Game Mechanics: Spellboook button

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Wenai [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I am really not sure what part of the language I used was not clear to Loramin and Bigcountry23. I am saying we are aware of the issue, it is caused by the fact that there was NO spellbook button on the Velious UI, and players were forced to go back to the stone UI to actually get it. We have been discussing which custom and non-classic approach we want to take. I said in the meantime, players have other available options such as /book, or even keybinding.

Unfortunately the actual UI we have been working on is NOT part of the distributed files yet. Nilbog and Rogean are working closely with us to get things ready.

I don't think the question is "did the Kunark UI (or what I'm calling 'Kunark UI') have a spellbook button?" (You seemed to clarify that it didn't, and I edited my post to say as much after I re-read your post.)

I think the question is, does the staff want a perfect re-creation of "Kunark UI", or are you just aiming for "as classic as possible UI?" To my knowledge no one on the staff has explicitly answered that, but it seems like that decision is the key to deciding whether a spellbook button belongs (since the pre-Kunark UI did have one).

My guess, based on what I've read, is that y'all are aiming for a re-creation of "Kunark UI", not some kind of "Kunark-like, but with classic bits" UI ... and such a decision would be 100% consistent with having no (built-in) book button.

P.S. In case anyone wonders why I call it "Kunark UI", I'm assuming it's the UI talked about in this patch (which is in the Kunark era).