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buffs/debuffs/passives icons better at the center? or is it ok in the corner?

ThyServant··2 votes·448 views

I'm not so sure if anyone else thinks the same but I liked how the buff icons were at the center above the skills. It makes it easier, like in the case of relic shield supports, to monitor the spoils of war passive. I know you can always check the blue orb circling around your champ, but the buff icon shows a timer how long the next stack is available and it is very helpful in anticipating when to start walking towards and hit minions. I cant think of other situations right now where seeing the current buffs/debuffs/passives icon is very important but I'm pretty sure there are some out there.

Having a quick glance to check which skills are available and are on cooldown to provide you with the info on the current buff/debuffs/passives affecting your champion, in my opinion, is way easier than having to separately glance down for skills and glance again at the bottom left corner for the buffs/debuffs/passives.

Anyone else who shares the same thought? or thinks otherwise?

4 Comments

a call beyond2 votes

center

Humanshortcut2 votes

I wish we had the option to choose whether the icons would be located at the center or to the left. It isn't that difficult from a coding perspective and it certainly would make me happy.

Zielmann1 votes

I do wish that some of the item passives/buffs did actually show up in your status bar, and not just on the item itself (both locations would be good). However, in your example with relic shield, I'm not sure if there's any precedence in the game on that or not. What I mean is that I don't know that any passives/buffs with a cooldown will actually show that cooldown on the status bar (it's usually on the item/ability itself). Not saying they can't do it, but that could be a big part of why they don't. I do think it sounds like an alright idea.

DrCyanide1 votes

My problem with the change is that it puts valuable information in the exact area where we've been trained not to pay attention. Prior to now, all of a players most valuable information was in the center of the screen or on the map-side. Now we have valuable infielding scattered from the far right to the far left.

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