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Why is the new HUD Trash

CHAINSAWS4HANDS··181 votes·8,506 views

They loaded it up with a bunch of out of place, shinny, over sized crap. Why is this better than the old way smoother and simpler hud? when is button to revert to old hud in game being patched in?

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Silents42943 votes

I like it, easier to find everything in the midst of battle, my tunnel vision wasn't as insane, found it easier to check the map while in lane etc.

Most of the complaints about figuring things out will pass, everyone needs to get used to it, for it being better, entirely subjective but so far majority have enjoyed the new UI

Downvote away.

JimmyNtheKudos39 votes

My biggest problem is that everything is squished together, if there were options to move stuff around I'd be happy. For example I hate having CS/kills on top of the minimap.

SerBlaise2 votes

I think you might eventually be happy it is all in one place. You are just not used to it...but once you are it will probably take no less time than before.

Gorantharon6 votes

Actually it was easier for me to know where I had to look as generally one type of info was in one part of the screen.

Now all is mushed close together, and singling out the info I want at that point is more tedious. I know it will get easier, but it'll still have the added filtering effort.

Knight SoIaire 14 votes

for me its opposite ... most of time i have problems with leveling corect skills becuase the icons are in diferent place

i cant clearlyy see what stats is have on my champion because the letters are so tinyy

i can get used to this ... but i feel like it will never be as intuitive and clear as the old hud was there is a load of things that got smaller and harder to spot just for the sake of not looking like the old hud

and increasig the hud size affects the rest harder than the stuff you actualy want to make bigger

for a hud update i would rate this 3/10 the 3 points are for simply being better graphicaly ... everything related to functionality gets because whatever got upgraded got rekt

Boulderox3 votes

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for me its opposite ... most of time i have problems with leveling corect skills becuase the icons are in diferent place

i cant clearlyy see what stats is have on my champion because the letters are so tinyy

i can get used to this ... but i feel like it will never be as intuitive and clear as the old hud was there is a load of things that got smaller and harder to spot just for the sake of not looking like the old hud

and increasig the hud size affects the rest harder than the stuff you actualy want to make bigger

for a hud update i would rate this 3/10 the 3 points are for simply being better graphicaly ... everything related to functionality gets because whatever got upgraded got rekt

have you not heard of the magic that is CTRL + QWER, that levels them up without having to click any skills, is way more useful IMO

Knight SoIaire 3 votes

i have stiff and inacurate fingers ... for me its harder that way

SerBlaise4 votes

I don't want to sound harsh, but if you want to get better at LoL you should probably work towards using keyboard shortcuts. The little '+' signs are useful when you are learning the game, but once you understand what 'leveling up' is you want to focus on picking your skill as quickly and efficiently as possible. I can't tell you how many times a quick key for my level 6 ult has made the difference between winning or loosing a skirmish. It's just something I think everyone gets around to doing at some point. I actually have it as SHIFT+QWER. It's very convinient, and it might suit you better than cntrl+QWER

Knight SoIaire 2 votes

i didnt learn it cause i didnt need to ... its insanely rare to level up during a clutch trade that both sides can win

PAULlNE2 votes

I typically time my engages to leveling up.

Situation - I am about to hit level 2 my opponent is level 1 i see a melee creep is about to die and I will hit 2, I engage immediately while I have this advantage.

Situation2 - I am about to hit 6 my opponent is 5, I engage immediately same as above.

Situation3 - I am in a teamfight and level up right before an ability is about to come off cd, I spend my point then get an extra 50 damage for free because i use hotkeys.

Ser Garland3 votes

yeah, no I don't like the ALT+CTRL + Button "Shortcuts." and I don't know why they'd make a system that was once tolerable to both, now streamlined only for one preference.

Durzaka6 votes

Seriously.

My first game I was looking all over the place trying to figure shit out. But as I found stuff, it all made a lot more sense than the old HUD. Your eyes needed to do a full circle of the screen just to get all of the information. It is much better now.

