has zeta'd a certain character was a welcome change. On the ships side however, Omega's are arguably equally important yet there isn't a clean and simple way to view. This change would display which ships have been omega'd and how many applied.
Secondly, a lot of the menus we browse feel like a house with no art on the walls. They're flat and don't feel epic or have any distance to them. It would be nice to feel like we're about to enter a battle by seeing space in the background as if we were about to deploy.


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4. I'm not saying it should be exactly this, because bad photoshop is bad. But I want to reinforce the idea of more open environments and generate the feel that you're about to enter battle when going to the ships area. It's only logical that the player would be in a Hangar before a ship battle anyway and gives a fresh look to a stale (or less emphasized) area of play.


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5. This one may seem more like a QoL request but I feel like the Sim option could offer a tiny bit more control such as the option to choose how each toon will use their abilities instead of all of them using basic or all of them using all abilities. This would especially be useful for those of us who sim in raids and we'd want a particular hero to only use their basic while allowing another to go crazy and use all available abilities. Maybe the same force touch that brings up buff info could also reveal a mini-context menu for sim options as seen below.


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I know Galactic War has been collecting dust but when you consider the name of it, these battles don't come across as very "Galactic". Perhaps simply changing the treasure icons to planets in need of some attacking could offer a refreshing look to a boring menu. Then once you've successfully attacked it reveals the treasure box to illustrate it's defeat and your victory. Also, just like we have Hard nodes and Normal nodes, maybe we could see the old GW difficulty (very hard) come back under a selectable option without Sim for players Seeking greater rewards, and if you aren't interested in that then you can just select normal and sim it the way you do now. I mean it's called GALACTIC WAR, what an epic name and we pay it no attention at all :neutral:



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Too busy? I know, it's just to generate discussion and ideas. The actual talented designers could do wonders but these are just rough-drafts to give an impression.
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Anyways, there's a bunch more I want to mess with but for now I'm curious what others think. Is there any interest in seeing the game get a visual update? I know there are plenty priorities but I personally feel like the look has gotten stale and it would be nice to see something different when logging in daily for YEARS.

We've been getting new furniture for our SWGOH home which is great, but a paint job can go a long way too.
Thoughts?