EVE Online's Revenant expansion, set to launch on 12 November 2024, is the game's fifth full expansion since the return of the content format in November 2022. The patch notes are fairly extensive and dense. I find reading lengthy patch notes rather boring, so I also like to go to other sources for information. The format of the official patch notes for Revenant is a little unusual as I don't see as many bullet points as in previous expansions. Still, I'll try to add something to the patch notes.
In this seventh post in the series I'll look at some of the changes to the UI in EVE Online. The biggest change is to the ship information window, but other areas received attention as well.
I didn't see a description of UI changes coming in previous articles, but I fully endorse this description of the new ship information window from the patch notes.
The information window for ships has been redesigned to both emphasize the hull's uniqueness while improving usability. With a more streamlined layout, players will be able to find the information they need in a more intuitive and immersive form.
The changes are spelled out and I didn't notice any current functionality taken away.
- Ship Display: The selected ship is always at the forefront of this design. A player can take in a 360° look at the hull in all its glory.
- Compact Mode: The window can now be re-sized to be smaller than the previous version. This allows a player to maximize information density without sacrificing usability.
- Immersive Additions: In-universe information on the ship's designer and attributed quotes related to the hull have been added to flesh out its place in New Eden.
- Overview Tab: The Traits and Description tabs have been combined along with the previous header information to create the Overview tab. This provides all the most basic information for the ship in one place. In addition, you can view accrued killmarks for your ship within this tab.
- Attribute Tab: The information within this tab has been reorganized to help players navigate it more easily. In addition, derived values such as EHP and align time are displayed here to help provide context to related attributes.
- Skills Tab: The Skill Requirements and Masteries tabs have been combined. Any skill a player might need to fly a ship effectively can be found here.
- Fittings Tab: A shortcut has been added which opens the Fitting window in simulation mode, showing the ship and its applied fitting.
- Variations Tab: Variants within this tab now have links that open that hull within the Ship Tree.
- SKINs Tab: Players are now able to preview and apply SKINs directly from this tab. In addition, a shortcut has been added to open that ship's SKINR Paragon Hub page.
In addition to improvements to the ship information window, the developers have created new icons for many modules.
Distinct Module Icons
The following module types have been given unique icons to help differentiate them:
- Heat Sinks, Gyrostabilizers, Entropic Radiation Sinks, and Magnetic Field Stabilizers
- Capacitor Rechargers, Capacitor Flux Coils, and Capacitor Power Relays
- Shield Rechargers, Shield Flux Coils, and Shield Power Relays
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