Although the character stats are WAY too squished together. They need a bit of space to breath.

PAULlNE7 votes

The problem is that in general I dont want all the information I only want a single piece of info, if I want to see my cs i look at top right, i want to see my allies hp i look at left, I want to see if im about to be ganked i check bot right.

Osmigos7 votes

I can't even read any of the numbers on my monitor. I don't think that's something I'll get over.

Scazie37 votes

New HUD is trash. Needs to be removed, looks like something from an age 3 and over Acitivision game.

Just Blame Jenny19 votes

Love the new HUD, but do feel it's a bit too large! I scaled the interface down from 50% to 20% after the patch.

Heckin Support7 votes

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Love the new HUD, but do feel it's a bit too large! I scaled the interface down from 50% to 20% after the patch.

I dont get why you were downvoted.

A Miss Fortune14 votes

Because every thread is a mindless circlejerk and if you dare speak in opposition of it you'll get downvoted hard. If not, you have to say some emotional, righteous speech in the middle of it all and people will upvote you.

Chicken4dinner3 votes

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Because Rito is fucking awful company

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THIS MAN HAS SPOKEN THE TRUTH

LaughingStapler18 votes

I wish you could disable the shop transparency. It serves no purpose and makes it a tiny bit harder to see.

Khell DarkWolf16 votes

I can't get past everything being an icon and the fact everything is so tiny and there are no contextual letter wording for me to visible and quickly glance at to figure out where I'm at.

I have to actively stop what I'm doing to double check a stat or my items because the new potion effect of where they grey it out (when your hp/mana is full) is too dark, I mistake a health pot and mana pot now because they are grey.

I move my items around because of hot keys bound to my mouse.

And the mini-map scale I have is set to maximum and it is still too small.

Checking your personal creep score and k/d/a is just in the wrong place.

The team portrait icons are small and cornered by your minimap, when before if I was playing shen atleast I can quickly snap over and hit ult to save someone from death. I feel like it being cluttered is making it worse because you have to precisely mouse over the actual feature you want to look up.

Kangst3r12 votes

soo bad can't play this game anymore

Feathermane10 votes

Whoever is darkening every graphic feature needs to grow up. The color palette is atrocious.

HaxoonieNA9 votes

My biggest issue with the new hud so far is that everything is completely out of place of what I'm used to, everything looks darker in a sense and the color change messes me up as I'm used to how the old was.

I can't stop tunnel visioning because of how awkward it feels, and I feel like my map awareness just went out the window because it's unclear when a champ icon shows up on the map or if it's a darned minion dot.

I would prefer a revert or at least a toggle option to switch between the old and the new. I will never be able to get used to this, it's too uncomfortable for me and some people.

:/

I do like cookies though, that much I can say.

Kip Killagin8 votes

Because Rito is fucking awful company

KrizalidKof995 votes

THIS MAN HAS SPOKEN THE TRUTH

Nami in Bush8 votes

Here's an analogy of what Riot tried to do. They thought "Hey, if we put EVERYTHING in the bottom right corner, it'll be easy to find all your information, right?" Well I could cram all my shirts, pants, socks, underwear into one drawer and they'd all be in the same spot but I cant navigate and find things because they are cluttered.

His Goatliness1 votes

That's a bad analogy. It would be better to say "I'll put all of my clothing neatly organized in the corner over here, so I can go to one spot in my room and get everything I need at once".

Nami in Bush2 votes

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That's a bad analogy. It would be better to say "I'll put all of my clothing neatly organized in the corner over here, so I can go to one spot in my room and get everything I need at once".

There is so much unused space with a ton of clutter in one spot. Having all your clothes in one stack in the corner of your room is terrible, even if it is neat.

His Goatliness1 votes

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There is so much unused space with a ton of clutter in one spot. Having all your clothes in one stack in the corner of your room is terrible, even if it is neat.

