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Hello all,
This being my first post on the forums i thought, naturally i'd make it a good one and complain about something
Specifically im talking about UX in regards to accepting trades.
Why can i not see how many goods i currently have stored on the accept trades screen?
It's pretty basic.
I have X amount of goods currently.
I need Z amount of goods to complete a research node or to negotiate in provinces.
Therefore i need to trade for Y amount of goods.
X + Y = Z
Amount Z is an arbitrary static value and held in your memory (because it's the current task you're trying to complete). Even if you have to calculate in advance how much of a certain resource is needed to complete an entire province for example it's not a big deal.
Amount X is also tracked by the system and can be displayed to you.
However by not displaying X alongside Z, simple comparison of values cannot be done.
Not only do you have to keep Z in mind when trading you also have to calculate Y and then on top of that what about the goods that you're using to trade, how do you keep yourself from over doing it and trading too much?
Currently when accepting trades you have to:
1. Keep the value of Z in your head.
2. Calculate Z - X = Y to see how much you need.
3. keep clicking away to the offers tab to check how many resources you have left to keep from over trading.
By showing X when accessing the accept trades pane the only thing you have to do is:
when X >= Z then complete task.
there is no risk of over trading either because the rest of your goods will be displayed simultaneously.
This being my first post on the forums i thought, naturally i'd make it a good one and complain about something
Specifically im talking about UX in regards to accepting trades.Why can i not see how many goods i currently have stored on the accept trades screen?
It's pretty basic.
I have X amount of goods currently.
I need Z amount of goods to complete a research node or to negotiate in provinces.
Therefore i need to trade for Y amount of goods.
X + Y = Z
Amount Z is an arbitrary static value and held in your memory (because it's the current task you're trying to complete). Even if you have to calculate in advance how much of a certain resource is needed to complete an entire province for example it's not a big deal.
Amount X is also tracked by the system and can be displayed to you.
However by not displaying X alongside Z, simple comparison of values cannot be done.
Not only do you have to keep Z in mind when trading you also have to calculate Y and then on top of that what about the goods that you're using to trade, how do you keep yourself from over doing it and trading too much?
Currently when accepting trades you have to:
1. Keep the value of Z in your head.
2. Calculate Z - X = Y to see how much you need.
3. keep clicking away to the offers tab to check how many resources you have left to keep from over trading.
By showing X when accessing the accept trades pane the only thing you have to do is:
when X >= Z then complete task.
there is no risk of over trading either because the rest of your goods will be displayed simultaneously.