Warframe abilities, warframe and weapon arcane buffs, Grimoire effects, mod sets, mod procs, archon mods, environmental/mission modifiers, unique weapon effects, archon shards, focus schools, companion abilities... We have an increasingly large number of overlapping buffs and sources and it's become a mess. I don't want to get into whether this is a good or bad evolution of the game - I personally like it since it incentivizes a more dynamic gameplay. However, the UI can't keep up and it needs a big overhaul.
I do like the satisfaction or managing 12 Merciless stacks for example, but the current UI makes it very hard to actually track it. I don't know how to solve it without either streamlining and standardizing buffs into similar categories, or opening the can of worms that is new unique UI elements for each type of them, but something needs to be done - this has become way too important part of the game to be just clumped into a mess of dozens of blue icons in the top right that keep shifting around.
IMHO at the very least they should provide context based on their position or style so we can easily tell what kind of a buff it is at aglance. They should use different colors so we can tell if it's from an arcane, ability or mod. Their icons shouldn't be unique per effect but rather have a standardized symbolism, like a green plus indicating a HP buff, an up arrow indicating increased damage, a shield icon indicating increased defenses, etc.
Warframe abilities, warframe and weapon arcane buffs, Grimoire effects, mod sets, mod procs, archon mods, environmental/mission modifiers, unique weapon effects, archon shards, focus schools, companion abilities... We have an increasingly large number of overlapping buffs and sources and it's become a mess. I don't want to get into whether this is a good or bad evolution of the game - I personally like it since it incentivizes a more dynamic gameplay. However, the UI can't keep up and it needs a big overhaul. I do like the satisfaction or managing 12 Merciless stacks for example, but the current UI makes it very hard to actually track it. I don't know how to solve it without either streamlining and standardizing buffs into similar categories, or opening the can of worms that is new unique UI elements for each type of them, but something needs to be done - this has become way too important part of the game to be just clumped into a mess of dozens of blue icons in the top right that keep shifting around. IMHO at the very least they should provide context based on their position or style so we can easily tell what kind of a buff it is at aglance. They should use different colors so we can tell if it's from an arcane, ability or mod. Their icons shouldn't be unique per effect but rather have a standardized symbolism, like a green plus indicating a HP buff, an up arrow indicating increased damage, a shield icon indicating increased defenses, etc.