So what I'm getting is that you'd rather have all your clothes placed in to all 4 corners of your room?

Nami in Bush2 votes

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So what I'm getting is that you'd rather have all your clothes placed in to all 4 corners of your room?

I'd rather have the items split up. Proportionally, my room is far far far larger than my mouse pad. I could click on every corner as easy as I could opening every drawer so your analogy is bias.

Along with just basic organization and aesthetic design, my mind works by moving things. I create pictures of my head and mentally create a table and move my thoughts around on the table, spaced out and organized. This applies with math allot which is very handy for mental math, even in Calculus.

WhaiSoSerious7 votes

I don't understand why they even tried to change it lol.

BrokenFrost6 votes

I do not like how dim and dark the mini-map is. It is so hard to find stats and such because of how dim and small everything is. The spells and summoner spells are too jammed together and when they are on cd, they are so dim and faint that i can hardly tell what spell is the even on cd. Please riot, dont make this new hud permanent until it is fully functional. Why is everything tinted blue, i cant see anything!

Ser Garland5 votes

I don't know why there was ever a problem with the old HUD. All they needed to do was add global ult timers

BrokenFrost5 votes

Don't change what isn't broken. The old hud was beautiful and functional. The new hud is like walking into an episode of hoarders buried alive, with the lights off. old hud> new hud for me personally.

Psi214 votes
  1. Leveling up is hardly noticed
  2. I really liked the previous large portraits in the corner you could choose to heal or monitor for their ults (and its gone now)
  3. Looking for your stat button on your icon for you AR, MR, HP etc is terribly small and confusing
  4. I think the frame rate is even lower.

Rito did you play test this at all???

Heavenly June4 votes

This image pretty much sums up my complete experience with the new HUD. considered scaling the HUD size a bit up, but that would make this game go from League of Legends to "League of HUDs". Time for an extra monitor for my laptop (O ‿ O ✿)

FLH6KSgc2r4 votes

My biggest problem is that i cant check my ping without spanning the the top of the map

Proelium3 votes

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My biggest problem is that i cant check my ping without spanning the the top of the map

I realized why this is an issue for me (and you) but Rito didn't think about it...

They don't have to play with iffy/shitty ping... so they forgot about those of us (most of us) who do.

School of Corn4 votes

This game has been literally RUINED in a single update.

I don't get the need for this at all. I don't even want to play now.

TurquoiseYoshi3 votes

There is literally nothing oversized about the new HUD. If anything, it's ridiculously tiny.

ai wo3 votes

Please make a button in settings for everything to be reverted to old style. Everything new is disgusting, the HUD is confusing and is shitty to look at while being hard to see. The Voicing sounds like Halo 2 and then redone to be even worse. Its all garbage and league simply feels unplayable now.

ai wo6 votes

P.S. Im from Season 1 and have seen some good updates, this isnt one of them

His Goatliness1 votes

P.S. I'm from Season 1 also, and I say this is a good update.

ai wo2 votes

You definitely aren't from season one. If you were you would know how bad this update is. It completely ruins the feel of the entire game. Everything is all shiny and it feels like I am playing a fucking child's game. Everything is so crammed together at the bottom of the screen and the voice acting for what happens in game sounds like some douche on steroids struggling to pronounce the words.

Ace Access 3 votes

everything is squished together that I can't even get the info I need at a glance anymore, I have to look at the whole thing

MorganFreemanBot3 votes

My disdain for the new hud is from how !*@&ing small the "champion health / ulti" icons are for your team. They're miniscule off in the corner, it takes much longer to get a "read" on my team.

Lockenster2 votes

OMG CHANGE WHAT IS THIS. IM SO SCARED

WhaiSoSerious8 votes

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OMG CHANGE WHAT IS THIS. IM SO SCARED

It just looks ugly.

Looks like it took a step back instead of foward lol. Looks like something a first year designer made hahaha!

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