Suggested fix for re-enabling staring at spellbook sub-35

[Nocte]

Originally Posted by Teako [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

in classic you couldn't MQ epics to players lower than 45. Goodbye Rogue_Alt_001 - Rogue_Alt_9999 with Ragebringer.

I'd like to see this happen, anyway.

[Swish]

Originally Posted by Lisset [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You're always welcome to close your eyes while you med.

lol

[Nirgon]

This needs to go hand in hand with the classic UI restoration effort tbh for a real classic feel.

Nothing like medding and having only your hearing to detect problems.

Shit's immersive. Feels me?

[nilbog]

Originally Posted by Talawen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If we were only to see our spell books with a blind effect that means the rest of the UI would be black? I think that would be terrible if we basically had to med blind not being able to chat or see health bars.

Those are different UI elements. It should also have chat window, party, target, name, health/mana, abilities, inventory hotbuttons etc.

i.e. everything this one has:

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[nilbog]

Originally Posted by Nirgon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This needs to go hand in hand with the classic UI restoration effort

And if that's not doable, or takes years? The main reason I like this proposal is because you get the spellbook effect while retaining a > 800x600 resolution.

[Talawen]

Originally Posted by nilbog [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Those are different UI elements. It should also have chat window, party, target, name, health/mana, abilities, inventory hotbuttons etc.

i.e. everything this one has:

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ah excellent, for a second I thought we would just be seeing a spellbook floating in the darkness of space.

I would love to see how people handle one chat box (classic.) hope their mouse wheel is prepared to scroll because all that text in one little box was insane at times.

[fastboy21]

casters are very powerful in classic EQ...two of the big reasons to not play a caster in classic were having to be vulnerable while medding (not yet implemented) and manually memming your spells (this has been implemented, no more saved spell lists).

staring at the spellbook wasn't just an immersion thing. it actually affected game play. you were effectively blind if you wanted to med up faster. this affected your ability to solo in certain places and also required you to trust group mates if you were grouping.

getting jumped by a mob as you med (full damage from sitting) can almost kill a low lvl caster in many zones.

while i agree that removing it was a thing that made EQ better in the long run (why the eventually removed it on live) it was a real part of the game balancing for casters imo in classic.

[nilbog]

Originally Posted by Talawen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

ah excellent, for a second I thought we would just be seeing a spellbook floating in the darkness of space.

I would love to see how people handle one chat box (classic.) hope their mouse wheel is prepared to scroll because all that text in one little box was insane at times.

To be clear.. that is what I mean :T The spellbook, and other currently movable UI elements on a black background. Standing for any reason would end the blind effect.

I linked that pic to show the different elements of current UI which would be visible.

[Talawen]

ya i thought you meant JUST the spell book and nothing else. im clear on what you mean now and thats fine.

edit: I thought you meant this
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without the rest of the UI.

[Talawen]

so in theory it would look something like this?

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or could you actually force the 800x600 UI at that point on to someone?