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Kittik
- 1021 posts
September 5, 2018 5:03 PM PDT

It's the in thing these days. I'm just saying.
Porygon
- 1120 posts
September 5, 2018 5:41 PM PDT

Like loading screens that have movies in them?

I would be ok with watching 1 min of a movie every time I zoned.
Mordecai
- 438 posts
September 5, 2018 5:45 PM PDT

Yea wouldn’t be bad.. also kinda miss the nonsense EQ has during loading screens. Dumb but funny
Vandraad
- 2419 posts
September 5, 2018 5:48 PM PDT

Porygon said:

Like loading screens that have movies in them?

I would be ok with watching 1 min of a movie every time I zoned.

I loved what EVE Online eventually introduced when you took a gate from one star system to another. It was so much more interesting than staring at a black loading screen. What was very unique about the visualization is that it would continue until you actually loaded into the next system so if the jump time took 5 second or more than a minute you'd just see a continuing warp tunnel.

https://youtu.be/kJ3wZPP-Y0s?t=15

This post was edited by Vandraad at September 5, 2018 5:52 PM PDT
Bazgrim
- 2886 posts
September 5, 2018 6:08 PM PDT

Mordecai said: Yea wouldn’t be bad.. also kinda miss the nonsense EQ has during loading screens. Dumb but funny

I agree. Fortunately, Pantheon seems to have already adopted that as well. I wouldn't mind some sort of animation on the loading screen as long as it makes sense to do so. But tbh, with SSD's loading zones in a matter of seconds, I don't think it matters much what's on the screen. But this sorta thing is late-development polish anyway :)
Mordecai
- 438 posts
September 5, 2018 6:35 PM PDT

Yea I noticed. Those small things are cool but their bigger picture here is what brought all of us together in first place
hasteoftime
- 62 posts
September 5, 2018 7:20 PM PDT

Seriously dude or dudette, stop it with the feature creep unless you want to play this game in 2025.
Kalok
- 1281 posts
September 5, 2018 7:27 PM PDT

Bazgrim said:

Mordecai said: Yea wouldn’t be bad.. also kinda miss the nonsense EQ has during loading screens. Dumb but funny

I agree. Fortunately, Pantheon seems to have already adopted that as well. I wouldn't mind some sort of animation on the loading screen as long as it makes sense to do so. But tbh, with SSD's loading zones in a matter of seconds, I don't think it matters much what's on the screen. But this sorta thing is late-development polish anyway :)

As long as they teach snakes to kick, I'm good.
Umbra
- 156 posts
September 5, 2018 8:43 PM PDT

Kalok said:

As long as they teach snakes to kick, I'm good.

Only if it's a monk snake.
Land
- 74 posts
September 5, 2018 8:43 PM PDT

Porygon said:

Like loading screens that have movies in them?

I would be ok with watching 1 min of a movie every time I zoned.

1 minute is not going to be sustainable for people. That's far too long, and I assume people are using SSDs.

Some small animated scene like a Hearthstone card is sufficient for a normal load time. Maybe a slow dissolve from a screenshot of the zone into the new one is a simpler solution but still nice.
chaos6699
- 7 posts
September 6, 2018 5:26 AM PDT

I'd like the ability to stay connected to the chat server and talk to your group while zoning.
dorotea
- 3852 posts
September 6, 2018 7:37 AM PDT

Ideally zoning should be fast enough that this topic will become meaningless. Many people have SSDs and they are becoming both faster and more ubiquitous. Hopefully Pantheon will be designed to take advantage of this technology.
Willeg
- 363 posts
September 6, 2018 7:40 AM PDT

Are they cool? maybe

Does it make the game better? doubtful

Have we run out of topics to discuss? possible

This definitely goes into the feature creep pile.
Vandraad
- 2419 posts
September 6, 2018 9:49 AM PDT

I also liked what EQ2 did with their loading screens, filling them with development concept art.
Porygon
- 1120 posts
September 6, 2018 12:34 PM PDT

Land said:

Porygon said:

Like loading screens that have movies in them?

I would be ok with watching 1 min of a movie every time I zoned.

1 minute is not going to be sustainable for people. That's far too long, and I assume people are using SSDs.

Some small animated scene like a Hearthstone card is sufficient for a normal load time. Maybe a slow dissolve from a screenshot of the zone into the new one is a simpler solution but still nice.

Each time you zone it takes 15 mins. This way travel really means alot. And you can watch TV while zoning.