Small ideas that could have a big impact

[Dirkeschtan]

I really enjoy this game, i mean, my 448 hours of play time will attest to that.

My suggestions are related to exactly that, someone who has played this for many hours might also agree with me.

The two things i would REALLY like to see changed in this game is firstly, a right-click-to-equip
function for equipping your dwarves, just right clicking armor or a weapon and it should automatically equip it in the avaialble slot, regularly upgrading all 15 of your dwarves can become a schlep.

the second thing i would really love is a larger hotbar for items, or at least an option buy or research one, even smaller but two rows would be great, later game when you have lots of spells or you are busy building/decorating a large home/base, it get's tedious the constant swopping between items and hotbar.

I hope the devs can make this happen, i think it would really make the gameplay more enjoyable for replays seeing as we only have 3 worlds currently and replayability is limited.

Also, I know this should probably go under suggestions, but, i feel ideas are just getting lost there with the large amount of posts.

[Annieway]

Originally posted by Dirkeschtan:

the second thing i would really love is a larger hotbar for items, or at least an option buy or research one, even smaller but two rows would be great, later game when you have lots of spells or you are busy building/decorating a large home/base, it get's tedious the constant swopping between items and hotbar.

Do you know that when you press CTRL a new hotbar appears? Or you suggest to do a third one?

[Dirkeschtan]

well, i would prefer the hotbar to be there without having to press a hotkey, i play it on my ipad as well so no ctrl key there.

A system liek thy have in ANNO 2070 where you van have two hotbars , one on top of the other would be ideal

[Snaitf]

I completely agree with the quick equip idea. Using right-click, double-click, shift-click, or whatever to equip an item to the currently selected dwarf would remove a LARGE amount of tedium.

And, while were talking about the hotbar, I've noticed a small bug with the 2nd one. If you are holding CTRL to view the 2nd hotbar, the item totals will not update until you release CTRL. Like, if you have 10 of something and are currently crafting more, holding CTRL will only show the 10, until you release it and press it again, then it shows the correct amount, unlike the first bar, which is constantly updated. It's not a big deal or anything, it just feels like a tiny bug.

[Dirkeschtan]

yeah, that is kinda weird

I mean, these changes shouldn't be that hard to make, they can even make it optional liek they do in ANNO 2070, if you want one hotbar or two, it's your choice

[Rush]

Can't believe I only just now found out about the second hotbar, after desperately needing more quick slots for 20+ hours. Is there actually any hint in the game that there is a second bar?

It would be useful if the second bar could be toggled instead of having to hold down ctrl, since it can get a bit messy playing on a touchpad as it is.