Streamlining Fleet Hold, merging Fleet with Equipment tab and redesign of Shop tab

[AngryPanCake]

I was wondering whether players would find this idea interesting: Merge "FLEET" tab into the "EQUIPMENT"  tab.

 

PS: as you can see, I sneaked in ship names to help differentiate my 2 Trader Brigs. I know that the devs are strongly opposed to allowing players to name their ships for a host of different reasons. But allowing us to name ships for our own use at least, not for the OW, will make selecting the proper ship easier...I mean more convenient.

Edited July 9, 2017 by AngryPanCake

[kitsunelegend]

This suggestion is honestly something that should have been day one. It makes so much sense and is so damned logical, and that is exactly why the devs will never do it.

[AngryPanCake]

Since the devs are going to work on the UI, which seems to mean the game is going to get a serious face lift, I would like to add some new ideas in order to reduce some of the multiple little steps that are currently required to perform basic tasks in port.

In addition to the above merger of the Equipment and Fleet tabs, we can use the same layout and transfer it to the Shop tab.

Currently, when you purchase goods, they go to the port warehouse, then you switch tabs to the Equipment one in order to transfer the goods from the port warehouse to your main ship. Then switch again to the Fleet tab to move goods to the fleet holds. So many steps in order to move things around. If you want to move goods from your main ship to the fleet hold, you also have to switch tabs back and forth.

With the above new Equipment tab, one can see all the goods in the warehouse and move them around, from main to fleet and vice versa.

The new Shop tab layout (see picture below) goes a step further in simplifying the menial tasks. Goods purchased will move to the port warehouse, then dragged to the appropriate hold without switching tabs over and over again.

 

Thank you for allowing the player base to provide feedback and suggestions.

[AngryPanCake]

Hoping some UI consolidation will be part of the new UI the developers are working on. Mostly minimizing the steps it takes to perform everyday tasks.

[AngryPanCake]

since it seems like the dev team is working on the UI (or about to start), I wanted to give a suggestion I made a few months ago a bump...