Use Harrow's Penance UI for other abilities, buffs and effects

[(XBOX)KayAitch]

Harrow's Penance has a unique UI element. Every time you get a kill with it active you get a log on the right hand side of the screen showing how much energy it generated.

I think this is the only ability in the game with this UI.

Most other abilities, mods, weapon effects, melee incarnons, buffs from other players, arcane effects and every other status appears in the top right.

This is fine when you have one or two such buffs, but add galvanised mods, arcanes and an Octavia, Wisp, Titania (or any other frame with lots of buffs) in your squad and this becomes a smear of 10-15 obtuse squiggles.

Every now and then the name of one of them will pop up, but it's nowhere near enough to actually keep track of them.

Can we have the option to show these in the log Harrow's Penance uses?

Every time it activates, stacks or expires show the icon, name % amount and actual amount in that log.

This should be always on by default in the Simulacrum.

It should be off by default in missions, but something we can turn on in our HUD options.

This would be a godsend for weapons testing, make it far easier to spot bugs (which is a good thing, the easier they are to spot the quicker they get found and fixed), and be a much better way to see what's happening when trying build synergies and the like.

Edited June 2 by (XBOX)KayAitch

[quxier]

10 hours ago, (XBOX)KayAitch said:

Every now and then the name of one of them will pop up, but it's nowhere near enough to actually keep track of them.

With many "events" you won't be able to comfortable "log" it. It's probably fine for one buff like H is doing but not for 10s. Maybe log it (and other stuff) in the chat instead (another, new tab)?

[(XBOX)KayAitch]

18 minutes ago, quxier said:

11 hours ago, (XBOX)KayAitch said:

Every now and then the name of one of them will pop up, but it's nowhere near enough to actually keep track of them.

With many "events" you won't be able to comfortable

That's why...

11 hours ago, (XBOX)KayAitch said:

This should be always on by default in the Simulacrum.

It should be off by default in missions, but something we can turn on in our HUD options.

You're right, it may be overwhelming, so optional.

There's going to be a constant stream of information on the right, but many of us (like me) are playing on a large 4K TV with plenty of space for it.

21 minutes ago, quxier said:

Maybe log it (and other stuff) in the chat instead (another, new tab)?

This is a good idea too, though you'd have to stop what you're doing to look at it and many of these buffs last a few seconds.

A persistent, almost debug log, would be incredibly useful though. Especially in the Simulacrum.

[(XBOX)KayAitch]

This would also help with melee Incarnons, which have a poor experience because their UI is so obtuse: